Tickled pink for a first day out. Need to learn the car, but had a good time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwu-IA110u4

 

congrats on a nice 60' on the first hit. what size slicks?

 

Sounded like it hooked pretty well through all gears to me! looks good... i noticed you put your thumb over the E-Brake, i just tape the end part down then all i have to do is drop the e-brake... i used to forget and it would stay up


on another note man you sure do like making youtube vids! watching some of them now haha

edit: LOL at the dude in the cowboy hat in the home made RC car pt 1!!!!

 

Thanks 8.5/24.5-13 M&H with between 5.75-6psi. They look crazy flat at 5.25 and I think it slows the mph down. That's actually what the dude in the video came over to the car for, he thought the tires were flat. I started the day at 8psi and it was a fail no bite in 2nd or 3rd. In fact, the passes on 8psi the tires were so loose, I thought I took out the clutch. Was almost an effortless free rev kinda sound. But you can see in the videos where the cars loose the front ends rising so the tires are ballooning and letting loose, so the clutch is fine *whew*. I want to try the newer 9.5 wide tires in a 24.5 The extra air volume would be nice on low PSI.

I got 7 passes in, and the average of all 7 sixtys was 1.711 so it was pretty consistent for a first day out.

I should do the tape thing. I leave the thumb release on so it won't fall off the trailer. That's a good idea with the tape.

I'm kind of a hamb, I like making the videos. And the last 3-4 have gotten a LOT better. The next 3 are shot, just got to edit them. The one where we make an RC car dirt oval is coming up and is turning out pretty cool to me. looks like a TV show. Hopefully be up in a week or so. If you dig 'em SUBSCRIBE! Help a brotha get some views! ~~~

 

Very Nice, looks like your heart was pounding faster than the rev limiter. Good reaction time too!

 

Cool vid!!

I'm working on loading the axle for launching, the incabin vid's help me see how you guys do it.

 

Nice I only can manage a 7.6 at 98mph with a 1.89 60' maybe I'll follow your foot steps and lower my tire pressure I have at 8psi. Nice vid btw should be a 11 second car

 

awesome vid! your pump gas hatch is cool, but wheres the white one

 

tape, HA! Drill that bitch.

 

Nice hatch and some pretty good driving skills too! That thing looks like it hauls ***! What kinda power are you putting down?(if you can say)
It almost looks as if your letting off a little early too.

 

1/8th mile remember?

Whats the setup on this? Runs pretty good!!! Congrats!

 

Bob you never fail to give me a good laugh!! I will need to get an autograph from you soon, hell i will pay 10. I will see you soon! BTW good driving for the first time out, you know it only gets better!

 

nice run man! what kind of power is it making on pump gas? and how much boost?

 

You saw that too? My wife noticed it as well. I don't care how calm a dude is on the outside, it's stressful in the car. This was actually the 4th pass of the day, and all the others were junk. I was under some pressure to put in a decent pass to get a feel for the car. *WHEW*.

MAN, tire pressure is everything to all of us fwd dudes on slicks. You should be playing with it (tire pressure) every pass. Leave a pen in the car in easy reach and write it on the time slip, I can never remember what it was later unless I do. And get a seriously good gauge and put your name on it, they tend to walk off.

If you've been thinking of a decent gauge get this one, and leave it in the car. I'm gonna make a quick release tab and mount it to the cage behind the drivers seat. Normally it just rides around on the floor. It's a good bang for the buck.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ICP-360058/?rtype=10

White car has one more race in it, before the next round of upgrades. We'll get some good video on those.

Actually lifting the throttle .78 seconds after crossing the line. Probably traveled an additional 80-100 feet past the line. You can see the finish line on the track if you look quick.

Thanks, First race of the year... I got nerves on top of nerves. You could stand around all day and the minute you're buckled in the car you have to take a leak... If you watch, Right before I plank it to leave, I'm revving, waiting and I finally glance over and look and this other guy rolls the lights, backs up, frustrates the starter dude, and finally he just let's the tree go. Was a weird deal. It felt like I sat there forever.

Thanks mang. Car did 450 at I think it was 16 pounds (stock sleeves), but James de-tuned to say 380-400whp to keep it "streetable". Which is still ridiculous on street tires around town. so it's in the lower range. But MAN, I thought it felt good outta the hole. Just the right amount of "ripping" sound coming off the tires. I think this car will do 1.5 sixtys with a 25" tire. It's got the right amount of grip, weight, power.

Here's the complete setup in a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM8xQAkG5rc

 

Track photographer got some good shots. If you go forward and back in his thumbnails, I think he caught me at the line on 3-4 different passes.

http://feigelphoto.exposuremanager.c..._8246_32_8_2_2

I knew I had a fair amount of front end movement (it is a street car). But under launch conditions, the tire looks cambered out. I'm gonna have to examine that more closely. Might be an optical illusion, might not be.

 

Yeah I did see that, LOL. I remember years ago, driving my buddies h22 all motor eg @ California speedway, I felt as if I was hyper ventilating. It's a nervous wreck your 1st few passes. Car's making great numbers w/ that setup on pump. Wish you much success w/ that car. Any specific reason for using 1000cc injectors and a performer x vs 750cc injectors and victor x? was this at the advisory of your builder?

 

Mostly making the best of the stuff I had laying around from the hotrod car build. Trying to keep it on the cheap... well, so to speak.

That head was going on the EF-bomb, had the mani laying around, etc... until you finally say to yourself... "hell, I got most of an engine here". :D

 

Nice numbers I'm hoping for some high 7's tonight. Good job

 

Well crap. 2nd track day was an absolute disaster. I put more tune in the car and I couldn't hook it up at all. Add to it, I found my shifting problem, HUGE problem with the linkage. (found that on the trailer after I loaded up for the day).

The 1st pass was not bad, even though I blew the tires off in 2nd and rode it out, still ran a 7.55 (that's what a good pass was last time but hooked up). I'm thinking it was a solid 7.20 with bite. So the tune was good.

I missed shifts every pass with this car (linkage fiasco). My other car, the "EF-bomb", actually went a few rounds, never missed a shift, drove the ***** out of, and was darn consistent. For front wheel drive numbers, DAMN consistent.

 

hey remember me puto. are any of my old parts on the car? is this the white hatch you had on the trailer? oh nevermind its red intake and tbi look familar.

 

HEY, what's up?! White hatch is still white. This is my pump gas street hatch. My Daily. Take it for ice cream, tease my V8 buddies, etc.

Was supposed to be out at the IFO this weekend, work got in the way, but I did sneak out to the track locally today. that hotrod car is gonna be in the low 9's before summer's over.

 

thats tight well i have plenty of crx shells if u need one cheap. check out my da build. trying to get it to the track friday.