Woodburn Results April 2nd!

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BeenStroked

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#1
Went down to Woodburn dragstrip yesterday and had an awesome day of racing. I managed to get an 11.9 @ 116 on grag radials! :banana: :banana: :banana:
So after I got the 11.9 I decided to go for one more run and just go balls out hoping for some improvement. I did a nasty burnout and staged at the line. Lights went and I launched it at about 5 grand and squeezed right out of the hole. It hooked awesome and then something snapped about 15 feet out.
Needless to say it went home on the tow truck. I don't know what I broke yet, but hopefully I can have it together soon and have it ready to run on some slicks!

Jeff
 
#2
I was there in time to see your car break. In fact, I heard the pop noise from the stands. Just wish I could have seen you run! I may install a 100 shot nitrous express on my car soon as well, so I was curious to see your car run. My 302 makes fairly comparable power to your 347, and is also backed by a TKO. Let me know if you broke the tranny! By the way, I think you used to have my old T-5 before you installed the TKO. Did you grenade it? Hope you get the stang fixed soon.
 
#4
loud 95 said:
I was there in time to see your car break. In fact, I heard the pop noise from the stands. Just wish I could have seen you run! I may install a 100 shot nitrous express on my car soon as well, so I was curious to see your car run. My 302 makes fairly comparable power to your 347, and is also backed by a TKO. Let me know if you broke the tranny! By the way, I think you used to have my old T-5 before you installed the TKO. Did you grenade it? Hope you get the stang fixed soon.
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You missed out on some good runs. It wasn't hard getting used to running the nitrous, it is very addictive!
I don't think I broke anything major. The tranny still feels fine, shifting through the gears feels ok and the clutch pedal still has good pressure. I probably just stripped the teeth off of something.
The T-5 I had was ok, when I upgraded I sold it to hairy canary for his 95.

Jeff
 
#5
That's funny. I guess it is good to know my old tranny has lived on. I am hoping that I can get my car ready to run in the next couple of months. Currently, I am trying to finish college, so money is tight. I have to get my driveshaft re-balanced because it slammed into the underside of the car during a 1-2 shift, and stripped a portion of the balancing weight off. Let me know when you are going to run that beast on slicks....
 
#8
Good times Jeff, and just an FYI the addictive properties of Nitrous are half the reason I switched to the turbos ;)

Just don't let it escalate and you'll be fine.

302fordracer said:
hope it wasn't the rear axle but launching at 5 grand sounds like it coulda been
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Better an axle than tranny bits. Jeff I've got a set of stock SN-95 axles collecting dust if you need them.

Oh, and I picked up that coupe body you called me about yesterday...

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#9
BeenStroked said:
Went down to Woodburn dragstrip yesterday and had an awesome day of racing. I managed to get an 11.9 @ 116 on grag radials! :banana: :banana: :banana:
So after I got the 11.9 I decided to go for one more run and just go balls out hoping for some improvement. I did a nasty burnout and staged at the line. Lights went and I launched it at about 5 grand and squeezed right out of the hole. It hooked awesome and then something snapped about 15 feet out.
Needless to say it went home on the tow truck. I don't know what I broke yet, but hopefully I can have it together soon and have it ready to run on some slicks!

Jeff
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Congrats Jeff! :nice: What size dr's were you running?
 
#14
Jon said:
Nice time Jeff! Did you have the stocker axles in it? I should've headed out to the track.
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I am running 31 splines with an auburn pro. I'm pretty suree the rearend is fine! I will let you know next time I go to the track. Planning to run on slicks.

Steve from Eugene was talking about coming up soon and running his vortech car.
 
#16
Congrats on those impressive numbers Jeff. Now its time to step up to the plate kit, and maby a 150 jet?? I say tens on drag raidals. Its only money, and its not mine. Good luck, i hope its not too broken.
 
#17
WaterPog said:
Good times Jeff, and just an FYI the addictive properties of Nitrous are half the reason I switched to the turbos ;)

Just don't let it escalate and you'll be fine.



Better an axle than tranny bits. Jeff I've got a set of stock SN-95 axles collecting dust if you need them.

Oh, and I picked up that coupe body you called me about yesterday...

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Eric that looks like a good find. I'm happy that worked out for you. It also looks pretty straight and clean. Let me know if you need any help on it.
 
#18
Jeff- I wanted to ask you at the track, but I didn't know how pissed off you were after the car broke: What rear springs/dampeners are you running? You seem to have about the ride height that I do, and I am curious. On the street, I run eibach road race springs with strange shocks. For the strip, I plan to swap in my D&D coil-overs and lakewoods.
 
#19
loud 95 said:
Jeff- I wanted to ask you at the track, but I didn't know how pissed off you were after the car broke: What rear springs/dampeners are you running? You seem to have about the ride height that I do, and I am curious. On the street, I run eibach road race springs with strange shocks. For the strip, I plan to swap in my D&D coil-overs and lakewoods.
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The funny thing was I wasn't one bit mad it broke. I was so pumped from running nitrous all day it didn't really matter. I always felt that there has been a weak point in my tranny so I am hoping that this was it and I can fix it.
I run prothane isolators, only because my stock ones went to *****! When there was nothing left of them I finally replaced them. My springs are just the Eibach sportline springs. I have had them in there for a little over 5 years now.
 
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