My96z
03-12-2006, 04:03 AM
Well finally got my 89 turbo van to the track for the first time ever.
First run of the night:
Boost set at 15PSI. Lined up against a 5.0 fox bodied stang. Heard the lope to it and I knew I was in trouble, then I thought oh well, I am in a van who is he goign to brag to when he wins. The track announcer starts talking smack saying "he's going to wal-mart to get groceries/ sombody pimp his ride" ect. I do a little burn out to clean the tires off and stage. I barely bring the revs off of idle and on the green I roll it out and stuff it, to my suprise I hook right up and put half a van on the stang but it wasnt to last long, he hooked up and ran away from me with me running a 2.46 60' 14.72@91.30 MPH to his 2.54 60' and 13.53 @107 mph. After the race he comes up and asks me what the hell do I have in the van. He said he wasnt expecting that. Then soon I had a small crowd around the van wanting to know what was up.
Run 2:
Boost set at 19 PSI. This time I get lined up with some gutted, loud 80's RX7 with a cage and some slicks. Usually those types of cars are either really fast or really slow. Again the announcer starts talking about the van, this time he is talking smack for me saying "he only has 4 cyl/ who wants a piece of the nitrous van" ect. Again I do a small burn out to clean the tires off and pull up to the line and stage. Mr.gutted RX7 does a big smoke show. This time I bring the revs up a bit more on the launch, light goes green I roll into it and stuff it about 20' out and we are off. RX7 kind of stay even out of the hole till the ol 2.5 instantly spools the super 60 to 19PSI then I see him fade fast out of my peripherial. I ran a 2.36 60' and 14.57 @ 91.76 mph to his 17.75 @ 73 MPH.
Run 3:
Boost at 19PSI. By now I have tons of people around the van between runs checking it out, along with some drunk guy tring to tell my how to port heads and the benefits of running a air filter:rolleyes: As I am waiting in the staging lanes the announcer is saying "who wants to run the van for pinks?/ the mini is calling out you guys in the hemi truck club/ what V8 muscle car wants a piece of the mini van?/" Well I get to the staging lanes and there is no one next to me, I guess they are scared. I have two bolt-on LT1 Trans ams behind me that want to race each other. I pull into the burnout box and wait for instructions. The announcer starts talking so much smack to the WS6 T/A behind me, and I guess he couldnt take it anymore so he pulled up next to me. I again do my little burn out I can hear the announcer say "Who thinks the mini van is gonna smoke that pontiac?/ hey Mr Trans Am, take it easy on the van, it only has 4 cyl" On the line I bring the revs up just a bit more and on the green we are off. I instantly jump ahead of the T/A, I just kept it in "D" as in all previous runs and hold it to the boards and wait for Mr.T/A to catch me and walk by.... 1/8 mi and he is still back there, holy $hit, I might have this one... and as we cross the line it seems he is about 2-3 cars back. I ran a 2.28 60' and 14.39 @ 92.33 to his 2.63 60' and 14.63 @ 98.25.
My friends who were in the stands told me the crowd exploded. They told me everyone thought the T/A was going to win (hell I did too) but they were rooting for me. Even the little kids were cheering for me.
Once again in the staging lanes I have a crowd gathered. My buddy tells me " Man, you got a 89' mini van and I got a 03' cobra and you would get more pu$$y here than me." I had a good laugh at that one. Even some MILF came up to me and said "Thanks for bringing some respect to us soccer moms."
To top it off, on the way home on the freeway I get into a few 45 MPH rolls with a nice Benz. I pull him pretty hard all 3 times. This was a nice Benz also, had rims, lowered and couldnt be more than a year or two old and wasnt the cheap model, I couldnt see what class it was but it was pretty decent size 2 door. Stop at a light and it turns out he seen me at the track and his wife said " I spilled my drink on myself messin' with you".
All in all I was pleased with the van, had alot of fun and made a good name for turbo dodges. I wish I could have gotten to run a few more times, as my times kept coming down more and more with each run. I also want to work on getting the MPH up. I have a monster FMIC I am going to put on soon, that should help big time. That should get me solidly in the 13's and get that MPH up.
Mods are...
2.5 w/ forged wisecos, Super 60 with .63 turbine/ stock G head/ ported exh. mani/ TU 3" SV/ 3" TU DP/ Full 3" exhaust with dynomax ultra flow/ 89 toyota supra intercooler/ home made CAI/ TU 3 bar w 52lbs inj./ built tranny with stock rebuilt convertor, and thats about it.
Jeff
First run of the night:
Boost set at 15PSI. Lined up against a 5.0 fox bodied stang. Heard the lope to it and I knew I was in trouble, then I thought oh well, I am in a van who is he goign to brag to when he wins. The track announcer starts talking smack saying "he's going to wal-mart to get groceries/ sombody pimp his ride" ect. I do a little burn out to clean the tires off and stage. I barely bring the revs off of idle and on the green I roll it out and stuff it, to my suprise I hook right up and put half a van on the stang but it wasnt to last long, he hooked up and ran away from me with me running a 2.46 60' 14.72@91.30 MPH to his 2.54 60' and 13.53 @107 mph. After the race he comes up and asks me what the hell do I have in the van. He said he wasnt expecting that. Then soon I had a small crowd around the van wanting to know what was up.
Run 2:
Boost set at 19 PSI. This time I get lined up with some gutted, loud 80's RX7 with a cage and some slicks. Usually those types of cars are either really fast or really slow. Again the announcer starts talking about the van, this time he is talking smack for me saying "he only has 4 cyl/ who wants a piece of the nitrous van" ect. Again I do a small burn out to clean the tires off and pull up to the line and stage. Mr.gutted RX7 does a big smoke show. This time I bring the revs up a bit more on the launch, light goes green I roll into it and stuff it about 20' out and we are off. RX7 kind of stay even out of the hole till the ol 2.5 instantly spools the super 60 to 19PSI then I see him fade fast out of my peripherial. I ran a 2.36 60' and 14.57 @ 91.76 mph to his 17.75 @ 73 MPH.
Run 3:
Boost at 19PSI. By now I have tons of people around the van between runs checking it out, along with some drunk guy tring to tell my how to port heads and the benefits of running a air filter:rolleyes: As I am waiting in the staging lanes the announcer is saying "who wants to run the van for pinks?/ the mini is calling out you guys in the hemi truck club/ what V8 muscle car wants a piece of the mini van?/" Well I get to the staging lanes and there is no one next to me, I guess they are scared. I have two bolt-on LT1 Trans ams behind me that want to race each other. I pull into the burnout box and wait for instructions. The announcer starts talking so much smack to the WS6 T/A behind me, and I guess he couldnt take it anymore so he pulled up next to me. I again do my little burn out I can hear the announcer say "Who thinks the mini van is gonna smoke that pontiac?/ hey Mr Trans Am, take it easy on the van, it only has 4 cyl" On the line I bring the revs up just a bit more and on the green we are off. I instantly jump ahead of the T/A, I just kept it in "D" as in all previous runs and hold it to the boards and wait for Mr.T/A to catch me and walk by.... 1/8 mi and he is still back there, holy $hit, I might have this one... and as we cross the line it seems he is about 2-3 cars back. I ran a 2.28 60' and 14.39 @ 92.33 to his 2.63 60' and 14.63 @ 98.25.
My friends who were in the stands told me the crowd exploded. They told me everyone thought the T/A was going to win (hell I did too) but they were rooting for me. Even the little kids were cheering for me.
Once again in the staging lanes I have a crowd gathered. My buddy tells me " Man, you got a 89' mini van and I got a 03' cobra and you would get more pu$$y here than me." I had a good laugh at that one. Even some MILF came up to me and said "Thanks for bringing some respect to us soccer moms."
To top it off, on the way home on the freeway I get into a few 45 MPH rolls with a nice Benz. I pull him pretty hard all 3 times. This was a nice Benz also, had rims, lowered and couldnt be more than a year or two old and wasnt the cheap model, I couldnt see what class it was but it was pretty decent size 2 door. Stop at a light and it turns out he seen me at the track and his wife said " I spilled my drink on myself messin' with you".
All in all I was pleased with the van, had alot of fun and made a good name for turbo dodges. I wish I could have gotten to run a few more times, as my times kept coming down more and more with each run. I also want to work on getting the MPH up. I have a monster FMIC I am going to put on soon, that should help big time. That should get me solidly in the 13's and get that MPH up.
Mods are...
2.5 w/ forged wisecos, Super 60 with .63 turbine/ stock G head/ ported exh. mani/ TU 3" SV/ 3" TU DP/ Full 3" exhaust with dynomax ultra flow/ 89 toyota supra intercooler/ home made CAI/ TU 3 bar w 52lbs inj./ built tranny with stock rebuilt convertor, and thats about it.
Jeff