I hear that. This morning I forgot to take the laptop out with me for cold start tuning. It was 40° out at 6am, car started, with a 10:1afr sounding like a top fuel dragster, and burned the hell out of my eyes like alky haha.

 

its raining out today so i didnt even bother working on the car ill get back on it monday.

i did however pay for a nice tran's setup today
manual vb and trans brake
ultra bell
and the already cut and modified trans case

so now i really need to get in gear and work onthe dana 60 im putting in the car , and have to get rid of the stock driveshaft

 

some decent progress you have going there.

 

 

Raining?

It's 9 degrees out here.

-- Joe

 

its 35* right now was in the 40's today, rain will prolly turn to snow tongiht

be 40's to 50's all week were having a warm streak, next week it might be sub 20's the weather is pretty crazy here

 

more rain today and i cant get the car in the shop , so not sure what ill get accomplished today but hopefully something

 

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well rain turned into snow , so just helped them in the shop working on the farm equipment . tommorow i should get the car inside so i can pull the nose and take the sawzall to the front of the car , im propably going to cut out the radator support , and the crashbar and build my own radiator mount and push the intercooler way out front as far as i can get it in the grill opening

 

From what I've researched, quite a bit of room can be gained by doing that, if you don't mind cutting up and re-cabbing a core support. Get room to front mount the turbo probably.

 

I thought about redoing the lower radiator support so I can stuff the radiator forward. I don't know that it's worth the effort though. I just painted the car and don't wanna start taking body panels off.

-- Joe

 

i dont have to move mine but it would be nice, i do want my intercooler closer to the grill opening though so thats getting done either way

 

Me too

 

thoughts for street tires?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331396008250?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
or http://www.ebay.com/itm/26X11-5-15-HOOSIER-QUICK-TIME-PRO-DOT-STREET-DRAG-TIRE-/361000145641?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Tires&hash=item540d4912e9&vxp=mtr

 

for street tires i would go with normal tires or drag radials.

 

Drag radial for street

 

problem is drag radials dont last long enough

 

Last plenty long. Alot more than any of those bias plys

 

Why wouldn't you use street tires on the street, and slicks or drag radials when you trailer it to the track?

-- Joe

 

trailer there aint no trailers here lol, only street tires i have are sets of 245 and 255's that are basically brand new if im going to spend the money im getting something that will atleast hookup at speed , even with the stock engine street tires ( either set of bfgs) didnt stand a chance

somone on hr.com told me to try a dirt tire in a soft/med compound says they work really well seems liek i can get new 27x10x15's for 50-80 each for something thats dot stamped might be worth the shot if there that cheap

 

No trailer? What do you do when it breaks at the track? heh.

-- Joe

 

then we call somone who has a trailer lol

 

Never had a problem hooking with 500 ish whp on bridgestone potenzas. Thats a 19" tire too. 17's or smaller with sidewall should do better. Worked well. The drag radial in 19" hooks 700 whp rolls. Not much more.
Drag radial 15's hook all 1000 ponies so far. They wear fast if racing alot and doin lots of burnouts which i was doing.

But if you have plans for higher power 650+ whp, and want traction, you cant have your cake and eat it too. To a point. You sacrifice life for traction or vice versa.
Now i'm curious how a nt05r in 315/17 sizes would work for street. They lasted long on my 320 hp daily driver ls1 car

But you are looking at 15" right? Dont think they make 15" nt05r yet. Idk what else is out there thats a good soft street tire

 

yeah 15's

yay mor eparts arivved today


jw ultrbell
huges manual valve body and transbrake
+ already cut and modified case

 

how come not a th400 instead?

 

i paid alot of money for a built th400 and it was nothing but issue after issue.
it left a bad taste in my mouth to the point were i wanted nothing to do with it

the th350 is going in the car for now until i can afford an 4l80 it was the best option i had for getting a somewhat decent trans in the car for now

 

He wants to go fast

-- Joe

 

haha , i almost forgot to pick up a aftermarket race for the trans , got that ordered last thing to get now is the converter , sent both fti and freakshow an email so ill should know whos converter im getting in the next few days

picked up an alky inection kit from fasteddi as well

gota hide the reciepts and paypal invoices form the wife, few more key parts to buy and im done spending money on the car for a while

next big project is digging the dana 60 out and having the case machined and preped for welding so i can build a tq arm mount

 

Aftermarket race, and have the direct drum machined down so you can run 5 frictions and 5 steels. The only real failure you could have if a sprag failure, which the aftermarket race will help with somewhat. (a complete sprag assembly would be better).

Make sure you check your case clearance for the bell housing. I doubt ever pump is the same, and a .010" difference could be a major problem.

-- Joe

 

yeah i got an whole assembly coming, i gota go grab the directions for the ultrabell and transbrake/vb and print them out anyways so i have them

 

i gotcha. the th400 is a much better trans normally when placed behind a good bit of power. 4l80 is a good trans too, since its just a 400 with overdrive. (sortof)

 

the end goal has always been to work twards an 4l80 , i need it to run at boneville . after that mess witht he th400 i dont ever wanna see one again , id adapt a 47re dodge trans before i mess with another 400 , which is basically a 727 with an overdrive unit bolted on the back . my friend builds them for all the diesel guys around here

 

more parts comming as well

alky kit from fasteddie

 

 

3800 rpm stall with all the goodies ordered

 

I have a adjustable pressure switch that was included with the Devils Own kit, also have relay, and fuse holder, if you want it. Never needed it since the EBL controls the alky.

 

Better off doing it with the computer since you have more control.



-- Joe

 

yup my plan is to use the ms to control it this way i can do progressive injection with it

 

Yeah its pretty awesome using the ECM to control it, and FYI, using a Chrysler fan relay off a 90's Neon to drive the pump. Seemed to work really well.

 

i need to do some reading but i think u just turn the pump on all the time and pulse the solinoid. to start i will prolly just wire it up with the hobbs switch and a relay , i also wont be running methanol cant get any around here , so its blue washer fluid for me

 

Can't get moonshine in Utah?!? c'mon!

-- Joe

 

moonshine i can get , but i wouldnt waste it on the car

 

You need a new builder

Sorry if i missed it but whats the plan for turbo and hotside now that you sold the little twins?

 

single turbo
i bought a .81 turbined ptrimmed 76 for the street , and im getting a billett 88 for the track

 

Should squeeze ok power out the p trim although a .96 would help lol 68 q trim be even better

If it fit a on3 p trim turbo i may be interested in a trade. .81 would fit my 305 better

 

if its the on3 ptrim its the same exact turbo.

if u wanna pull the housing and measure the weheel to be sure ill do the same tommorow id deff trade ya

im still thinking about those 2 .68's u have , twin 76's with .68 ptrims could be alot of fun

 

Well I think that's what the relay does, solid state PWM for accurate control.


You can order M1 meth from vendors all over the place? If you ever make it into Vegas, there's Haycock petroleum right next to Nellis AFB that sells M1 5 gallon containers for around 40 bucks. Or you can go to HD or Lowes and get a gallon of denatured alcohol for around 15 bucks. I tested out the denatured alcohol in the GN and burned thru about 3 quarts just tuning the pump output lol. Probably 6-7 WOT blasts with a 14gph nozzle. 25 psi and didn't log any knock.

 

i can get it but just have to travel far to do it , so around town and daily low boost use ill just spray the washer fluid , at the tracks ill run methanol since i can get it right there

i wish e85 was available in this area , the only 2 ways i can get it are to drive 60 miles away to another town which wont work , or i can order it in big drums form one of the fuel suppliers but i dont feel like having to store that **** down at the shop and then having limited range on the car when i want to take it out of town

 

Run the denatured alky for street and track. You dont want to be switching percentages of alky unless you have separate tunes for them.

 

Why are two tunes needed?

With a 15gal/hr nozzle:

Straight alky
(((15 * 6) / 1) / .58) * .7 = 108.62069 HP

50% / 50% alky
(((15 * 6) / 1) / .58) * .7 *.5 = 54 HP

If the engine is making 600+ HP, then the AFR isn't going to change that much going from 108HP to 54HP worth of alky.

From an evaporation / cooling perspective, water does a good job absorbing energy.