first pass 11.03
second pas 10.80
third pass 10.56 129mph
should have made a couple more passes but was running late and had to leave. it did make me want to fix third gear in the tranny and put a trans brake in it see if i can squeak a 9.99 out of it. i heard that a race cover on the s400 is worth 4 tenths.
I'd like to squeak a 9.x pass off in my Jeep too, but I'm not sure how Martin would feel about that...... Thinking I'd get asked to leave.
Car sounds good!
i thought i would get booted because i have no cage, but they never said anything to me and the tech guy looked at my timeslip every time. he mentioned the 11.50 cage rule in tech but never booted me so idk.
I'm really surprised they didn't say more to you for going 10.5's with no cage!
I can't launch hard at all, so I had to baby it for the first 60-100' the last time I had it to the track. Went 10.7's launching like that and letting off at half track and finishing the run from the 1/8 to the 1/4 at half throttle
It was only going 115MPH at the end, and was surprisingly stable. Well, stable until the slightest hint of anything going wrong I'm sure :sonicjay:
thats impressive what combination do you have for a motor? yea i would be reluctant to make a full pass with a short wheel base high c/g vehicle like that
Years ago I built a sleeper 81 malibu myself. It was basically a street legal gutted shell with a heavily built 350 and a four speed. Had a full S&W sportsman cage hidden in it as well. Best part for the sleeper aspect is it was a four door!
First time at Milan they just waved me through inspection expecting a slow ass stock vehicle. Ran the first run of the day and at the end of the track I was met by a very angry official who ordered me to tech immidiately. I asked what the problem was and he barked "You just ran a 10.2 in a POS four door malibu, that's why!"
Everthing checked out fine and I had a great day bracket racing. This was before the big sleeper phase in racing, and the tech guys just kept shaking their heads in disbelief
yea on the noise this thing is pretty quiet, the video at the drag strip i took the exhaust off it just had the down pipe on it and dumped it under the pass door. i like the lower compression set up too makes them more steetable i think, when your just cruising around with no boost its just a mild 8.5/1 motor.
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