A/T DSM finally in the 9's

[VRC Racing]

It has been a long hard fight but I finally reached my 3 year old goal of putting an awd auto tranny DSM into the 9's.

First pass of the day at Maple Grove, IDRC event.

1.554 60ft
4.146 330ft
6.282@116.10 660ft
8.109 1000ft
9.705@139.85 1320ft

The motor ate a ring during the pass on the #2 cylinder. So that finished our day.

I want to thank John @ IPT for building me a fantastic transmission that has held together all year. The engine has been in and out of the car at least four times and the tranny just keeps working.

-Russ

[saw wave analog]

nice!!

[bigemrich]

Good work, keep it coming. Gives us A/T boys a little hope and something to admire .

--Kyle

[Eclipsei95cl]

Damn....I remeber me sayin in a post like last week that it would be cool if u got 9s next season..Damn that was hella of a lot quicker than i thought..That is just insane very nice man, Now i should say maybe 8s next season then u would be hangin with shep

[transdude]

Originally Posted by VRC Racing

It has been a long hard fight but I finally reached my 3 year old goal of putting an awd auto tranny DSM into the 9's.

First pass of the day at Maple Grove, IDRC event.

1.554 60ft
4.146 330ft
6.282@116.10 660ft
8.109 1000ft
9.705@139.85 1320ft

The motor ate a ring during the pass on the #2 cylinder. So that finished our day.

I want to thank John @ IPT for building me a fantastic transmission that has held together all year. The engine has been in and out of the car at least four times and the tranny just keeps working.

-Russ

Russ, it did seem like a long hard fight. You guys worked your asses off.

I only had the easy part of the project to do

I can't wait to see what the next goal that will be accomplished will be. I know there is a lot more in that buggy of yours.

-John

[14.5 drift]

just curious but is that a stroker motor your usin Russ?

[4SFED4]

Congrats!!!

? was that with or without nitrous ?

[tmizer]

Congrats as well. Many of us A/T's really look up to you. I know when I was rebuilding my engine I often sourced your parts web page for info on what to get.

Using IPT's newly advertised welded center diff? How about the front/rear diffs?

[Billios996]

Originally Posted by VRC Racing

We had a 2.3 stroker in the car for a while then replaced it with a 4g64. Both of these motors failed from trying to turn them too tight. So now I'm back to the good ole 2.0

-Russ

Awesome run!!

What do you mean by "turning them too tight" in reference to the stroker and 4g64? too high RPM?

Bill

[Grimis]

WOW, Congrats Russ!! you guys at VRC are like gods for us A/T guys, I know, im on the list..... need to get my time better Running an IPT trans, thouse are the guys to go to!! Planing on it this winter. great job, now I realy want to get this thing modded

[98TalonTSi]

You AWD guys take traction for granted j/k.... Russ, any idea when you'll be able to back up the 9 with a lower ET?
Mike

[Billios996]

Originally Posted by VRC Racing

Yea, the long stroke motors don't like 9000 rpm.

-Russ

Did you look into the de-stroked 4g64? A little more displacement with favorable rod ratio.
Bill

[DSMchick]

Congrats!!!!

[definitiveno]

I wonder why Russ would remove his post about a broken stroker?

[98TalonTSi]

Who knows....but that's his business..
Since you brought this thread back from the dead, I'll add that I now have a 95 A/T AWD that will be a purposely built drag car....probably not to Russ' extent though...
Let's see what he does this year...