Meh, I hesitate to post this up because of the crappy time (and the way I did it), but figured i'd share a little for the 420a crowd.
Last minute chance to get out of my job and go to a rental at our local track (LVD). Cold as witches titties and no sun. Still got a little hook but lots of track wet downs (pet peeve; guys if you go to the track ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A TRACK CAR put water in your cooling system. It works better than coolant and it doesn't shut down the track for an hour each time you blow a hose /end peeve). Maybe 2 1/2 hours of actual racing time.
Worked up to full race because of the cold. Second run (first lost intercooler t-bolt), warm up drive train 14.6. Third run, warm up drivetrain again (coolant on track) 13.1. Fourth run hit it a little harder 12.6. Fifth run, change shift points to stay in boost 11.4 @ 119.62 (with a 1.845 launch).
BUT, I stoopidly forgot to hit my switch to turn the water to air intercooler on. So I basically went down the track with no "intercooling" on a BW366 @29lbs. Not the best of ideas.
Just before the end of the track, I had an explosion of water and steam come up out of my hood vent. Lost the upper radiator hose. Figured I popped the HG because I didn't hit the switch, but when I got home I checked it out and it seems like the clamp just broke.
Eh, crib notes I was stupid and tried to blow up my car. Car as it sits is good for 10's, if only the driver would do it!! Dummy
MB
Last edited by bullettdsm; 10-23-2009 at 06:57 PM.
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Amazing, sometimes track days just go like that. At least it was coolant and not oil like I left all over Milan's track!
Aha! So you're one of THOSE guys, lol. J/K Generally, its accepted that those guys with dailies probably have antifreeze in them. Kinda tough to expect them to switch it out just for the race. But today these were full race cars with 50/50 mixes
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Originally Posted by SBstar
Good job on 11.4 with the 420a. What is the current 420a dsm record anyways? I get the feeling you'll be overtaking that pretty quickly.
Appreciate it (though I'm not happy with the time). The current record is 10.87 (held by Hahn). With anecdotal numbers of 10.7. I pretty much thought I would get that this year but the weather has been fighting us pretty badly. I guess the Race Gods are saying its not meant to be yet, lol.
MB
Oh and there was some video'ing going on. Don't know if they got that run or not
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Mark's other car; 420a Turbo 11.414@119.62
It was still bad-ass period! We are human. If we never made mistakes we wouldn't get any better. Glad to hear that the head gasket may be ok! If you need any help or wanna hang out and work on it let me know!!! I'm CERTAIN you'll run beyond Hahn's runs........let's talk soon!
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60' 1.48
ET 11.49
MPH 116.85
14b power!
It's like I tell everyone else, you can't go out and expect to run the best times ever the first or even sometimes second time out on a new setup. It takes time to learn things. Not saying it can't or won't happen the first time out, just that you can't be so hard on yourself if you don't hit those great times right away. But you know how much potential it has now!
What liquid to air are you using?
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Shane Webster 1990 14b Talon AWD
It's like I tell everyone else, you can't go out and expect to run the best times ever the first or even sometimes second time out on a new setup. It takes time to learn things. Not saying it can't or won't happen the first time out, just that you can't be so hard on yourself if you don't hit those great times right away. But you know how much potential it has now!
What liquid to air are you using?
No doubt, but honestly, Mark is very laid back, almost the opposite of me. He brushed it off like it was nothing whereas I would stew for weeks over something like that. I think that's why he and I work well together. He knows what he's got, and of the potential, so, eventually it will come out!
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60' 1.48
ET 11.49
MPH 116.85
14b power!
No doubt, but honestly, Mark is very laid back, almost the opposite of me. He brushed it off like it was nothing
Outwardly, lol. No stewing over time or anything but I know I'm my toughest critic. Ask your wife how many times I hit that imaginary switch while I sat in the stands. By the same token, I like to laugh it off because of this;
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Originally Posted by Phil1320
He knows what he's got, and of the potential, so, eventually it will come out!
Makes it a lot eaiser afterwards (but I was still a tard for doing it, lol)
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Originally Posted by SBstar
What liquid to air are you using?
Like about everyone else out there, the PWR. Mine is the barrell style 4" x 8", I believe. With the PWR 26" X 7" X 2" FMIC and Bosch pump.
MB
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Mark's other car; 420a Turbo 11.414@119.62
Outwardly, lol. No stewing over time or anything but I know I'm my toughest critic. Ask your wife how many times I hit that imaginary switch while I sat in the stands. By the same token, I like to laugh it off because of this;
Makes it a lot eaiser afterwards (but I was still a tard for doing it, lol)
Like about everyone else out there, the PWR. Mine is the barrell style 4" x 8", I believe. With the PWR 26" X 7" X 2" FMIC and Bosch pump.
MB
Funny as all hell...she just acted out what you were doing
Maybe I'll join you at the searching for 10's thing....it's just going to take me a bit longer!
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60' 1.48
ET 11.49
MPH 116.85
14b power!
Funny as all hell...she just acted out what you were doing
Heh heh, yeah, she saw it enough.
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Originally Posted by Phil1320
Maybe I'll join you at the searching for 10's thing....it's just going to take me a bit longer!
I suspect that will be happening at some point
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Originally Posted by DSM-ZERO
DAM good time bro!!!!! GOOD GOOD JOB.... may be next year we both will be there
my best time so far is 11.5 @ 115
PM me what your shift points are please
Hey buddy, good to hear from you. Yeah, looks like we're both gonna be waiting for next year (though I haven't quite given up the outside possibility of maybe.... lol). This is gonna give Ragetech a lot of extra time (Dang Florida all year round ).
I've got no problem talking about shift points etc. on the thread.
1st to 2nd - 8k. Would like to go higher but I can't trust that sloppyass tranny I got in there. I also, couldn't speed shift because of it. I actually screwed in some brackets to make a chute for the shifter arm to follow so I could bounce off the channels to slip her in.
2nd to 3rd 7.9k Again it seems like it would be happier just above (or at) 8k but I couldn't trust the tranny. Although, because of the bracket, I was able to speed shift here.
3rd to 4th 7.6k This number was wrong. I should have held out a slight bit longer around 7.8k.
This was all done on 26 X 15 X 8.5's with 10lbs one side and 11 lbs the other. I did want to lower that, but was afraid (because of the 26's) that the crappy tranny may not hold.
I think I got a "special" fix for the tranny though .
MB
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My shift points are all at 8.0 right now my redline is set too 8.5
although i might have bounced off my rev limiter from 1st to 2nd Ooops lol
but yea i was running 10psi in both tires which is why it was pulling to the driver side every run..soo ill offset that then
and yea my season is over with because the tracks are closed up here due to the winter but i might be going to florida if i get this job out there soooo watch out
Hey buddy, good to hear from you. Yeah, looks like we're both gonna be waiting for next year (though I haven't quite given up the outside possibility of maybe.... lol). This is gonna give Ragetech a lot of extra time (Dang Florida all year round ).
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MB
Yea we blew the Sh#t out of our clutch and we have new one on order and a couple other things. oh and also I gotta get a Tach>
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Originally Posted by DSM-ZERO
thats great bro
My shift points are all at 8.0 right now my redline is set too 8.5
although i might have bounced off my rev limiter from 1st to 2nd Ooops lol
but yea i was running 10psi in both tires which is why it was pulling to the driver side every run..soo ill offset that then
and yea my season is over with because the tracks are closed up here due to the winter but i might be going to florida if i get this job out there soooo watch out
but good job keep it up
Come on down we can hit up the local track and if need be you can use my shop if anything breaks that is if you are coming this far south
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thats great bro
and yea my season is over with because the tracks are closed up here due to the winter but i might be going to florida if i get this job out there soooo watch out
Why you little.............so now you're BOTH gonna be down there laughing at my snow
MB
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Mark's other car; 420a Turbo 11.414@119.62
Nice shots Phil. Damn, those are clear. It just dawned on me that we never lined up. Crap, I would have gone all out on that. It would of been fun.
Thanks,
MB
Thanks! No problem, glad you like! The wife took some good shots and said we came close to running together but the lines were off. Next time! Would be cool to have a pic together!
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60' 1.48
ET 11.49
MPH 116.85
14b power!
Eh, crib notes I was stupid and did blow up my car.
Updated notes, I pulled the head to do the headgasket and this is what I found;
Uh huh, not good. But for better fun, how about this?
Fixable but definitely out for the season now. I have to pull the block because there is a very slight groove there as well. Learn your lesson yet , polack?
Hey on the bright side, at least my comp will go up, lol.
MB
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Mark's other car; 420a Turbo 11.414@119.62
Updated notes, I pulled the head to do the headgasket and this is what I found;
Uh huh, not good. But for better fun, how about this?
Fixable but definitely out for the season now. I have to pull the block because there is a very slight groove there as well. Learn your lesson yet , polack?
Hey on the bright side, at least my comp will go up, lol.
MB
Damn............ That sucks bigtime.....
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60' 1.48
ET 11.49
MPH 116.85
14b power!
Yeah Shane, honestly no big deal. Part of what I signed up for when racing (but preferably not something I do TO myself )
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Originally Posted by DSM-ZERO
are you gonna deck both the head and the block??
Yeah, got to. There is a slight mar on the deck surface. I ALMOST said screw it and put a used HG on and was going to fix the head so I could race saturday. But decided against it. Didn't want to screw up the block any more.
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Originally Posted by DSM-ZERO
that sucks bro but next time you will remember to turn your water pump on at least lol
Forget? Nah forget that, lol. I'm going to hook her up to the ignition like I was supposed to.
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Im sitting in like 20 inches of snow right now
post a pic of your turbo sit up please
Lol, 20" eh. Now THAT sucks .
Here's a crappy pic I took awhile back (obviously I can't take any now);
MB
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