On 23 April there is a bracket racing day so I decided I will take my first gen up there and see how things go.

Over the next 2 nights I am making some last minute adjustments, so if you want to lend a hand. You know where I'm at.

Tech inspection starts at 0900 and racing starts at 10. Come on out and try yours out too.

 

Man, too bad I'll miss this one. Let me know when you'll be bringing her out again, I'll definitely be there.

 

If only the 8's transmission wasn't made of glass.

 

armyofone, what are you driving on saturday ? i just ran my fb last weekend

 

if my clutch was not so damd tired I would be running my 1st gen. Army I had some plans to go to Seabeck...........I will change those to come on up and lend a hand.

 

dang im out of town for this one...

 

Good luck. Post up some slips on Sunday.

 

See you at 4 Tomorrow Jesus!

 

what a perfect day to be with Jesus......... Good Friday!!!!!!!!

 

Anyone welcome.

 

Was a great day! Shes running Good. All put back together and time for the track!!

 

looks like we will be having a few 7's at the track today, see ya all there, bringing the camera.

 

My secret suspension set up is OEM axels (came in the car) and a TII diff, oem touring spring-strut combo in rear, stiff coilovers upfront. I promise these axels have 110k miles on them with 200+ passes. All 60 foots (5) last night were 1.36 to 1.44.
_________________just found this on the site, this maybe a lot of help in dialing the car my friend. I know this for strut car set up, but soft suspension in rear and stiff in front. This would help on the launch imo. Just a thought

Joe_

 

Your car is nasty awesome, was great to see you make a few passes today, was great to meet everyone too. I will make over to the house soon.

 

WOW that was fun!!!

No great numbers to talk about but I definitely got it to show me its weaknesses. Tires spinning 125'...check. Wheel hop right side during burnout... check. Engine not smoking down track...check. Shredding double v-belt... check.

Overall I am very pleased with how the engine performed and at the end of the day I drove her home with a big smile on my face. I would like to thank all the great memebres of the northwest who have helped make this run possible.

60' ...2.078
1/4....14.480
MPH...90.87

Here's the pass on FB:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....50170563794266

 

A little bit a of tweaking and you'll be there. I'm guessing with that trap speed, you must have let off at some point in the pass? Also mildly curious, with the p-port at what rpm are you shifting? I noticed in the vid, you didn't shift to 4th. I've heard the running 3rd all the way out strategy before, and that is a good N/A strategy, but wouldn't the p-port be fast enough to require an additional shift?

 

Congrats Jesus!
Cannot wait to see it out next time.

 

Can you clarify this post a bit? all your 60 foot times were 1.36-1.44? That seems unbelievably fast. I have a hard time believing that unless you have a time slip.

Also how exactly do you have a TII diff? the TII diff is an 8" diff, where as the FB diff is a 7" unit. It doesn't fit.

 

hornbm,
my post was from another member of the site to try to help Jesus sort out the rear suspension issue. to my understanding he is running a ford 9 inch narrowed 2 inches from stock fb width. hope this clarifys the post sorry for the misunderstanding. I used a cut copy method instead of quote style, sorry

Snivley

 

GOTCHA... had no idea you were quoting something.

 

I agree with you on the additional shift. If you notice in the vid, the shifts took about .5 per. Lost about .2 on the 60' and there was some pretty severe wheel hop off the line. Plenty of time stolen away. The 4th gear is definitely in the cards but I have to find grip first. Once that is right then we'll tackle the next hurdle.

 

Nicely done Jesus! It's really tough to get traction out there.

Now you have a good baseline to measure your future mods and driving against and know what you need to work on. Drag racing is a lot harder than it looks.

We will probably do a couple Wednesday night events with the Volvo and/or Evo. Will let you know when we go out. Would love to hear your car on the line and see it run.

 

Glad to know that she is running strong!!!