BSX progress....

[tsiconquest88]

damn i was hopin next sat lol, im workin tomorrow till 3:30 tomorrow. Ah no biggy there will be plenty more times im sure lol

[turbo2point2]

Had a pretty good day at Cecil. The weather was beautiful and track conditions weren't far behind. I pulled into the the lanes around 10am. Car felt nice during the burnout, I launched the car soft to see what the track was like:

r/t- .327
60'- 2.037
330- 5.429
1/8- 8.029
mph- 96.11
1000- 10.23
1/4- 12.10
mph- 121.51

Hit the rev limiter on the 1-2 shift and the car was way rich. Boost was 9psi. Head back to the pits, do a once over and load the cal from last week. I made some changes during the week to the fuel tables since the computer was subtracting a good bit. Made another 3 passes on 12 psi while making small fuel changes in between passes. Last pass on 12 psi:

r/t- .034
60'- 1.761
330- 4.775
1/8- 7.151
mph- 103.95
1000- 9.214
1/4- 10.971
mph- 128.21

Nice! the car picked up 3 mph from last week with dialing in the fuel table.
Ok, now it was time to add some boost. I made 3 more passes, the last pass I had the boost set to 17 psi:

r/t- .427
60'- 1.658
330- 4.496
1/8- 6.750
mph- 109.32
1000- 8.711
1/4- 10.379
mph- 134.67

Sweet, 3 mph shy of my previous boost with 10 psi less boost. I looked over the data from that run. The boost ranged from 16.9- 17.5 over the course of the run. The computer was subtracting 11% fuel to maintain 9.8-9.9 AFR, way richer than my target of 10.9:1. Intake temps at the start of the run were 82* at the top end they were 72.5*

I learned a bunch just having the car out the past 2 weeks. Most importantly, I need to leave much harder. The car feels like it would handle a bunch more boost on launch. I wanted to try and leave on the 2 step, but I ran out of fuel and so did the track, oh well theres always next year...

Thanks again to everyone for their support and the help at the track. Mike Marra, Joe Marra, Dave Skrab, Ruthie, Steve Menegon, you guys rock!! Thanks for reading this extended post!

["Top Fuel" Bender]

freakin sweet
good to hear things are going smoother now
wish I could've gone yesterday
sure we'll see plenty of the BSX next year

[Directconnection]

Cool runs for 17psi!

I bet 20psi could get you that 137mph and then some (along with a 9 second pass)

Wish we had more season to hear more of your success on the track!

[Pat]

I passed Cecil yesterday on my way home from NY at about 1:00...if the kids weren't already loosing it from being in the van so long, we would have stopped. I can't wait to see this beast in person.

Great job Brian!

[cordes]

Congrats again Brian. That is really moving out. I can't wait to see what it does next year!

[BadAssPerformance]

Kickass Brian!

[2.216VTurbo]

109 in the 1/8th

[turboshad]

Absolutely amazing.

I'm going to be happy if I can get into the mid 11s using 25 psi next year. I can't believe what you did on 12 and then 17. Definately gives me something to aspire to. Can't say enough about your build.........wow!!


DJ

[mcsvt]

Great to hear Brian, wish I could have been there.

[turbo2point2]

Thanks Everyone! I appreciate all of the support I get from the people here and in this community. Looks like '09 should be a lot more fun!

[contraption22]

Hey Brian,
Loaded this up real quick. Having trouble with Windows Movie Maker, so here is just one run, for now.

[turbo2point2]

Thanks Mike! Thanks to Ruthie for her awesome camera work

[neonkitten63]

I promise that I'll be better for next year!

[mcsvt]

neonkittah FTW

[turbo2point2]

I promise that I'll be better for next year!

You are going to have to get better. With all of the racing Mike and I are planning on doing, we need someone with a steady hand

[t3rse]

you need an in-car camera

[turbo2point2]

Is it April yet? Been going through withdraw lately, I need to get back to the track. Made some progress with the BSX after going over the datalogs. I have spent some time refining the low speed driveability/ transient fueling. The car feels a bit more responsive now. Wish I tried the 2 step before putting the car down for the winter, makes boost quick.

Also started on the body work, fixing a few things before it gets painted. Not sure about the paint scheme yet. I want something a little bit different but subtle, idk, maybe stick to solid red. Sorry, just rambling...

[BadAssPerformance]

Rambling is cool, I cant freaking wait for spring either!!!

["Top Fuel" Bender]

[QUOTE=turbo2point2;418849] have spent some time refining the low speed driveability/ transient fueling. The car feels a bit more responsive now[QUOTE]

In the snow on the streets of Philly