MAC'n89Blckstng
Active Member
WOOOW, that thing makes some power. Thats awesome. I'm extremely impressed. Get some videos up here of that thing!!!
89stang said:and modest too i would be meaning 5.0 on street level of course with traction should be a lotta people reading your licence plate if they can see that far good luck with the oil leak
The first run, I couldn't keep the thing pointed straight in any gear (I didn't try in 5th).
I found that it seemed to stick better going uphill. So, I found a relatively steep uphill that was relatively long, and let her eat! The tires hooked! Now, when I'm driving hard alone, though I always enjoy the experience, I never really smile or anything. After I managed to survive the experience, I broke out in laughter and said, "holy ****!" out loud. The car is genuinely scary.
I am in awe of the power that car is putting down. I took it out for another ride tonight. I took my roommate with me. I didn't bother accelerating in the first 3 gears again, but with the MT DRs I put on it today, it is definitely hooking 4th with no problems. I hammered it in 4th and hit 16.3 psi and blasted it up to 7000 rpm. Mind you that it made 700rwhp at 12.5 psi, and at 14.5 psi it made 762 rwhp. So how much power was it making tonight? Your guess is as good as mine, but I'd say a little over 800rwhp. The speedo isn't hooked up yet, but 7000 rpm through a 3.73 gear and with a 275/40/17" tire should be about 140mph. It was there in only a few seconds. I guess that's what a 9 second car feels like in high gear.
I let off the throttle and went to brakes. I braked too hard, i guess, and the rear began to sway. I felt on the verge of control. I couldn't keep it in my lane and went across 2 lanes, which were oncoming lanes. Fortunately, as many of you know, I wouldn't do this if traffic were anywhere to be found. The tires never even lost traction, the rear end was just swaying and I guess I have a lot to learn about how to control a car with a drag-suspension and such soft sidewalled tires. I had to let off of the brakes completely and smoothly steer back to the right until the car was back where I wanted it to be. One word for this car.... RESPECT.
I think I'm going to take it easy, figure out how to back down the boost pressure, and then work my way back up slowly. I have no intention of even contemplating a race with someone else in the lane next to me, yet. I need a lot more seat time. I have a long way to go to figure this car out. It's scary.
Chris
Yikes!
Something sounds very wrong with your suspension setup. Even with a drag suspension, that should not have happened. The tires have nothing to do with it....as long as they are drag radials. Now if you were running bias ply...I'd say I understand. I'd go over you're suspension again to make sure everything is kosher.
FYI I’ve slowed down from 140++ with my 15” MT’s with no sway….it’s not the tires.
Are you still running a front/rear sway bar?
I gave michael free reign with the suspension, and he did a lot. I don't believe I'm running sway bars at all. In the rear, it's running an anti roll bar and all the other stuff I listed earlier. I can snap a couple of pics. It looks like sex to me. When I talked to him about what happened he said to go reset my proportioning valve, and I think that's a very good idea. He also said to go back through and recheck all of the suspension bolts to ensure that nothing is loose back there. He said that I was good to go in the rear, but that I should tweak the front, which I really don't know how to do, yet. I'm still learning my boost controller, and how to tune with the BS3, though. Plus, I'm trying to work out all of the gremlins, but I'll get there eventually.
Chris