xpndbl3

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Rented cordova dragway for 8 hours on nov 6th. DA was -1800 in the morning and -450 when I started making passes. Running this nitrous converter n/a only really killed me at the starting line all day. Best 60' were in the 1.6X range the whole time, motor didn't wake up until 5500 or so and that was 100' out at least. Added some timing and played around with launch techniques and rpm on footbrake and transbrake, definitely need to loosen the stall a little or just hit it with a shot and see what happens. Need new front springs since there is no weight transfer with how low the nose is now. Debating coilovers in the front or just buying a new set of stock replacement springs and letting it eat.

Orr89RocZ

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Good deal, so what did it do?

1BADRZ28

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What did it stall to on the brake? What did it flash to on the nitrous?

Fast 383

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xpndbl3

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i'll pm you about it. Ran it n/a all day

gtpro700

why last run of the season did you break something or is it just to cold now?

xpndbl3

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too cold, we had snow in the area 2 days before the track rental. It's 60 today, but going to be cold by the end of the week. So my season is done, nothing broke so it's getting put away on a good note for once

84firebird383

Chitown guys don't say how fast they go.

Orr89RocZ

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booo.... disappointing

xpndbl3

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lol hard to show up at the track when people google you all winter waiting for you to post times up and then they know how much land to ask for or if they have you covered easily.

Orr89RocZ

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I understand I just hate going to the track and watching cars run and no times are shown... i never been to a track that had that as an option until I went to MIR and Houston Motorsports Park

mw66nova

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that thing leaves so flat...it looks weird wrinkling up those tires and not being on the bumper...

DIGGLER

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if thats a nitrous converter, you might as well leave the car alone until you spray it. my car picks up 2.5 tenths in the 60' with just a small shot. goes from barely popping the fronts off the ground to picking them up a foot and carrying them 60'.

xpndbl3

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found two more pics of it



The nose definitely doesn't move more than 2" tops up at the hit, maybe a shot will wake it up then. Would kinda like it to do a little better n/a and still run a shot, maybe I'm crazy for wanting both

RS Chris

Does your rear emblem say "Z30"? Or do I need to quit smokin this green stuff?

xpndbl3

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z28 lol of course

t-top havoc

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Hey x--
She looks WWAAYYY better off the trailer!!

At least you got a few runs--give you ideas on how much to shoot, or was it too cool for that kind of data??

DIGGLER

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once you pick up over a second in the 1/4 you wont care about n/a anymore. i dont remember the last time i made a motor pass.

xpndbl3

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track held 8 second cars, so I'd have to come up with a different excuse if I had issues.

Ya just filling them bottles will get pricey after a while, but I'm excited to hit it in the spring. That morning when the track opened the temp was 22 and 56 for a high so it's the last day to try this season I'm sure.

84firebird383

Do you ever make it to GLD for RSD? I saw Today on Chitown that they may try to do one more.

1BADRZ28

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That converter likes nitrous. Wait until you push the button......

xpndbl3

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nope going to winterize the car in a few days and that'll be it. Back on jackstands until 2011. GLD doesn't hook well in the cold from what I've seen on small tire cars.


So I've heard.

Shagwell

no spray:


spray:


any questions? - lol

Fast 383

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Are Chitown guys allowed to reveal what color blue the car is? Lol

xpndbl3

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yes when can I get that tuneup?

Came from a custom paint chip color called bright blue effect. Paint has silver metallic flake in it and a lot of pearl since it changes color at night.

zacharyhorn

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Car looks great man.

1BADRZ28

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Yes, why doesn't mine come up like that?

Fast 383

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Because he's still running a T-400.

ZONES89RS

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No two cars are the same, thats why.

xpndbl3

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thanks bud, wish you could have came out too

because we're doing something wrong I don't mind not doing wheelies though, wasted movement as you put it. Thanks for the call the other night, gives me some stuff to mess with this winter.

1BADRZ28

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I am always doing something wrong and the weight of your car is just plain wrong. I am working on those part numbers for the strut's. Saves like 80.00+

mw66nova

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1BADRZ28, can you forward those pn's to me too? steve let me in on what ya'll were doing with those coil overs...

xpndbl3

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Well you're more than welcome to give me a hand on dropping weight some how.....thing is a freak with how heavy it is. And can't wait to put those coilovers on

DIGGLER

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let me in on the struts too! im running koni spa-1's with trick springs up front and i cant figure out how it could save that much weight....
i am more confident with the stock setup since there is no weight held up by the strut towers like the coilover setups. on a hard wheelstand landing i wondered if it could tweak the car?

xpndbl3

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no he's talking about my car being a fatty and weighing too much, not the weight savings of the coilover setup. I need to either put in taller stock springs that are not cut as much or try out these trick springs I have but have at least 2 coils cut out of them by my last buddies super light 3rd gen.

gtpro700

Why what is your car weighing that it is such a fatty? lol

1BADRZ28

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Piecing the strut parts together saves $80.00 not 80lbs. Not sure if it was clear up there.

Shagwell

.117n/.102f, 4.75psi flowing. No progressive, WOT switch and t-brake interrupt only. -

yeah, about that......I might have made a slight mis-calculation in my IC height that I just caught a couple days ago. Doesn't help that I still wasn't throwing enough power at it off the line, and the converter was a good 1k too tight. - Car was trying to dead hook instead of getting on the tire.

bahhh. We've been mid 1.1x 60's with a stock geared th400 and no wheenie bars, front up 12-18". - Refer to above response, lol.

Shagwell

Oh yeah, in case I haven't said it in a while, F*@$ powerglides.

xpndbl3

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LOL i don't think my motor would like pills that big

wouldn't mind discussing where else to pull out some weight though, maybe just drop the car off by you for a week hahaha.

DIGGLER

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thats what i was thinking. friend of mine went through 3-4 HIGH DOLLAR glides last year. i think he gave up on that one and sold it. now hes running a rossler glide but i dont think hes made any passes on it yet. lots of FAST guys have swapped from the glide to the 400 this year.

xpndbl3

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like i said...mild and slow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWRQdZlA1P4


2nd video my buddy has no clue where to put a car in the burnout box at all.....whew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdlsesqiR-c

RS Chris

What happened on that 1-2 shift? Love those Blue cars.

xpndbl3

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car hit 5500 rpm and spun the slicks and banged off the limiter(7300), you can see the back end kick out as I try to keep it in the groove then grab 2nd gear.

RS Chris

You know I didn't see it the first time, but after watching again I see it now. Looks like it pulled right a little.

xpndbl3

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ya I noticed it in the car and then not in the video until I made it full screen sized

DIGGLER

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i finally coaxed my buddy into giving up the throttle sex in his burnouts. your vid is exactly what he would do. lol

ZONES89RS

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LOL, i do that on the street messing around.

hairysox33

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I gotta say, very nice car man. Gorgeous blue color.

KWIK84

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Looks like a decent turnout, wish I could have made it up there. Hopefully in the spring I can get the junk up there.