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Yep, I suck. What a boner move. That is the first time I have ever not looked at my logs. That adjustment with a cool off period would have put us there.

Tim, you can borrow the drag pack any time.

Not an NHRA track so you get to do what you want.

[JFM-jr]

Originally Posted by GossipSquirrelJelena

One of my dear buddies on this sight. Sent me a link to this. First off Congrats OP. Hell of a pass. Secondly. I don't think it takes nitrous to run this time. If the 5.0 can get down to these times with bolt-ons. I don't see any reason why a bigger cube engine would struggle doing it. These cars do incredible things in negative DA. Coyotards. Good stuff. Anyway congrats again OP. Now work on that reaction time!

Reaction time is a bracket racers concern this was an all out ET assault lol.

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According to Air Density Online and Drag times the DA was -1300 to -1400. According to my Kestrel it was -900 to -1000. The Kestrel always reads +400 above the online stuff.

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Reaction time was not my concern. No one to beat but the record.

[mlee]

Originally Posted by JFM-jr

Reaction time is a bracket racers concern this was an all out ET assault lol.

Yeah, that Mustang guy kind of showed he's an obvious rookie.

[Snowblind]

A well tuned good driver e85 SS is gonna surprise a few ZL1 guys at the track next spring (if you even see one).

The video shows your car squatting on the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts and no barking out the exhaust..love it.
I see you have minshaft DA but I've been reading that e85 if less prone to temperature swings than gasoline so hopefully you will not give back too much in less than perfect air. A full weight 10 second pass seemed like a fantasy a month ago....now I have visions of sugarplumbs dancing in my head.

[GossipSquirrelJelena]

Originally Posted by mlee

Yeah, that Mustang guy kind of showed he's an obvious rookie.

You guys do get your panties in the bunch over the littlest things. Learn to take a joke.I come over to give props and your still upset.

[ULTRAZLS1]

Originally Posted by GossipSquirrelJelena

You guys do get your panties in the bunch over the littlest things. Learn to take a joke.I come over to give props and your still upset.

He just giving you a hard time.

You're not a rookie either.

You're welcome for the link

[parish8]

Originally Posted by laynlo15

I just hope I can run that with my supercharger. That is a stellar run at 11.07, anyone would be happy with the 11.15, but no you had to take to the limit. Ha, Congrats.

I am with you. I am hoping for consistent high 10's with boost and 20" drag radials.

this does have me wondering where the all out na cars are going to end up. add heads, cam, headers, weight loss, converter(driveline parts?)... damn fast.

[EFI Tuning]

Parish8,

I'm looking forward to see what happens this year on that front. We really need a quality TC option for the A8s. I need to call Yank and see where they are at with this platform. A 3200 stall would be pretty significant on a street/strip car.

Tim

[laynlo15]

I don't think the NAs need huge converters, 2500-3000 should be plenty. Too much looses mph down track unless you just run 1/8 mile a lot. If you start getting real nasty off the line you might want to think about slicks so it doesn't shock the drive train as much as the drag radial does, you'll have less parts breakage as I've found out with my Vet and a few other cars.

[parish8]

CircleD has a couple of options ready to go. I got burned by yank awhile back, I probably won't give them any more of my money.

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Originally Posted by GossipSquirrelJelena

You guys do get your panties in the bunch over the littlest things. Learn to take a joke.I come over to give props and your still upset.

I appreciate the props bro. Like FMJ said, this was an all out assault on the record. Well, not an all out one but one none the less.

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Originally Posted by Snowblind

A well tuned good driver e85 SS is gonna surprise a few ZL1 guys at the track next spring (if you even see one).

The video shows your car squatting on the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts and no barking out the exhaust..love it.
I see you have minshaft DA but I've been reading that e85 if less prone to temperature swings than gasoline so hopefully you will not give back too much in less than perfect air. A full weight 10 second pass seemed like a fantasy a month ago....now I have visions of sugarplumbs dancing in my head.

I have heard that DA much below -800 doesn't really matter any more. I will have to test that out. Tim and my buddy Rick Crawford (who is famous in his own right) were telling me that the cooling effect of the E85 is severely negated in cold weather. The incoming air is already pretty cold and I am honestly only 1* of timing over where I am on pump. In some places I am 1* lower. So final timing wasn't a factor. I am sure in the summer time E85 is going to be worth it's weight in gold. No doubt the car has picked up on it. The logs are up .3 g/cyl and my MAF is way up as well. Car is making more cylinder pressure and commanding more air because of it. Great stuff. My only issue right now is that mine is reading out at 77%. So at a real 85% or higher the gains would be much greater.

The only reason this car isn't in the 10's right now is my own fault. I made a hasty error and didn't check my work. Plain and simple. The next time the track is open I will hit it again. I will be on true E85 and have my tune dialed in.

As much as it pains me to say it, I think a ported MSD in this exact scenario would shine. If I could have raised shift points to 6,700+ and taken advantage of all that extra top end shift extension power we would have been deep into the high tens. Add headers to that and this is a 10 sec car in pretty much any weather I am going to see.

My stock converter was actually flashing to 2,700 pretty consistently. But then it comes on hard and there is no more slip. Huge RPM plateau. Pulling through that would have been worth a lot. I am also bringing the shift barking back. But it will be dialed way back. I have some ideas that we didn't have time to try. I will load them up and log them to see what's up. I will report back when I have it all dialed in. If it works it will be best of both worlds.

We are just getting started guys. You will all dominate me next season. It is inevitable.