I was car 582.....
of course thanks to a shot gearbox,i did miss a gear(2nd) on a few runs
during eliminations,i ran a 14.505 on a 14.50 dial in
then next run i broke out on a 14.37(best run though),and was eliminated
the 16 second run was where i fed too much water injection to it off the line+it died out bad like 20 feet outta the hole,thats how you run a 16 second run@ 98 mph
i was putting a killing on that tree with great r.t.'s(for the most part)
im impressed with the trap speeds ,,99.22 best mph....soo close to the magic 100 mph mark!!!
its got such a top end rush,,it wants to keep pulling past 4500,and comes on strong as low as 2400,although at part throttle ive seen good boost as low as 2000 rpms
VICTORY WAS BITTERSWEET THOUGH....
on the ride home,im idling thru a tollbooth in durtyjursy,and it quit
so i rolled to the side+popped the hood
guess what?? it whipped the timing belt
the tensioner stud backed out of the head+got all stripped out and crap
but being the hillfolk i am,i figured id see if i had bent valves(which i had a feeling i did
so with sticks+rocks(i had tools,sorta)
i timed it good enough to run it
it ran,i was amazed
but sounded like a old subaru,,
so its parked for a few months till i can accumulate $$$ to redo the cyl head,or get a new one
i gotta check out the pistons+see if i need to replace them,and possibly the rod bearings too :oops:
so im down,but not out yet
i know this bad boy has at least a few more mph in it
heck,my struts are so shot+the front end lifts so bad+back end squats off the line
just changing them would help et's and mph too
99mph "should" be 13 second territory