NoSlo- I measured my ET streets and they are only 8-3/4" wide, and I don't even know if I'm getting that much as they are "coned" out (like a motorcycle tire) in the center, but they do have 20lbs of air in them too.
Joe- the suspension looks to be the next purchase. I figure if I could go a 12.23 at 112.4mph with a 1.75 60, I got a lot more left, and after watching how pitiful my launches look, I know that to be true. I hope to have the video up with sound soon. Maybe next time you can swing by with your slicks!!!
I did, all 3700lbs of it.
Willie- THANKS! I think its great that you and I are running what we do in cars that most people wouldn't think for a second could break out of the 13's! Keep up the good work! I can't wait to see what kind of numbers you get out of your planned stroker combo! Is that in the works yet?
Moneypit- as I said above, my 26X10.5X16 ET streets only measure ~8-3/4" wide MAX on my 16X7" stock waffle wheels. I have two launch methods... a QUICK slip, and a LONG slip and I used both this weekend. The quick slip yields the better 60's if the tires hold, which is about 50% of the time, where as my LONG slip almost always holds. On my 12.1 run I used the LONG slip method (as if I was launching on drag radials). If I quick slip it the rear squats too fast and hard and then unloads the rear tires when the rear recoils back up. I need to work on that. I launch at 4500rpms. I rev it to 4500 as soon as I and the other car as both staged. I do not keep feeding in the throttle, I just hold it at 4500. I will try less air pressure next time out.
Bob- after looking at the dyno graphs some more, there is definitely more power left in it. I wish we would have made 1 more pull with leaning it out just a hair more up above 5000rpms. I hope to have the graphs scanned tomorrow and will put them up here so you and others can see what happens with the A/F ratio in the upper revs.
Everyone else... THANKS!
Am I the ONLY one depressed because of a typo? I highlighted the thread to see this:
