On a side note, with all the money you spent on dyno runs, you could probably have your own datalogging setup by now.
That would make too much sense. Besides, then I couldn't BS with all the other guys at the shops etc... Also, that wouldn't have helped me discover that the TPI effect was working well on my stock shortened and ported intake compared to my Trueleo set up. Now I need to find a shop to do the DAWG mod to see if I can get the top end to hit 5k+ rpm.
lou_dias
OCT 14, 01:34 PM
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Originally posted by carbon:
Nice!
Like the comment about the guy you beat in the first video.
"Ha ha... isn't that the guy who did the donuts and everything..."
I also realized that I have been pronouncing your name wrong in my head.
Did you think the first letter was a capital i instead of a lower case L? In defense of the Lincoln/Mercury, it was his first time at the track and while his motor was strong, he was on street tires and had to warm them up.
The AWD Talon owner is a friend on Facebook. He is running over 30lbs of boost. He got T-boned by a 2nd gen Camaro with a twin turbo 350 in the semi-finals. The Camaro driver was disqualified for intentional contact. I was really looking forward to our race as we are about 1/2 a second apart and I had inside lane. His weakness is the corners... I shift into 2nd before the first turn so if I could have kept him to the outside, it would have been possible to be in his way enough to win. C'est la vie. It was a crazy day...the 80's Camaro who beat me in August lost half his rear axle. It went flying off the car still attached to a wheel. The 3000GT that always wins (when he doesn't break down) broke another transfer case as the launch...
Blacktree
OCT 14, 04:38 PM
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Originally posted by lou_dias: That would make too much sense.
Hehe
The Dawg mod will help the intake breathe better. But I doubt it will shift the power band much, if at all. You should have a little bit more torque throughout the RPM range, though.
If you want to shift the power band to the right, you need a more aggressive camshaft. A little bit more lift and overlap should do the trick.
lou_dias
OCT 14, 09:49 PM
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Originally posted by Blacktree:
Hehe
The Dawg mod will help the intake breathe better. But I doubt it will shift the power band much, if at all. You should have a little bit more torque throughout the RPM range, though.
If you want to shift the power band to the right, you need a more aggressive camshaft. A little bit more lift and overlap should do the trick.
For the length of the track, I don't need the power band much past 5000 rpm though. I simply run out of room before having to hit the brakes in 3rd gear. My formula is on the rocks. Maybe I'll build a 3.5L motor in the same manner. I also need to find me some 275/35-17's that have 100 treadwear. That should be the last piece to the puzzle. I'm running 40's right now...too tall. If I can find shorter tires that support the width I need, then I will need more RPM...
Blacktree
OCT 14, 10:03 PM
OK, I see what you mean. In that case, increasing the area under the curve might benefit you more than shifting the power band over.
carbon
OCT 15, 08:21 AM
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Originally posted by lou_dias:
Did you think the first letter was a capital i instead of a lower case L?
Nah... just your last name... I was thinking Dee As.
I wonder if they do a race series like that around here...
lou_dias
OCT 18, 05:48 PM
good footage here:
skip to 6:00 for action
lou_dias
OCT 23, 12:54 PM
Looks like I bogged the launch unlike in the first 2 rounds...
Years ago I had an extra-thick front sway bar on one of my former Fieros. I want to say it was 1 1/8" thick...where as the one I'm running now looks more like 7/8". Does anyone know where I can get a thicker front sway bar?
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Will
OCT 23, 05:55 PM
Thought about the 3.94 final and maybe the 2.19 second for your Getrag?
lou_dias
OCT 24, 09:45 AM
No. For this race I switched back to the 255/40-16 BFG G-Force's in the back and moved my bigger wheels/tires to the front and it paid off on the back straight-away where I picked up speed since those wheels+tires have less diameter than the 275/40-17 Nittos I've been running.
It also helped with the bogging I have due to my super-rich tip-in issue with the tune. If you re-watch the first 2 rounds, I launched hard and had some torque-steer. I had no torque-steer what so ever on this round 3 launch.
My 275/35-17 Hoosier R4's would have been perfect but they enforce a 100 minimum treadwear rating for this event...
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