Thanks for the props guys here is an update on the latest track trip!

Some of us went to Knoxville Dragway Friday night August 8, 2008 to have a little fun! We all live on all sides of Knoxville and meet up when we can.

The 80's are a lot better to race in then the 90's for sure. I have some results some may find interesting. I was last at that track April 18, 2008.


Here is what I posted back in April 2008

Well, the car ran good but the weather and the track was not what I would call great! Man there was alot of people there. I have never seen it like that before. I was only able to make three passes but it looks like the headers are going to be good for a little bit more.

6:55 PM 1st pass - 1.485 60 ft, 4.42 330 ft, 6.929 ET at 97.6 MPH NA
8:37 PM 2nd pass - 1.478 60 ft., 4.419 330 ft, 6.930 ET at 97.5 MPH NA, adjusted limiters improving on the 60 ft but short shifted 1-2 causing loss of ET and MPH.
3rd pass - A waste of time spun off the line.

We had a good time, but all of us were running slower then usual so I do not feel to bad about the effort.


Here is what the results were from August 8, 2008

The track appeared to work for me except on my last run when a car in front of me attempted to do a burn out with slicks and managed to only succeed on the right side only so he carried a little water to the line. My worst 60 ft was a 1.496 and the best of seven runs was a 1.470.

You read correctly "seven passes". There was a lot of people there but the staging lanes moved good all night!!

Here are the results! behind the pass is L for left Lane or R for Right Lane!

7:19 PM 1st pass R- 1.484 60 ft, 4.434 330 ft, 6.953 ET at 97.336 MPH NA
7:41 PM 2nd pass R- 1.496 60 ft, 4.441 330 ft, 6.953 ET at 97.636 MPH NA
8:23 PM 3rd pass L- 1.480 60 ft, 4.425 330 ft, 6.937 ET at 97.604 MPH NA
8:47 PM 4th pass R- 1.490 60 ft, 4.439 330 ft, 6.951 ET at 97.697 MPH NA
9:26 PM 5th pass R- 1.480 60 ft, 4.418 330 ft, 6.925 ET at 97.768 MPH NA
9:43 PM 6th pass L- 1.470 60 ft, 4.407 330 ft, 6.913 ET at 97.858 MPH NA
9:53 PM 7th pass R- 1.480 60 ft, 4.419 330 ft, 6.941 ET at 97.235 MPH NA

The car seemed to be dead on. I pushed it on the 7th pass and came right back to the staging lanes and then lost traction at the line on the left wheel and hit the rev limiter on the 2-3 shift.

Look at the 8:37 PM run from April and the 8:23 PM run from August. Look at the 6:55 PM run from April and the 9:26 PM run from August.

All in all a very good night considering it was in August.

N2

 

Well, I finally got my first video downloaded and it works! Stay tune I will be loading more! Below is the link to my first ever downloaded video. It was my second run that I listed above in post #21. I was at Knoxville Dragway on August 8, 2008!



N2

 

That's as good a 60ft I have ever seen from an FBody.

 

Nice!! What suspension do you have? I'm cutting consistent 1.4's and haven't pulled wheels like that yet. But I'm still on the stock sway bar and shocks/struts.

 

The suspension is all Sphon Performance stuff. The best NA 60 ft to date was a 1.407 and man did it feel good! The sway bar is their drag bar and I have QA 1's single adjust struts with QA 1 275 lb. springs in the front and stock shocks and springs on the back.

I am really pleased with the way the car is performing. I am changing out the stock fuel pump now and changing from 28.8 lb. injectors to 42 lb. so I can try some nitrous runs. I wonder what it will 60 foot on a 100 HP shot! I look forward to finding out.

I have two videos of my car running 10.75 at 123+ NA runs I am trying to get posted up stay tune! Both videos are pretty good one from inside the car and one from outside at the starting line. The cars exhaust sounds really good after the burn out!

N2

 

Guys,

I finally got the in car video run loaded. The track is Jackson SC. The car ran 10.75 at 123+ NA. The car is launching at 3,000 RPM's on the foot brake.

Let me know what you think! I will be loading the trackside video of a similar run at the same track from the same lane. It gives you a different look from inside and outside the car.

N2

 

You deffinately got that car working right!

 

Nice runs, car looks like it launches hard

 

Thanks guys as you can tell I am very proud of how the car performs so far, it has been a lot of hard work!

Here is the link for the trackside video of the second run in the same lane as the in car video!

Hope you guys like it! I think it adds to the in car video for sure!

N2

 

What rearend are you running? What kind of cage? What kind of Tourque arm?

That 60ft is awesome, you must have done hella wieght reduction up front. You definatly got the launch down.

 

Thanks for the props the car seems to be working very well on the in car video run the 1/8 mile time was 6.777 and on the trackside video the 1/8 mile time was 6.790.

At that same track with the 90K mile stock engine with only long tube headers, LS1 intake and full exhaust with muffler removed and turn down added the car ran 11.94 at 111.17 with a 7.533 1/8 mile ET and a 1.543 60 foot in 2006 and the car weighed 3,665 lbs at that time and had 3.70 gears so you can see even with weight reduction and the new engine the best NA 60 foot is 1.401.

Let me share the basics on the car I have covered most of it in previous post on this thread. It is a 346 CI LSX engine with heads, cam, headers, 90 FAST with NW 90 throttle body, turbo 400 with stall, 4.10 spooled Billingsley Racing rearend and weighs 3,415 lbs. The cage is a S&W 12 pt. mild steel with custom door bars to allow factory door panels. I have all Spohn products under the car including torque arm.

We went to I-40 Dragway Friday September 20, 2008 and the air was not as good as I had hoped, there seemed to be a lot of moisture in the air! However the car seemed to work pretty good! I got to meet some new folks and was able to make four NA runs between the track being oiled down and cars breaking, but that is racing for sure.

1st pass left lane 18:43, 1.483 60 ft, 4.408 330 ft, 6.898 ET @ 100.497 MPH
2nd pass right lane 19:21, 1.475 60 ft, 4.402 330 ft, 6.893 ET @ 99.94 MPH
3rd pass left lane 19:42, 1.490 spun, 4.423 330 ft, 6.915 ET @ 100.454 MPH
4th pass left lane 21:00, 1.482 60 ft, 4.399 330 ft, 6.876 ET @ 101.006 MPH

Thanks Jim for allowing us the chance to come and race!


N2

 

New update!

We went up the mountain Friday night October 3, 2008 and had a blast! The Howes had the track dead on!

Here is what the Formula did, all six runs NA!

18:38 right lane 1.453 60 foot, 6.836 ET at 102.517 MPH
19:03 left lane 1.466 60 foot, 6.848 ET at 101.223 MPH
19:43 left lane 1.468 60 foot, 6.850 ET at 101.143 MPH
19:48 left lane 1.453 60 foot, 6.819 ET at 101.411 MPH
20:14 right lane 1.455 60 foot, 6.823 ET at 102.900 MPH
20:16 right lane 1.460 60 foot, 6.818 ET at 101.252 MPH

I am really happy with the last three runs! Round up and down and you have only three hundreds difference on all six runs. I loved the 102.90 MPH run!

N2

 

Here is a video of two of the runs from Friday night

N2

 

Finally got to the 1/4 mile track again! We headed to Beech Bend Dragway in Bowling Green, KY Saturday October 25, 2008 and had some fun. The track was working very well and the DA was between 1,100 to 1,300 most of the day. Got to weigh the car with me in it and it was 3,423 lbs.

I almost equaled my best ET from Jackson SC last November well I guess I did equal the ET it was only .002 off 10.752 in Jackson and 10.754 at Beech Bend. In Jackson I had a 1.417 at Beech Bend I had a 1.449 60 foot.

I did however get a new best MPH to date of 124.14 NA. First time above 124 MPH's.

Here is the breakdown, all runs were in the right lane.

1:20 PM 1.460 60 ft, 6.807 1/8 ET @ 99.60 MPH, 10.777 1/4 ET @ 123.81 MPH
2:21 PM 1.459 60 ft, 6.810 1/8 ET @ 99.42 MPH, 10.787 1/4 ET @ 123.61 MPH
3:16 PM 1.454 60 ft, 6.808 1/8 ET @ 99.45 MPH, 10.780 1/4 ET @ 123.97 MPH
4:39 PM 1.449 60 ft, 6.790 1/8 ET @ 99.64 MPH, 10.754 1/4 ET @ 124.14 MPH

Here is the video of the 4:39 PM run. I did an extra long burn out even went to third gear trying to get the tires hot!



N2

 

Congrats on the new best. When I lived in Crossville we went to I-40 dragway often and they prep the track well most of the time. Tell Jim the guy that was building the hospital addition with the Pewter SS hi next time.

 

2nd pic looks better because your car is actually in focus, the first pic the camera is focused on the truck in the background. Or maybe the guy? Maybe she autofocused then zoomed in? I dunno.

Good second shot!

 

Congrats Jeff! It was a good day at BG. I'm glad that I could be a part of your new best times. We will take the ET lower and the mph higher next month.

 

Thanks DBN for all your help! Man it is great to take a guy to the track with you that runs in the 9's NA. You would be surprized how much they can help you!

Thanks again for the help! I was pumped for sure when I saw the MPH on the time slip!

N2

 

Thanks Jeff, I'm always glad to help. I believe that we can get a little more out of it.

 

Well I have been working on ensuring it will go faster next time we head out!

So far I have removed another 25 lbs. from the car and getting ready to install the fuel pump, wiring harness and injectors. The injectors are 42 lb injectors that have been flow matched! I got another 70 lbs. I will be removing!

My luck has not been good the last two weeks! The fuel pump assembly has been a pain to get out. I thought I had cut my trap door for nothing. I almost had to dropped the tank again. It took forever to get the ring to release. I would get the one that was superclued down! The plug and play harness was a piece of cake and is a very good piece!

Hopefully I will get everything wrapped up and we will be heading to the dyno on December 5, 2008. I attached some photos!

N2