Finally!

Took 20 passes to do it (16 of which were also 10 second passes) but my 2nd last time of the evening was a 10.32 @ 133mph!! YEAH!!!

Best feeling EVER!!!!

Time slip as follows:

Reaction: 0.9275
60ft: 1.4903
330ft: 4.3014
660ft: 6.6214 (106.58mph)
1000ft: 8.6291
ET: 10.3216 (133.25mph)

The car has a little left in it through both tuning and driving. Will these avenues be explored?




More pics and videos to come, and lots of both

 

Told ya 10's wouldnt be a problem, CONGRATS steve!!! Good going mate ...

Bet i know what the headlight is half up for too

 

I've been saying it all along.

I want to be like Steve. Or at least have my car run like his.

 

Um, did you twist your frame on that? or is the bumper just being wierd... Looks pretty bad ***!


What size tires & rims you running on back? Is it with a ford 9"???



-Zach

 

crap I need to make me a car that'll do that AND drive on the street.. **** off some domestic guys in the area who think domestics are the hot shizznitt

 

f'n nice. my 12a just shriveled and hid under the firewall.

zyounker- its leaning to the side the driver sits on. as the car unweights the front it will lean on the side of the driver due to the weight difference left to right. does make for a hell of a photo.

 

yeah, in the second photo, it looks pretty jacked still.,. would think it would have gone back for the most part..

I was just wondering if he bent the frame pushing ~500RWHP(US) and running slicks..



-Zach

 

does look pretty cockeyed doesn't it.

even twisted the headlight open

looks like someone needs to add a cage to strengthen that frame up.

 

don't you get banned for running under 12's or somthing without one ?

 

He is not in the US.. So i don't know the rules he has to follow.. but obviously not.. because he made alot of runs..


-Zach

 

Man,,thats a lot of runs in one day,,steve were you on
a mission or what ??,, one tough 7,,i just love those
off the line pictures,,there better when one can see
day light between the front tires and the ground,,
its a good day,,,ayh ?,, no broken parts,,how much
more you think ??,,ever think about limiting cables on
the front end,,??? they work ,. and,,,,whats next ??
may the god of low ET's keep smiling on you,,,...

 

looks liek the bumper is sorta a bit loose or sumtin is that really just from the wieght?

 

Here you need a cage, amongst other things, if your car is known to run 10.99 or lower.

I believe the reason Steve made so many runs is because that wasn't at an officially sanctioned track. It's privately owned.

 

The bumper support is a bit loose, thats all

There area few photos floating around, 1 has a bit of daylight under the front left hand wheel

There were no breakages at all, the gearbox is a bit worse for wear (10500rpm launches will do that to a standard 2nd gen box) but thats about it.

Whats next? Time will tell

 

Congrats on the 10.35 Can I make two minor suggestions?
1.) If you don't already have one, get a scatter shield for your clutch. Revving to over 9,000rpms has been know to desintigrate a clutch assembly, causing shrapnel to come through the floorboard and injuring/killing the driver.
2.) To help your reaction time, don't like directly at the light. (I don't know if you do or not, but this is what I was taught) If you look down the track so that the go-go-go lights are in your peripheral vision, you will react faster to the green light than if you stare directly at it. I've tried both ways on a simulator at Englishtown NJ, during the NHRA Summer Nationals. It makes a big difference.
Just my $.02. Keep up the good work though, your RX-7 is bad *** for sure!