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Took Scott's car out to the 1/8th mile track again today.
We went out last night to the track in Denton and only managed a 5.29 lifting. The track just wasn't conducive to a car with that kind of horsepower and we were having tire shake all over the place. Last pass it shook the tires so hard, Scott's contact got knocked out of place.
Today, back out to Redline Raceway, which is a better track than Denton and managed a 5.10 @ 141 with a 1.24 60 foot. We had a couple more aborted runs due to blowing off the intercooler hoses. Even on the 5.10 pass, the intercooler hose let go maybe 75-100 feet before the first cone. I think there is a 4.90 in the car but I don't know if there is much more after that. The fun with this setup is going to come on the 1/4 mile track when you're in 4th gear with the clutch locked up. It should haul the mail pretty good.
I think we're going to rethink the clutch situation. We have a dual disc 8 inch clutch in the car now and it just doesn't seem to be cutting the mustard. It's wearing substantially more on each full pass than it probably should be and nothing sucks worse than having to cool the clutch down and re-zero it after every pass.
Hopefully we're over the learning curve with this clutch now and dialing in a new one won't take very long. It's been a long year with this clutch and I'm glad we're finally on the downside of this thing.
We went out last night to the track in Denton and only managed a 5.29 lifting. The track just wasn't conducive to a car with that kind of horsepower and we were having tire shake all over the place. Last pass it shook the tires so hard, Scott's contact got knocked out of place.
Today, back out to Redline Raceway, which is a better track than Denton and managed a 5.10 @ 141 with a 1.24 60 foot. We had a couple more aborted runs due to blowing off the intercooler hoses. Even on the 5.10 pass, the intercooler hose let go maybe 75-100 feet before the first cone. I think there is a 4.90 in the car but I don't know if there is much more after that. The fun with this setup is going to come on the 1/4 mile track when you're in 4th gear with the clutch locked up. It should haul the mail pretty good.
I think we're going to rethink the clutch situation. We have a dual disc 8 inch clutch in the car now and it just doesn't seem to be cutting the mustard. It's wearing substantially more on each full pass than it probably should be and nothing sucks worse than having to cool the clutch down and re-zero it after every pass.
Hopefully we're over the learning curve with this clutch now and dialing in a new one won't take very long. It's been a long year with this clutch and I'm glad we're finally on the downside of this thing.
. Man, that's flying! Please come to the East Coast (Englishtown or Cecil Co) so we can all be amazed.
if the right deal was to happen, you never know.... I will admit to be shopping around for a SSO or Pro 5.0 Mustang car to add to the stable. 
