No one is going to believe this... because we don't believe it either. The transmission never missed a beat while at the track Saturday night. It held in third every single run. Then on the way home Sunday, it did the same old thing again.
The only difference is I ran each run at the track manual shifting. Very weird, as I've done that before and it kicked out of gear just the same.
Anyway, on to the GOOD STUFF....
It was 101 degrees when we got to the track. The car had a very short time to sit after the 1.5 hour drive to the track in the heat. I ran to get in line when they opened the lanes. I was the second person to run in the spectator side lane. And it helped great as there was new VHT on the track. My old Nitto Drag Radials were most likely still warm from the long drive. First run, I was running against a friend with an LS1 that I would barely beat each time before when on the bottle. He just put a hotter cam in the car and a new tune.
First run of the evening. I was planning for the car to kick out in third, so I ran second as far as I dared. 6,800rpms
Here's my timeslip:
.2098 - Reaction
1.8228 - 60ft
5.2632 - 330ft
8.1469 - 1/8 ET
84.70 - 1/8 MPH
10.6612 - 1000 ET
97.47 - 1000 MPH
12.7747 - 1/4 ET
106.66 - 1/4 MPH
My buddy ran a 12.86 @ 107.53 - it was a close race and he later ran a 12.65.
I never could get my near stock
suspension to hook that good again. I ran a bunch of 13.0 - 13.1s hot lapping. I ran a 12.97 with a 2.006 60ft later that evening as well.
The car's tune is still rich as hell. 11.2 - 11.6 most of the time. I made it in the 16 fastest street car shoot out. First round was against an 11.99 AWD Talon.
Since my car was rich, and the tranny seemed to be holding. I took a chance on the 75 shot.
.3873 - Reaction
1.9758 - 60ft
5.2978 - 330ft
8.0441 - 1/8 ET
89.25 - 1/8 MPH
10.4372 - 1000 ET
102.37 - 1000 MPH
12.4501 - 1/4 ET
111.97 - 1/4 MPH
The A/F ratio stayed in the 11.9 - 12.1 area.
So let me have it... how much more does this baby have in it? I'm sure the HEAT was a big concern. I think it cooled down to a nice 98 degrees when the sun went down. And it was humid.
On the to do list. Weld on sub-frame connectors. Mount ET Streets. Buy
Control Arms. Buy 10 way adj. struts.
Oh, and yeah... the car is still leaking a bit of oil.
Not enough to keep me from racing apparently.