Well A buddy and I just decided we are going to head down to St. Thomas this weekend, anybody interested in joining me and convoying down?

I predict that you break your record.

If I can convince my friend to go, and I get a GOOD jump on putting my engine back in than I'm in.

Originally Posted by 2point2

I predict that you break your record.

If I can convince my friend to go, and I get a GOOD jump on putting my engine back in than I'm in.

what are you doing to your engine?

Originally Posted by KissmySS

what are you doing to your engine?

Nothin'..

A Stretched clutch cable caused my 1st/2nd gear syncro set to destroy itself, I just took the whole engine out to take the tranny off. Also wanted to do some inspecting on some welding I've done to the chassis that is impossible to look at with the engine in.

Originally Posted by 2point2

Nothin'..

A Stretched clutch cable caused my 1st/2nd gear syncro set to destroy itself, I just took the whole engine out to take the tranny off. Also wanted to do some inspecting on some welding I've done to the chassis that is impossible to look at with the engine in.

Ahh who needs syncros, according to Vin Diesel ( DAMN THAT GUY"S FAST) we should all be double clutching anyway. Just fire that puppy back in there and let's hit the track

P.S. I probably wont' be going on sat anyway now as the whole reason was for Fowler to check it out and now he can't go. I may still end up going as I posted in a couple other forums so if a bunch of people are in then I'm not going to back out on them.

P.P.S Vitalmotion at work eh..... I'm telling gary.

go down friday i am going down ...

Originally Posted by EG_SINZ

go down friday i am going down ...

Actually my buddy that I was orignially going to go with now wants to go friday as well so that's probably what's going to happen

Well..?

any times from anyone?

My best time of the night was a 14.35 with a passenger in the car, but most of my runs were in the 14.5-14.6 range. I am still definitely screwing up the start, all of my fastest runs were in the right lane which they were spraying with traction compound like every fifth car for some reason. I've always said i would leave the car alone when I hit a 13 second quarter mile so it looks like I still have some work to do.

that wasn't with the pulley was it?

Originally Posted by KissmySS

My best time of the night was a 14.35 with a passenger in the car, but most of my runs were in the 14.5-14.6 range. I am still definitely screwing up the start, all of my fastest runs were in the right lane which they were spraying with traction compound like every fifth car for some reason. I've always said i would leave the car alone when I hit a 13 second quarter mile so it looks like I still have some work to do.

what kind of mph though?

Originally Posted by Jimmy

what kind of mph though?

It was actually really slow about 99 mph (they had the track set up for km/H for some reason) I was expecting some trap speeds above 100mph. I actually met your buddy the other day, and with gm stage 2 and exhaust he had slips where he ran 13.9 at 107 which is a really high trap speed for that ET.

Originally Posted by mx6onpsi

that wasn't with the pulley was it?

It was with the GM stage 2 pulley (3.0"), but I think now that I have established a baseline I will probably order a zzp 2.9 inch pulley

oh wait was that u i was racing i was the white hatch we were very close race until i misshifted 3rd

14.35 @ 99 wow I need some more mods to catch up! next time! cheers all

Jeff, what's your old best vs your new best after the upgrade?

best old ET, MPH and 60ft vs best new ET, MPH and 60ft?

Guess what boys, It turns out that some guy who was driving a G5 actually recorded my 14.35 run and posted it up on you tube (and also on cobaltss.net where I found it) so here it is

YouTube - Spotted

Note I'm the second car in the video

2point2, my previous best was at grand bend and it happened to be my very first run on a track ever lol it was a 14.564 (I have the slip at my desk if you want to come up and check it out) the 60' was 2.302 and the trap speed was 97.47 but that was in the spring at an ambient temp of below 15 degrees C. The closest I have ever come to matching that was a 14.7, and this year the last time I was out to st thomas in may I ran 14.9's and 15.0's pretty much all night.

The 60 foot time on my 14.35 was a 2.28 I believe but the slip is still in the car, and when I calculated it out the MPH was 98.46 which I am really disappointed in, I have no idea how the difference in trap speed could be so small the ambient temperature was 25C at the time but the car still feels much quicker than stock.

Jeff you'll get there no worries......slowly but surely

Originally Posted by NikiterZts

Jeff you'll get there no worries......slowly but surely

yeah I know, it just gives me more motivatoin to spend more money on mods lol