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Still stuck in the 12's....

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  • Start date Start date May 27, 2009

bhuff30

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I went out to the track with the 2.3 last week. It was sucessful in that I drove the car home, but I lost to another 10 second camaro and hurt the head gasket. It's my fault though. I upped the boost from 21 to 23 psi without checking the AFs before making a 100+mph run. The head gasket should be a 2hr job and cost all of 8.99 for a new gasket, so not a big deal.
The only pass of the night was 12.35 @ 111.4mph. I only stalled it to 1600, and got a slowish 1.87 60' time. Then, I wasn't paying much attention and let it run to about 6000 in every gear, instead of nailing the shifts at 5500. I guess I'm not used to the car. This pass, it hurt the head gasket and was idling on 3 of 4 cylinders when I was picking up the time slip.
I'm still running the stock T3 turbo, which is a huge restriction right now. I don't think anyone has gone more than a few ticks faster on the stock turbo in a full weight car.
To keep it 4.6 related... looks like the next change will be some weight loss for the 2.3. The wife won't let me do a PI swap on the 4.6... something about keeping the car reliable. hehehe
Here is a video and picture of my fun:
P1040279.flv video by bhuff66062 - Photobucket
 

BlownStangGT

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Well sounds like a quick fix and time to get it back to the track...I want my car to run 11's......if it runs 12's Im selling it well.....maybe not, but it can be frustrating trying to meet a goal
 
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