After finally getting all the parts in the GN that I had planned and the tranny rebuilt to hold up I went out to the strip. It was Friday and they were running a street wars race, domestics vs imports with the fastest of each running the last race.
Well as you might guess most of the imports were running 14s and 15s. I put in 3 test runs and finally broke the 12 sec mark. First run was 12.98@106, second was 12.89@107. Third one the clock died and I got no times.
Some interesting stuff, 2 of the 3 races were against trucks. One was a little chevy with huge slicks and wheelie bars on back. I smoked him pretty bad, I think he ran a low 14, hi 13. Second one was just as slow. I was amazed at how slow most of the cars were running. I think its a combo of a really trashy track and the altitude here.
DS was showing no knock so I turned up the boost a couple notches and got in line for the street wars. First run was against some old olds I think. Poor guy must have been running 16s. That was my best run of the night at 12.72@108 with a 2.0 60' .
That only left 3 of us running the next round. I drew the by, but on my run the intercooler hose blew off and I limped down the track. I got back in line, got the hose back on with the help of the guy behind me running a nova (who I think also has a blue GN). Seems the nova and the monte that had the other run got a bad tree so they re-ran all of us. I didnt get a by this time and had to run(the nova I think). Well I forgot to reset my computer so the blms were screwed and I couldnt even get a burnout. I just backed off the track and let the other guy go. He was running 11s anyway so it wouldnt have been any different outcome. I believe the nova won the race, but didnt see the last run.
There was another GN there that was running 11.30s on slicks. Nice engine but rough body. I think he liked it that way
If you guys are on here send me an email as I didnt get any info from you. We will have to make a run down to Lubbock to a real track.
Final note, I think I could have gotten it down to 12.5 or lower if I would have had better traction (track) and more time to run. 20 or so bikes pulled in and it just got to crowded so I went home.
Dave
Well as you might guess most of the imports were running 14s and 15s. I put in 3 test runs and finally broke the 12 sec mark. First run was 12.98@106, second was 12.89@107. Third one the clock died and I got no times.
Some interesting stuff, 2 of the 3 races were against trucks. One was a little chevy with huge slicks and wheelie bars on back. I smoked him pretty bad, I think he ran a low 14, hi 13. Second one was just as slow. I was amazed at how slow most of the cars were running. I think its a combo of a really trashy track and the altitude here.
DS was showing no knock so I turned up the boost a couple notches and got in line for the street wars. First run was against some old olds I think. Poor guy must have been running 16s. That was my best run of the night at 12.72@108 with a 2.0 60' .
That only left 3 of us running the next round. I drew the by, but on my run the intercooler hose blew off and I limped down the track. I got back in line, got the hose back on with the help of the guy behind me running a nova (who I think also has a blue GN). Seems the nova and the monte that had the other run got a bad tree so they re-ran all of us. I didnt get a by this time and had to run(the nova I think). Well I forgot to reset my computer so the blms were screwed and I couldnt even get a burnout. I just backed off the track and let the other guy go. He was running 11s anyway so it wouldnt have been any different outcome. I believe the nova won the race, but didnt see the last run.
There was another GN there that was running 11.30s on slicks. Nice engine but rough body. I think he liked it that way
If you guys are on here send me an email as I didnt get any info from you. We will have to make a run down to Lubbock to a real track.Final note, I think I could have gotten it down to 12.5 or lower if I would have had better traction (track) and more time to run. 20 or so bikes pulled in and it just got to crowded so I went home.
Dave
That would be me. Not too fond of how the car looks, but it works to my advantage. The way it is for right now. And will stay that way till I get another car to beat on as a daily. And as for our track, it really sucks. The slicks spin like radials out there. The only good thing is you can always count on tubbed cars with lumpy cams and no exhaust being out there that you can beat. The best. Especially when they are putting it back on the trailor and you are putting the slicks back in the trunk.
in the final race. 
I did manage to bust out a 12.38@115 on Macreary's on one of the last passes of the night. That was pretty cool!
