At 2:15 Wed, I got the 88 running again. A little after 6pm, I was making my first passes. The main change is more compression... I went from 8.2:1 to 10:1 compression, and the E85 is happy so far. I was also running less boost, but ran a little quicker(20psi now, vs 23psi before). I had a ton of fun out there.
The first pass, I didn't put enough heat in the nittos and spun through ALL of first gear. That netted me a 12.7@109mph with a not 'bad for spinning' 2.0 60'. Next pass, I put more heat in the tires and launched a bit softer, going 12.5@108mph with a 1.8 60'. I was only running 18psi then. After that, I cranked it up to 20psi (still 3-4psi less than last year) and slapped down a set 12.2s at 109mph with 1.7 60' times. One race was against a sweet little small block coupe that was running deep 12s, so tried to nail the tree. I guess I scared him, because he went 13.5 against me. lol Last pass, I spun a little on launch and had to pedal it, giving a 2.0 60', resulting in a 12.9@105mph. Seems the bottle is empty...
Now, I'm wondering why I was down 2mph in the quarter compared to last year.
Last year:
60' 1.797
1/8 [email protected]
1/4 [email protected]
This year:
60' 1.769
1/8 [email protected]
1/4 [email protected]
So my 1/8th mph is nearly identical, but I lost 2mph in the quarter? What happen there? The only thing I can figure, is the bottle pressure was too low. Last year, it was completely full with similar temps, but this year, it was nearly empty with similar temps... so maybe the bottle pressure was dropping by the end of each pass?
A few pictures:
A video of my pass against that coupe:
P1060851.flv video by bhuff66062 - Photobucket
The first pass, I didn't put enough heat in the nittos and spun through ALL of first gear. That netted me a 12.7@109mph with a not 'bad for spinning' 2.0 60'. Next pass, I put more heat in the tires and launched a bit softer, going 12.5@108mph with a 1.8 60'. I was only running 18psi then. After that, I cranked it up to 20psi (still 3-4psi less than last year) and slapped down a set 12.2s at 109mph with 1.7 60' times. One race was against a sweet little small block coupe that was running deep 12s, so tried to nail the tree. I guess I scared him, because he went 13.5 against me. lol Last pass, I spun a little on launch and had to pedal it, giving a 2.0 60', resulting in a 12.9@105mph. Seems the bottle is empty...
Now, I'm wondering why I was down 2mph in the quarter compared to last year.
Last year:
60' 1.797
1/8 [email protected]
1/4 [email protected]
This year:
60' 1.769
1/8 [email protected]
1/4 [email protected]
So my 1/8th mph is nearly identical, but I lost 2mph in the quarter? What happen there? The only thing I can figure, is the bottle pressure was too low. Last year, it was completely full with similar temps, but this year, it was nearly empty with similar temps... so maybe the bottle pressure was dropping by the end of each pass?
A few pictures:
A video of my pass against that coupe:
P1060851.flv video by bhuff66062 - Photobucket