NateCrisman
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Youtube Video of the runs
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GizmoVR4's 92..#431/1000. Island yesterday Nov 5th. We got three 9 sec passes out of the car before being kicked out for lack of safety equipment. This was the first day we were able to make complete passes without any major issues and thankfully hit the goal of a 9.
So we now have some issues to deal with for the winter:
[*]obviously getting the roll bar upgraded to a full cage w/ the roof halo & dash bars, chassis certification, and getting NHRA license.
[*]intercooler needs a significant upgrade as we were seeing 141-156*F AIT at the traps.
[*]ignition upgrade. we were ok at 40psi, but 42.6psi was blowing out the spark.
[*]ECU needs an upgrade as we are running on the very last bottom row of the fuel table, and the boost control doesn't have enough resolution to tune with.
[*]suspension & alignment needs work, as the car is roasting tire in first gear and sliding around and isn't efficient as it could be. It went 1.37 on the pass w/ misfire even with lifting throttle in first gear!
[*]Weight loss....car is still a real streetcar. elec sunroof, leather seat, full dash w/ all the inside guts. all stock wiring. sway bars. stock brakes. significant weight to lose [/list]
That 9.6 was done with the trans not really revving up in first gear or making a solid 1-2 shift. 2-3 shift was pretty early too. We are still figuring out this adjustable rpm shift box vs the automatic shift lag. We had the shift points set too low, actually below where the converter would stall to, which makes the logs looks strange, as if the car launched and stayed in 3rd gear the whole way. I guess we want to shift the thing at about 8500rpm.
Next year I think we are going to make a goal of overtaking #1062 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif
check the video!
GizmoVR4's 92..#431/1000. Island yesterday Nov 5th. We got three 9 sec passes out of the car before being kicked out for lack of safety equipment. This was the first day we were able to make complete passes without any major issues and thankfully hit the goal of a 9.
So we now have some issues to deal with for the winter:
[*]obviously getting the roll bar upgraded to a full cage w/ the roof halo & dash bars, chassis certification, and getting NHRA license.
[*]intercooler needs a significant upgrade as we were seeing 141-156*F AIT at the traps.
[*]ignition upgrade. we were ok at 40psi, but 42.6psi was blowing out the spark.
[*]ECU needs an upgrade as we are running on the very last bottom row of the fuel table, and the boost control doesn't have enough resolution to tune with.
[*]suspension & alignment needs work, as the car is roasting tire in first gear and sliding around and isn't efficient as it could be. It went 1.37 on the pass w/ misfire even with lifting throttle in first gear!
[*]Weight loss....car is still a real streetcar. elec sunroof, leather seat, full dash w/ all the inside guts. all stock wiring. sway bars. stock brakes. significant weight to lose [/list]
That 9.6 was done with the trans not really revving up in first gear or making a solid 1-2 shift. 2-3 shift was pretty early too. We are still figuring out this adjustable rpm shift box vs the automatic shift lag. We had the shift points set too low, actually below where the converter would stall to, which makes the logs looks strange, as if the car launched and stayed in 3rd gear the whole way. I guess we want to shift the thing at about 8500rpm.
Next year I think we are going to make a goal of overtaking #1062 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif
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