I need to get some seat time. I drove the car to the track Saturday to see what it would do and I felt pretty good about it. I drove over an hour to the track, teched in, and immediately pulled the car into the lanes without even letting everything cool off. First pass ever with the car it went 10.92 @ 123.x with a vacuum launch (1.66 60'). Second pass I tried a little too much with 12#'s and it spun off the line, but still went 10.85 @ 124.x (1.65 60')
I felt the car would have pulled more MPH. I went to add a degree of timing and realized that I had made a mistake and was running 22* in 1-2 gear and only 16* of timing in 3-4 gear
I bumped the timing to 20.5* 3-4 gear and went back to the lanes.
I tried to hold the car at 8#'s off the line third pass, but when I hit the trans brake it pushed me back, pulling my foot off the throttle, and went a 1.93 60'. I knew it would be a bad pass, but it still went almost 104 in the 1/8th, and went 11.0 @ 128.5 in the 1/4 (not too bad mph since I totally lifted on the throttle right off the line.)
Another problem I had is that I wanted to lock the converter in 2nd gear, but for some reason when I hit the switch it won't lock up until the 2-3 shift, and when it does it bogs the motor down and takes a couple seconds to get back into the power band, so I know it's loosing a bunch around mid track from that. I'm going to ask in the transmission section, but I think the acceleration may be pulling the fluid off the pickup. (It has a stock pan, and I had the fluid level inside the factory recommended range) Lockup works fine when driving normally.
Hey, at the end of the day, I drove to the track and ran 10.85 on a crappy pass still drove home. I know this car has WAY more in it.
I felt the car would have pulled more MPH. I went to add a degree of timing and realized that I had made a mistake and was running 22* in 1-2 gear and only 16* of timing in 3-4 gear
I bumped the timing to 20.5* 3-4 gear and went back to the lanes.I tried to hold the car at 8#'s off the line third pass, but when I hit the trans brake it pushed me back, pulling my foot off the throttle, and went a 1.93 60'. I knew it would be a bad pass, but it still went almost 104 in the 1/8th, and went 11.0 @ 128.5 in the 1/4 (not too bad mph since I totally lifted on the throttle right off the line.)
Another problem I had is that I wanted to lock the converter in 2nd gear, but for some reason when I hit the switch it won't lock up until the 2-3 shift, and when it does it bogs the motor down and takes a couple seconds to get back into the power band, so I know it's loosing a bunch around mid track from that. I'm going to ask in the transmission section, but I think the acceleration may be pulling the fluid off the pickup. (It has a stock pan, and I had the fluid level inside the factory recommended range) Lockup works fine when driving normally.
Hey, at the end of the day, I drove to the track and ran 10.85 on a crappy pass still drove home. I know this car has WAY more in it.
