Project Bolt-On goes 11.84@116!!!

[351wcoupe]

Well.....I did make it to the track eventually and on my opening time trails run sunday I cracked off a 7.61@91 in the 1/8 and an 11.84@116 in the 1/4 and this was with a fairly wussy launch. This was the best run of the weekend and I was having a ton of trouble with the 6 puck clutch slipping like it was in neutral. Even the good run I was feathering it through 1/2 of 4th gear which is nearly the entire 2nd half of the track.

So now we're thinking its probably capable of 120+ mph and mid 11's with nothing but a clutch that holds.
So this week I may try a different clutch, I got a set of four solid control arms cheap, change the driveshaft yokes to get rid of the huge weight and I intend to throw the 2 step back on. Hopefully that will shoot the front wheels up over a foot.

I also qualified number 1 in the 4-6 cylinder class and lost in the semis but I did win a cool $50 and got the car/stinger a ton of publicity. I'll post the timeslips when I get up tomorrow. Otherwise It was a blast and I got a great sunburn.

 

[351wcoupe]

Also the slogan we decided to go with "We're so good we only brought half a motor" seemed to spread through the staging lanes like crazy and got to where people recognized me when I was walking around. There we're a bunch of Big block that came over and patted me on the back as I explained it has a stock head/ cam and bottom.

 

[Red_LX]

Slipping clutch eh? What kind of clutch is it?

Maybe you could try throwing in one of those unsprung 4-puck discs from clutchnet that everyone on TF is raving about.

 

[351wcoupe]

I'm running the 6 puck sprung hub now with a stock pressure plate.

The 4 puck is also what stinger said.

 

[Shawneebear93]

Also the slogan we decided to go with "We're so good we only brought half a motor"

Love it!

 

[Red_LX]

With a STOCK pressure plate?

Maybe you should try an aftermarket PP then, eh? What about the CFII PP, you can get one of those for $130.

 

[Shinlee]

nice times, but where's the pics????

i have come to expect your pics.....

 

[Stinger]

Garrett, most of the aftermarket clutches use stock pressure plates, including the Spec Stage 3 and such...it should hold well into the 10's with the stock PP if the disc is up to the task.

 

[RustBucket]

Love the car! Love the Slogan! Very cool. Keep up the good work.

 

[ACSPONY]

Sounds awesome man!
Sweet numbers too
*Waiting for pics*

 

[Stinger]

Well, I had one of these sent to him today so we should know what it will "really" do soon enough:

 

[zoomin]

hmm if the stock PP is good into the low 10's then is there a point to the centerforce DF 9" i have in my garage for our 2.3's as this replaces both the disk and PP? are there any advantages/dissadvantages to running this pp over the stock one?

victor

 

[Stinger]

The centerforce is just the other way of doing it...stock disc and increased PP pressure. The disadvantage of that way is 1) an organic disc will get slicker as it heats up where the ceramic style get stickier as they heat up and 2) the heavy duty PP requires more leg strength than a stock PP.