BadAss SRT-Z - 2.4L / A568 - Update!!!

[BadAssPerformance]

Ran it 3 times at Grove today... the new headgasket and flycut exhaust flange seem to work well!

Run 1 - cold track, cold tires, missed 2nd harder than ever, blocked out! 15psi boost

R/T: .400
60': 1.895
330': 6.016
1/8ET: 9.147
1/8mph: 82.05
1000'ET: 11.642
1/4ET: 13.701
1/4mph: 108.78

Run 2 - Raced Tom's Charger, Tom red lit, was a good chase till I cheezed 3rd (2nd was good!) 15psi boost

Tom-----------Me
-.181---R/T---.150
1.843---60'---1.848
5.025---330'---5.105
7.529---1/8ET---8.006
98.03---1/8mph---85.55
9.705---1000'ET---10.429
11.522---1/4ET---12.460 (best ET on 15psi for this setup)
124.56---1/4mph---110.68

Run 3 - fixed 3rd, but 2nd effed me this time!... car bogged off the line and ripped the alternator belt off 1/2 way thru 3rd gear 15 psi boost

R/T: .095
60': 2.025
330': 5.683
1/8ET: 8.548
1/8mph: 87.56
1000'ET: 10.938
1/4ET: 12.951
1/4mph: 111.35 (best mph on 15psi for this setup)

[cordes]

Wow JT, some ups and downs for sure. What do you think the deal is with that shifting?

[BadAssPerformance]

Gonna put a stock shifter in... if its still crap the trans will come apart.

[cordes]

Gonna put a stock shifter in... if its still crap the trans will come apart.

That will be an experience. I feel like I have an oar while in a car with a stock 568 shifter.

[BadAssPerformance]

I'm used to the shadow's A555 row-boat shifter and can stick the hell outta that car!

[black86glhs]

Could it be operator problems? No wait, your not a gazer. Your shifter doesn't have to be shaped like....er...well....you know. Must be mechanical.

[BadAssPerformance]

well, it could be operator problem, but I assure you that I was pulling in back into 2nd gear, NOT pounding it up and down!

[black86glhs]

well, it could be operator problem, but I assure you that I was pulling in back into 2nd gear, NOT pounding it up and down!

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew you'de have a good remark!!!!!

Nothing more frustrating than missing a shift.....

[Turbo3Iroc]

Did you check if your cables are binding up? Any issues going into 4th? What shifter are you using?

[BadAssPerformance]

MadDog STS... Chuck tuned it up 2 weeks ago, drove fine, just not at 7k rpm. no issues with 4th ever, but 4th dont see action below 108mph

EDIT: cables seem ok...

[black86glhs]

MadDog STS... Chuck tuned it up 2 weeks ago, drived find, just not at 7k rpm. no issues with 4th ever, but 4th dont see action below 108mph

Drived????

[BadAssPerformance]

LOL, I kant tyep speel or think!

[black86glhs]

LOL, I kant tyep speel or think!

I'm surprised I caught that. The brake clean fumes in my garage were getting pretty high.....so was I.

[Turbo3Iroc]

Ha fat fingers

If you're using a stock base a stock neon shifter will bolt onto it. Not sure if you have a stock 523/568 shifter ...

You can also pop the cable end off the trans and manually actuate it. I think your issue is with the top one.

Is the trans just one you came across and decided to go with or has it been gone through?

[Turbo3Iroc]

Forgot to add that after my trans was rebuilt that the selector was quite firm. Took the cable off and it took some levarage to move. I kept missing 3rd or 4th when I had it out. Went to a rental day a couple weeks ago and made 12 passes, missed one shift all day. In the staging lanes I went through the gears atleast 100 times. It seems to be wearing in.

[BadAssPerformance]

I have the '91 daytona shifter I got with the A568 from jckrieger. I had thi sin it at SDAC-18 and it shifted well... put the STS in before the Mopar Nats

Trans was in good shape, I put an OBX in it and brass shift fork pads, everything else looked ok.

I'll play with it a little, might be the shifter mechanism?

[BadAssPerformance]

Forgot to add that after my trans was rebuilt that the selector was quite firm. Took the cable off and it took some levarage to move. I kept missing 3rd or 4th when I had it out. Went to a rental day a couple weeks ago and made 12 passes, missed one shift all day. In the staging lanes I went through the gears atleast 100 times. It seems to be wearing in.

interesting... When I put the STS in I also re-pinned the top lever with a 3/16" roll pin.

[Turbo3Iroc]

Yea may have bent the post slightly?

[BadAssPerformance]

bent post?

[Turbo3Iroc]

The shaft that sticks out of the body that the top lever attaches to. I don't know the proper name for it. Maybe the bushing is damaged? Just throwing out ideas....