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Wanted to share with you my results I got yesterday.
As always it was a blast to head to Mason Dixon, MD for some good racing with Corky and Jim (85vet) and their wives.
This was the first time back to the track since mortally wounding my D44 carrier and having my stall converter upgraded to 4200 Stall.
I worked my butt off Friday night getting the car put back together. Took it home from the dealership for a shakedown run ~5miles with the new converter and rear (thanks Jburnett) for the cryo treated carrier. All was good. The car with that converter stall is UNREAL! At 35-40mph with slicks on the street it will break them loose! I about crapped my pants. Not to mention I probably woke up a few neighbors at 1am testing it out.
I was also VERY surprised that street driveability is actually no different than before. Which I was sorta worried about with going this high. Anyways off to the track
It was the mean street nationals there, so the place was packed.
For the first run of the day I left the converter unlocked as instructed by Vigilante. Got out of the water box with a good burnout and no report from the rear differential so I was pleased with that Got to the line and staged.
Came off the line at about 1200RPM just enough to get the slop out of the rear, and get the motor off its ~900 RPM idle. Man did that sucker hit nard when I nailed it! Cranked down the 1/4 like no other. Got to the end and figured for SURE it was a 10sec pass. Here are the results from that run:
R/T .627 (must have fallen asleep)
60' 1.481
330 4.467
1/8 7.017 (new best)
mph 95.93
1000 9.223
1/4 11.112
mph 119.72 (didn't like the looks of that! Said I was going to go against Vigilantes advice and lock up the converter)
Second run with the converter locked....
R/T .537 (still asleep...left at about 1800)
60' 1.496 (Not as good as the first run..crap)
330 4.484
1/8 7.003 (new best)
mph 96.62
1000 9.208
1/4 11.074 (new best ET :cheers
mph 121.17
The shifting of the car is totally different now, in the sense before I could *hear* when to shift, now all that is messed up with the new converter. So I am a little behind in my shifts. Probably a lot behind actually. ~300-500 RPM off I would say. It *feels* like a whole new motor with this higher stall. I got very used to the other one after a zillion passes. Got to the point 1/2 the time I wasn't even looking for the shift light, just new where to shift. Usually my runs were within .001 second if comparing 60' =>1/8 mile =>1/4 mile intervals. Now its like relearning everything over again.
The first round of eliminations I dialed a 11.00....as Corky said putting the 10.98 would be a jinks, so I entertained his superstition and dialed flat 11.
The one A-hole official sent me to the other lane (wanted to keep as much the same as possible for comparison), after having a few choise words with him in the staging lanes, I got to make my run. Corky has been getting 1.44 60' times leaving high in the stall, so I thought I would try it higher and see what happen.
Dial 11.00
R/T .634 (WTF and I doing...this day was my worst light all year long)
60' 1.488 (after this 60' time, I am convinced I am better off at a lower RPM launch..If I would have gotten a better 60', it would have been there)
330 4.456
1/8 6.964 (First sub 7 eighth mile! :cheers: :thumbs
mph 95.61
1000 9.164
1/4 11.026 (new best ET :cheers
mph 121.02
Man that was soooooo friggin close. Again I hosed up my shifts...lol....the friggin motor in this thing is just screamin with this converter in it....I don't hear the climbing RPM anymore...so I am going to have to lower my shift point to about 4700 RPM so when I miss it, I am at about 5300 till I get used to the car again
But dang that was close. The bad news is I got eliminated by .02 sec...Dangit. Without a doubt if I would have gotten one more run, with the lower shift point, I would have gotten the 10sec slip. But Oh well. It will give me something to work for next time out. Made some nice gains across the board with the car this weekend with the mods done to it. I have a few more tricks up my sleeve, one I know will gain me some ET...so stay tuned for more to come! :cheers: :thumbs: :lurk:
Also I thought it would be important to add...if your looking Precision Industries....YOU do not know dick abou your own product. Locking it makes a world of difference. Why you would tell people not to lock it, is beyond me. If its because of longevity...then tell them the risks and let them make up thier own minds.
:mad
As always it was a blast to head to Mason Dixon, MD for some good racing with Corky and Jim (85vet) and their wives.
This was the first time back to the track since mortally wounding my D44 carrier and having my stall converter upgraded to 4200 Stall.
I worked my butt off Friday night getting the car put back together. Took it home from the dealership for a shakedown run ~5miles with the new converter and rear (thanks Jburnett) for the cryo treated carrier. All was good. The car with that converter stall is UNREAL! At 35-40mph with slicks on the street it will break them loose! I about crapped my pants. Not to mention I probably woke up a few neighbors at 1am testing it out.
I was also VERY surprised that street driveability is actually no different than before. Which I was sorta worried about with going this high. Anyways off to the trackIt was the mean street nationals there, so the place was packed.
For the first run of the day I left the converter unlocked as instructed by Vigilante. Got out of the water box with a good burnout and no report from the rear differential so I was pleased with that
Got to the line and staged.Came off the line at about 1200RPM just enough to get the slop out of the rear, and get the motor off its ~900 RPM idle. Man did that sucker hit nard when I nailed it! Cranked down the 1/4 like no other. Got to the end and figured for SURE it was a 10sec pass. Here are the results from that run:
R/T .627 (must have fallen asleep)
60' 1.481
330 4.467
1/8 7.017 (new best)
mph 95.93
1000 9.223
1/4 11.112
mph 119.72 (didn't like the looks of that! Said I was going to go against Vigilantes advice and lock up the converter)
Second run with the converter locked....
R/T .537 (still asleep...left at about 1800)
60' 1.496 (Not as good as the first run..crap)
330 4.484
1/8 7.003 (new best)
mph 96.62
1000 9.208
1/4 11.074 (new best ET :cheers
mph 121.17
The shifting of the car is totally different now, in the sense before I could *hear* when to shift, now all that is messed up with the new converter. So I am a little behind in my shifts. Probably a lot behind actually. ~300-500 RPM off I would say. It *feels* like a whole new motor with this higher stall. I got very used to the other one after a zillion passes. Got to the point 1/2 the time I wasn't even looking for the shift light, just new where to shift. Usually my runs were within .001 second if comparing 60' =>1/8 mile =>1/4 mile intervals. Now its like relearning everything over again.
The first round of eliminations I dialed a 11.00....as Corky said putting the 10.98 would be a jinks, so I entertained his superstition and dialed flat 11.
The one A-hole official sent me to the other lane (wanted to keep as much the same as possible for comparison), after having a few choise words with him in the staging lanes, I got to make my run. Corky has been getting 1.44 60' times leaving high in the stall, so I thought I would try it higher and see what happen.
Dial 11.00
R/T .634 (WTF and I doing...this day was my worst light all year long)
60' 1.488 (after this 60' time, I am convinced I am better off at a lower RPM launch..If I would have gotten a better 60', it would have been there)
330 4.456
1/8 6.964 (First sub 7 eighth mile! :cheers: :thumbs
mph 95.61
1000 9.164
1/4 11.026 (new best ET :cheers
mph 121.02
Man that was soooooo friggin close. Again I hosed up my shifts...lol....the friggin motor in this thing is just screamin with this converter in it....I don't hear the climbing RPM anymore...so I am going to have to lower my shift point to about 4700 RPM so when I miss it, I am at about 5300 till I get used to the car again
But dang that was close. The bad news is I got eliminated by .02 sec...Dangit. Without a doubt if I would have gotten one more run, with the lower shift point, I would have gotten the 10sec slip. But Oh well. It will give me something to work for next time out. Made some nice gains across the board with the car this weekend with the mods done to it. I have a few more tricks up my sleeve, one I know will gain me some ET...so stay tuned for more to come! :cheers: :thumbs: :lurk:
Also I thought it would be important to add...if your looking Precision Industries....YOU do not know dick abou your own product. Locking it makes a world of difference. Why you would tell people not to lock it, is beyond me. If its because of longevity...then tell them the risks and let them make up thier own minds.
:mad
