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glhs875
06-17-2006, 07:29 PM
Went to the mopar show today and made some runs in hottest part of the day. And it was HOT, in the 90's and the air quality sucked. But I still managed a best of 8.45!!! I'm slowly getting this new combo tuned in. Boost was @ 23psi max. I now have 4 stages of boost, so I can ramp it slowly for street tires.
Bardo
06-17-2006, 07:33 PM
very nice. keep it up and good luck:thumb:
glhs875
06-17-2006, 07:45 PM
Thanks, I'm getting closer to my 7.8 second goal on street tires. If I make a pass that quick, I should be able to bust an 11 second 1/4!!
Marcus86GLHS
06-18-2006, 06:05 AM
good work...an 11 second glhs sounds great, especially on DOT tires.
glhs875
06-18-2006, 06:44 AM
good work...an 11 second glhs sounds great, especially on DOT tires.

It's getting closer. I figure with as hard as my car pulls up top, that 8.45 would of been a 12.6 to 12.7 in the 1/4. To keep traction on 300 treadwear tires, I'm really only ripping on the last half of the 1/8th mile.
Marcus86GLHS
06-18-2006, 08:14 AM
great mph....what was your race weight?
glhs875
06-18-2006, 08:45 AM
great mph....what was your race weight?

Not 100% sure, but going by the known weight of these cars to start with, and knowing pretty close to how much I lightened things up, I'd say about 2400lbs with me in it. Give or take a little. The car has full interior, minus carpet & back seat. The front seats are lightweight ones. I'll eventually get it weighed to find out for sure. I'm gunning for 100+ mph in the 1/8th. The boost level Iam running at right now (23 to 24 psi max) and with the way I have my engine set up, I'm still able to run pump gas (93 octane). I'm a long ways from the edge yet!
GLHSKEN
06-18-2006, 09:13 AM
Tires???
glhs875
06-18-2006, 12:40 PM
Tires???

Negotiator NV 50. 225/50/15. I think they are made by Sommitimo or something like (spelling?)
87csx2.4
06-18-2006, 01:59 PM
I had a good time I think the td'ers made a good showing for the v8 mopar guys I think they definately gained some respect.Nice run brian it wont be long it seems to get faster everytime we go.:thumb:
glhs875
06-18-2006, 03:15 PM
I had a good time I think the td'ers made a good showing for the v8 mopar guys I think they definately gained some respect.Nice run brian it wont be long it seems to get faster everytime we go.:thumb:

Your car makes a damn good impression!! Yea, it has gotten faster every time out. I'm really getting a grasp on what this combo likes, but I still have a long ways to go. I heard alot of nice comments towards our cars from alot of the people checking them out. It won't be long and Iam going to let mine rest a bit to fix the little quirks I have that's holding my car back somewhat.
turbovanmanČ
06-18-2006, 03:49 PM
Wow, thats awesome. Wish mine would pull like that on the top end, :(
glhs875
06-18-2006, 05:33 PM
Wow, thats awesome. Wish mine would pull like that on the top end, :(

Well it has taken me awhile and I have worked hard at trying to make a 8V breath good past 6000rpm. I was shifting a 6400rpm on this last outing so I could get well into 3rd gear. On the previous outing, I was running the 1/8th out still in 2nd crossing the line @ 7000+ with the engine still pulling hard! Right now Iam a little confused because my mph on both ways of shifting is pretty much identical. Undoubtably the HP & torque curve must be extremely flat over a wide margin. Iam going to experiment with some things to try and help the upper rpm HP some more.