345ci Nitrous'd Notchback Progress Thread

90lxcoupe · Mar 22, 2011

Here are some anti-progress pics... Motor is getting a new cam and valvesprings this coming monday, i may snap a few shots of that while im at the machine shop too.

Couple shots playin with the depth of field

NIKwoaC · Mar 22, 2011

New cam!!!

Specs? Is this a Buddy Rawls unit?

Nice pics, too, heh.

Cobra912 · Mar 22, 2011

so you are going from DR's to slicks?

90lxcoupe · Mar 23, 2011

NikwoaC said:
New cam!!!

Specs? Is this a Buddy Rawls unit?

Nice pics, too, heh.

Thanks, got a new camera so i actually have quality pictures now.

Buddy spec'd out the cam, bullet ground it and im not real sure on the specs, but its gonna go from me shifting at 6300ish to around 7500. Should move peak power up 1000 rpms.

Cobra912 said:
so you are going from DR's to slicks?

Already did

I like the slicks alot better, that was a 1.52 60' in the pic below, 3rd pass off the trailer was a 1.49(this pass was off the limitier and im pretty sure it got both tires off the ground) but i had a valvtrian issue and it went 11.21 at 119mph. I will still run radials on weds T&T when i drive the car to the track, but thats about it for the radials. they are alot harder to get to work with a stick than the slicks.

NIKwoaC · Mar 23, 2011

Still hydraulic roller, right? Billet core I assume? What material gear do you/will you run on the distributor?

90lxcoupe · Mar 23, 2011

NikwoaC said:
Still hydraulic roller, right? Billet core I assume? What material gear do you/will you run on the distributor?

Im pretty positive its a billet core, and i dont know what im going to do about the gear, ill ask my motor guy when we do the cam monday, still hydraulic yes.

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 23, 2011

90lxcoupe said:
Here are some anti-progress pics... Motor is getting a new cam and valvesprings this coming monday, i may snap a few shots of that while im at the machine shop too.

Couple shots playin with the depth of field

What the hell is that crevice in your driveway? Are you living on a fault line?

HotFox · Mar 23, 2011

What rear gear you running? That is hell of lot of RPM for hydraulic, good luck! Hope you got 3/8" push rods.

I bet we will see 10's this summer?

That is my goal! My current best is 11.56@122 with a 1.7x 60'. Team Z said I should see 1.4XX 60' with the new suspension.

Scott

90lxcoupe · Mar 23, 2011

madmike1157 said:
What the hell is that crevice in your driveway? Are you living on a fault line?

Thats actually japans fault line and my car is godzilla

90lxcoupe · Mar 23, 2011

HotFox said:
What rear gear you running? That is hell of lot of RPM for hydraulic, good luck! Hope you got 3/8" push rods.

I bet we will see 10's this summer?

That is my goal! My current best is 11.56@122 with a 1.7x 60'. Team Z said I should see 1.4XX 60' with the new suspension.

Scott

Hopefully i can reuse the pushrods i have, PK machine is pretty confident that i will be able to re-use the pushrod length i have.

Tens i hope, if all this dosent do it, i quit... 4.30 gears in the rear. Rawls has been over 8800 with hyd stuff so i think i'll be alright. AFM has a few high RPM hydraulics as well. If i had to go back, i just would have went solid from the beginning, but that is too much work/money at this point and this motor will not be this way for more than 2 seasons...

I think you got 10's in it, the MPH is there, are you using radials or slicks?

HotFox · Mar 23, 2011

Impressive RPM on HR.

Thats on MT Drag Radials. Going to go to Hoosier 275/75-15 from 275/50-15.

Scott

90lxcoupe · Mar 23, 2011

Its gonna be tough to get the stick car to work on the radials, need a very good prep and slip the **** out of the clutch. You should give slicks a try

Here's an idle/rev clip of the car, with bassani exhaust. sounds very similar to the ultraflows i had

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmVAavktn4M

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 23, 2011

90lxcoupe said:
Thats actually japans fault line and my car is godzilla

It's the wrong color to be Godzilla,...has more of a Rodan look to it.

Cobra912 · Mar 23, 2011

I'm running hoosier QTP 27x10.5's and thinking of going to the mickey thompson DRs. I usually 1.51-2 60ft but would like a little more top end stability. Contemplating a 28" tire to drop my RPM's at the line.

90lxcoupe · Mar 23, 2011

Cobra912 said:
I'm running hoosier QTP 27x10.5's and thinking of going to the mickey thompson DRs. I usually 1.51-2 60ft but would like a little more top end stability. Contemplating a 28" tire to drop my RPM's at the line.

My slicks are 28x10.5's Stiff walls with tubes. I dont mind them on the big end. Not as stable as the radials but nowhere near as bad as i thought. Once the car is settled in 4th it barely moves around. Much better than the 26x10.5 et streets. Those felt like a death trap...

I think the stiff wall combined with the tubes makes it more stable. But the 275/60 radails will prob work too with the C4. I think your car would like it. What width rim? I wouldnt run anything but a 10" rim wth them

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 23, 2011

Just to be sure, I'm only messing w/ you.

I think your car looks great. I like everything you've done, including the paint color.

90lxcoupe · Mar 23, 2011

madmike1157 said:
Just to be sure, I'm only messing w/ you.

I think your car looks great. I like everything you've done, including the paint color.

Thanks, i appreciate it, and i didnt take anything you said in a negative way. FWIW that crack in the base of my garage is huge and i need the whole thing redone cause the car scrapes when i pull it in anyways...

Cobra912 · Mar 23, 2011

90lxcoupe said:
My slicks are 28x10.5's Stiff walls with tubes. I dont mind them on the big end. Not as stable as the radials but nowhere near as bad as i thought. Once the car is settled in 4th it barely moves around. Much better than the 26x10.5 et streets. Those felt like a death trap...

I think the stiff wall combined with the tubes makes it more stable. But the 275/60 radails will prob work too with the C4. I think your car would like it. What width rim? I wouldnt run anything but a 10" rim wth them

I had two sets of rear rims, like a dummy I kep the 8" and sold the 10's. I had 275/60's mounted on the 8" didn't seem too bad, not much bulge. I'm also not running tubes or screws and if I watch some video of my 10.60 runs with 12 psi in the tires they look like they spin on the rim. Either way I have to go 28" or a gear change from the 3.73's, way too many rpms through the traps.

Sorry for the derail.....

90lxcoupe · Mar 24, 2011

Cobra912 said:
I had two sets of rear rims, like a dummy I kep the 8" and sold the 10's. I had 275/60's mounted on the 8" didn't seem too bad, not much bulge. I'm also not running tubes or screws and if I watch some video of my 10.60 runs with 12 psi in the tires they look like they spin on the rim. Either way I have to go 28" or a gear change from the 3.73's, way too many rpms through the traps.

Sorry for the derail.....

no apology neccessary, this is good info to share.

I would bet you were spinning the tire on the rim, i was reading somwhere that anything running faster than 12.0's should have screws, and there were different arguments for tubes. I have some huge still images that i zoomed in on of a friend launching with 26x10s on a 10 hole(hci car with juice) and it was amazing how much the slick was folding over when you looked really close, it looked like the bead was separated from the face of the rim.

As far as the radails go, you would be supprised how much of a difference they make on a 10" rim, it was much better on the street, and they feel more stabil with LESS air than on a 8" rim. Sometimes I wouldnt even put more air in the tires after the track, i drove them on the highway at 17psi and no float at all. I ran them at 22 on the 8" rim

Cobra912 · Mar 24, 2011

good to know thanks for the info!

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