Well, I had the pleasure of driving the "Green Machine" all week for SDAC and racing it @ the drags(shout out to Alan)! I had a F**king blast with the car! Car is insane. We started out running about 45psi(yes 45!)and the car was a monster on the street, traction was lost at will. Car was all over the road fighting for traction, it was and is the scariest car I have ever driven. Rick D drove it and swore he wouldn't drive it again, Lol.Turned the boost down to 34-36psi, who turns boost "DOWN" to 36? lmao. I raced Alan's 425hp Camaro SS with a 150 shot on top and demolished it....almost ran him off the road in the process fighting torque steer(opps).
DJ and Brian road with me to the Go Cart track and that made for a good time. Hopefully DJ will post the shots of my face as i'm doing the tango with the steering wheel. We couldn't stop laughing at how stupid fast the car is(and my faces,LOL)
First pass at the track on DR's I babied the launch and then went through the gears slow to make sure everything was good. Ran like a mid 14 at 116mph spinning through the traps in 4th. Jackson was able to borrow some 22" slicks...I let her rip off the line and spun the slicks through every gear including 4th going through the traps, cut a 1.9 60' and ran 12.8 @ 118 I think. That was the best the car would run on the small slicks, it was just too much power. Everybody in the stands could hear the slicks spinning the whole way.
The broke blue Neon SRT-4 let us borrow his slicks(huge thanks whoever you are). They were 26" and just barely fit with 3/16th spacers. First run I tried launching at 5500rpms and the car bogged bad at the line, ran through the gears and the tires didn't spin. Hot lapped it and launched @ about 6800rpms and cut a 1.8 60' and ran through the lights in 12.10 @ 121mph taking the "Fastest IROC R/T" record! Hot lapped again and ran a 12.12 @ 121mph to back it up. A/F's were still in the mid 10's @ 34psi.
Car ran flawlessly and didn't break a thing except a record. I have to say that I am very impressed with how well Chris's Purple Plate clutch held!!! Launching a full weight boat on 26" slick and the clutch never even hinted @ slipping...even with the hotlaps! Made 15-18 passes total. Calculator puts the car at 495whp with those trap speeds.
I have some GoPro vids i'll get post up of the runs. I'll let Jackson explain the rest.
BTW: Alan Jones made about 5 passes with the car trying to run faster but ran way slower every time! He had the excuse that I broke something before I gave him the car every time. FAIL!