Get there, no one there again, Hemidare is on his way, Whorse is there. Install slicks, 2 gallons C16 in my almost empty tank, alky system working. I weigh my van, holy sh*t she got heavier, 3520lbs with me in it, I weigh 190 lbs.
Were called, of to the lanes I go, the finger pointing starts, Ohhh, theres THAT minivan again. Do a nice burnout, stage and off I go, she's pulling hard, I have a few farts due to the alky near 5500 but i absolutey waste a Turbo Civic. I get my slip and scream like a little girl, 1.9 60ft and 13.67@98.14 mph, at 25 psi of boost.
I get back and can't stop laughing. I turn the boost up one turn, now the MBC is maxed out, 1/2 hr later were up again, burnout, launch and it feels good again, no more farting, 2.0 60ft and a 13.68@98.38 mph at 25psi again.
I forgot to get the little ferule like Ken suggested so I use a small rock to shim up the spring. Get back out, during the burnout, its popping so I know the boost is too high, launch and pop poppity, look at the boost guage-its pegged to the left, I would guess 40 psi,so I just do the run at 3/4 throttle and waste another Turbo Civic. Figured a 18 sec run, WRONG, 14.1@90.89 mph,
So I boost it in the pits and get it to 30 psi. Go back out and this is where it gets ugly, fast. I am in the waterbox and brake torquing it, tranny goes boom. Well anyhow, needless to say, I am the first person to grenade an OBX,
See here for more details-
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4425
So needless to say, I don't know if I will drag race anymore this year. I just don't have the time to build another trans right now. I have tons of parts but damn, I just have zero time.
I left in the tow truck just as ForcfedOmni showed up, hope they had a good time.
Hemidare ran 15's@88 mph in his 89 Shadow, basically stock with a 2.5 inch system and Whorse ran his Lebaron convert with a slipping clutch at 14.6@88 mph.
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