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Got invited to a rental at 131 yesterday. First hit testing all the changes I made so it would go straight past 330ft., on the footbrake went 5.7x at 120mph in the 1/8. Second pass rolled the beams hit it haphazard and went 5.XXX at 121mph. NO CHANGES HAVENT OPENED HOOD since before first outing 1 month ago but under video review was going left so, I put one flat in it the wrong way a hit it HARD on the brake. (SIDE NOTE: It really likes the brake and RPM!) It went crooked and i had to abort that run but i learned a few important things from that. I went back and made a change it needed to go straight again which is really a bandaid for what was really wrong with the suspension settings. Knowing this I went back for the 4th hit using footbrake again but looking for a 122 to 123 MPH because the weather improved a proportional amount. It felt a little soft leaving but i held the shift out and it felt like it was a respectable pass for MPH data. BUT somewhere in high gear I decided i was past the 1/8 marker so I lifted. Then i noticed i was approaching the 660 flag DOAH! i have no idea what it scrubbed for ET but i did scrub 7-8 MPH and it went 5.68 @ 115 MPH with a 'slow' 1.29 60ft. That was the end of the night/6pm. The car has exceeded my expectations already mostly due to it's weight. But i feel the motor is doing what it should too. So, again very happy!!! Still no tuning/opening hood. It may be the last outing for me because i plan to go over everything and finish detailing the body as well/etc. For this adventure I really have to thank Gdemon Dizuster and Al Algurie for there help. I wont be specific as to who did what but I could not have had such a great day without any of them!!!...it definitly takes a village. Here's a pic of one of the footbrake launches, I'm happy with where i have the I.C. and shocks currently which is 51.5 and 8up giving 95% a.s.

thats really moving

Tex

CONGRATS ! ! What a nice car , i like it

X2!!

Very nice!!

Looking forward to racing together next year. Been to long.
Doug

Looks great.
That young man watching you has become one of the top track prep guys in the country…Samuel Peterson
I am sure the track had lots of teeth

Glad the weather held out and you got to go! Really happy for you, all of the hard work is finally coming together.

Randy

Thanks Tony!!!...I wouldn't mind entering it into some head-up stuff but realistically current budget won't get me past the first round anywhere lol.
Don, i love (who doesn't) this track!!! The invite was a friend of a friend sorta thing (Scott?? out of Wisconsin and his crew-guy Todd??) I pitted next to Liberty Craig/Nicole and Khoury was there along with a Root-blown Grand National 275 car and...? The crew at Martin was definitely on-top of the track for them$$$ but Martin always had that reputation AFAIK. Was a pleasure /very accomodated! Any shortcomings were due to the loose nut behind the wheel.
It's possible I may drag down to Steff's for a long weekend (Shadyside?) and have fun after they close-up here for weather. It'd be nice to see what kinda power I can eeek out of this combo AND there are some Moparts kinfolk I wouldnt mind meeting along the way. Maybe Randy and I will caravan our junk (assuming we get a hall-pass from the wives). Doug, I'll look into how legal my combo would be for the Great Lakes SS/ AS AM BM series...THAT would be fun! Although I don't think I'll be much trouble for a seasoned racer I'll show somewhere...gotta find where I fit best.

Thanks! What's the latest with your stuff? Last i knew you were well into the 8's with the Dart and a centrifical SBM. Everyone else very much thank you!

Sheesh! EVERYONE is faster than me! nice hits! You’ll be tickling those 8 passes in the 1/4 for sure!

Thanks Jay! I do feel it had a 123 MPH in it on Wednesday. The tune may not be too far off...I'm statrting to look at that, time providing. I will say again the numbers I posted when combined tell its potential. I know I'm low on leaving and shifting RPM, I can tell seat of the pants! However, I don't expect much more than 775HP. So, wherever that puts the car beyond what it has shown already.

IF you can go mid 5's , you be surprised what a little nitrous could do ...
AND Monster Mopar is blind draw, so you not always going to draw a killer...well maybe. Its all about the fun.
Again, the car is bad a$$, i like it

I'm trying to post a couple vids...anyone willing to help? Maybe I could email them and/or...

You can always put the video up on YouTube a d copy the link and post the link in this thread. Nice car

Thank you!...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX0C2ny_Hr0

This was the last pass, on the footbrake, I was testing out the correction to the 4link. So comparatively you can what i was explaining.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxljn-K0gkc

I've had a few runs like that not good
Every challenging run you survive is a new learning experience and help makes us better

Keep on keeping on. Keep giving videos. That's a hard left

Hella hard.

All I can ad is WEEEEE!!!! Oh yeah and just go out and have fun with it and please for the love of aal things good get a back window in there

I went 8.4x with the Procharged motor so the chassis cert wasn't good enough. Started out to redo the chassis and it got out of control. It's a whole new car now, only things from the old set-up is the rearend and the front disc brakes, lol. Running a Mopar A8 motor with twin turbos now. Finally got it out in July this year.

That thing was angry in the first video! That is one nice car...running really good too! No doubt that's an 8 sec car.

Thank you! I'm trying to tell it like I experienced it, full of humility. This is the slip from the last pass where you can see and hear in the video how 'soft' that was in comparison both leaving and RPM 'when it's on plane' LOL...the numbers tell a story. I lifted to a 5.68 at 115, my 60ft and 330 were soft. I feel very confident it'll 5.5x or better which would take near 825HP but that could require me to take the hood off and tune. I do have some good pieces in this build. I have a video of the playback that I'll load later for critique but one good thing i noticed is that fallback was around 6700. I wonder where i should shift in RPM??? Insight appreciated here. Maybe it would like nearer 8000 in the traps? It's been mentioned here and Cab you are spot-on...that was [censored] driving on my part but i did have the presence AFTER i got back into it to abort. All i can say is what i remember going on is on the Tbrake it felt stronger at and after the hit and i wanted some more of that LOL. Wes, you were right in you saying it's probably going to ride out good. It is way beyond what i expected so far. Tony I have always planned to run in Josh's series no matter so, minimum I'll be in the lanes there, most likely N/A.

Feel free to comment about my reaction time. One of my buddies said i got to run it to the 1320 'just to see' what it'll run. I'm still holding firm that I don't want to push this block to an early grave when i know the 660 tells me pretty much what to expect. He continued to push so, I said I'll be willing to wager the value of this engine in a heads-up 1/4 mile race with any 8.90 car and I'll footbrake...I'm having fun now!

Nice! Thanks for posting.

Way to go! Nice hits and even better to know more if left in it! Sounds STRONG!