Welllllll World Ford Challenge 9 is finally over with and I get a break for a few weeks before I start the next step of the project.
I ran a test and tune on thursday in St louis and busted the headgasket at the end of the very first run. When the head gasket blew it pressurized the cooling system, busted the radiator and a bypass hose. This in turn sent me into a pretty serious slide across the finish line where I still trapped over 104. Hopefully stinger will be able to get a screen shot from the video he took. However I did get it back together to run more the next day.
After stupid things happening with the car and the track being packed I didn't get to make even 1 pass with the car in "kill" mode. So here's the best times from 7 timeslips.
Best Reaction Time: .007 I had 2 of these back to back
Best 60ft: 1.699 Best ever with a 2.3
Best 330: 4.947 " "
Best 1/8: 7.631 " "
Best 1/8 MPH: 90.92 " "
best 1/4: 11.98 Best run of my life
best MPH: 108.33 Highest trap ever.
Just by the numbers and comparing the different runs we figured if I could go about 11.6 just with a clean run. This is all with a T5 as well. I talked to several guys that say an automatic would pick me up a bunch too, so you can guess my next move.
It was also great fun to hang around my trailer and watch people walk or drive by and slide to a stop to look at it. Plus stinger got to explain alot of the set-up to people looking to do the same. Since everything done to this car is strictly Stinger bolt-ons on a junk yard engine.
Now for the pics.
I ran a test and tune on thursday in St louis and busted the headgasket at the end of the very first run. When the head gasket blew it pressurized the cooling system, busted the radiator and a bypass hose. This in turn sent me into a pretty serious slide across the finish line where I still trapped over 104. Hopefully stinger will be able to get a screen shot from the video he took. However I did get it back together to run more the next day.
After stupid things happening with the car and the track being packed I didn't get to make even 1 pass with the car in "kill" mode. So here's the best times from 7 timeslips.
Best Reaction Time: .007 I had 2 of these back to back
Best 60ft: 1.699 Best ever with a 2.3
Best 330: 4.947 " "
Best 1/8: 7.631 " "
Best 1/8 MPH: 90.92 " "
best 1/4: 11.98 Best run of my life
best MPH: 108.33 Highest trap ever.
Just by the numbers and comparing the different runs we figured if I could go about 11.6 just with a clean run. This is all with a T5 as well. I talked to several guys that say an automatic would pick me up a bunch too, so you can guess my next move.
It was also great fun to hang around my trailer and watch people walk or drive by and slide to a stop to look at it. Plus stinger got to explain alot of the set-up to people looking to do the same. Since everything done to this car is strictly Stinger bolt-ons on a junk yard engine.
Now for the pics.