Ebay. The good ones are about 14$ each. I only use USA sellers, it's hard to find these made in USA without cutting off your arm as payment.Where did you get the couplers?
Taking the car out to cash days tomorrow night at Lakeland dragstrip. Last time they saw it I was running 8.9 all motor, on street tires with stock heads. Hopefully they will just assume I have a pos with a bad ps pump... I can't wait to see what full boost is like, going out way early to do some tuning.
Bleh...no funSounds like it's time for an automatic then,....Granny.
Let's use some applied science here shall we:
Subject: J.R.
Subject Vehicle: J.R.'s supercharged car.
Hypothetical question: How much faster would JR go in JR's car if he didn't have to worry about shredding a T5, missing any gear, or blazing the tires as a result of a 3000rpm side step at the line?
Solution: 4R 70w, C4 if you're a glutton for punishing yourself on the drive getting there.
Sounds like you just need to fine tune the car and your driving. You should never try launching in 2nd btw. With a cold AND wet track...you're going to spin no matter what. The track officials should have cleaned that up. That's a dangerous condition for everyone. Grab some sticky soft compound tires before going back. I prefer a bias ply (I really liked the M&H dot tires) for a stick car. Radials just don't work well with a 5speed unless you have some descent tire and now how to launch them. I can say Nitto's suck from experience and are inconsistent. Such a fine line of acceptability or complete slippage.Yes 3. First pass car died on the launch. I was trying the launch control function, needless to say I turned it off.
Second pass, the car obliterated the tires 1st and 2nd gear. The car before me left water on the track (azz hat). Ran a 9.7et at 89mph. Sad
Third pass, it was late 1030pm 45* air track was cold. Second gear launch 2.12 60ft 8.8et at 90mph.... again sad. Car wants more timing I think, and I need a lot more seat time.
All passes were full weight, 120lb of batteries in the trunk, full tank of gas. And a terrible driver granny shifting.
Bleh...no fun
If a track car and worried about consistency then heck yeah. But if just a few passes a year and having fun(until it breaks lol)...run the T5. Just learn to drive at the track. But I do agree with the logic of an auto swap. I almost did this myself but I'm a glutton for punishment and will break my t5 (again) before such a drastic switch.
Why no 2nd gear launch? Well the gear ratio is to high. It's hard on the clutch(creates more heat). So between the two you'll never run the quickest time and is hard on the driveline. You need the torque multiplication of first gear. If it's blowing the tire off, you need a better tire/suspension/driving style. With a stock tire it doesn't really matter. You're going to have traction problems(only worse with more and more power). A drag radial would help. Again it's hard to get those to work with a manual(especially with a positive displacement blower-i.e. Instant torque). A bias ply soft compound tire(either a dot type or slick) is the best option. I have heard good things about the Mickey Thompson pro version drag radial.I like the manual gear box, just need practice. I do not wear a pretentious hat wilst in my cabriolet Mike but loved the thread. Lol.
This car is just about having fun and learning how to fab my own stuff. If I wanted a race car I would get one.
Why no 2nd gear luanch?
After talking with the guys over at tccoa I have decided to pull the m90 back off the car. I need to do a lot more work on the inlet side of the blower, like paper thin port work. Maybe even weld or epoxy the back of the case to get the inlet opened up enough.
On the bright side they said my inlet Temps were better than expected. So my work on the outlet was good.
I need better burrs for the aluminum port work, I wonder if I can source them locally...
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