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Just wait for Nordy to chime in on this one.
1999 and older (to 1996) GTS have a complete forged motors (main caps and all).. they can handle 900 to 1000RWHP without even openning the engine (stock trans and clutch too)... put on a twin turbo system & step up the fuel system and install a FAST and your in the low low 9's and high 8's... with about 12K to 15K in parts.. you can't be that with a stick 
I am not laughing but a stage right on a column shift carYou might be holding onto that thing as you go thru the lights from it ripping off in your hand at the start. :tongue: The force that jars you the second you hit it is very harsh just be careful if you do hook it up Brent.
I found with the console stage right I had to open palm tap it forward. I had my hand around that shifter one time and :biggrin: well lets just say I launched then went back into the Tbrake then launched again. LOL That was very embarrassing. I'm so dumb
Don! I think for reasons you stated it almost foolish not to run the car on a dyno to shake it down.That would eliminate a lot of problems before wasting time, money & frustration at the track. Building the car on the way to the track puts me in a real bad mood. ( just ask underboost )When I get there all I want to do is race. If the car isn't ready time to pack up it & go home.As you get faster, you want things to be much more trouble free in the drivers seat.
What's that saying? If it can happen, it will happen? I think that's it.
Don!!! Outstanding!!! Whoo-hoooo!
Don!a dyno is only a tool to get you close faster.The final tune has to be at the track. The main problem is all the unforeseeable problems that are better dealt with under controlled conditions allowing better use of your time at the track. I wish I would of invested in one years ago.Not only are the streets around my shop unsuitable for high speed pass's. They went & planted a police station on the next block.
Methanol has an unbelievable rich limit. It's unlike gas where when you start getting too rich power starts to drop. With Methanol, just when you think you're rich enough, you try a little more fuel and power goes up. You think, well that's got to be it. Then you try a little more fuel. Bumping the entire fuel map up after 0 boost and the power goes up!! You think, this has got to be it. Then you try a little more and the power goes up again! You bump the entire fuel map up again after 0 boost. I'm not even including the many times I had to adjust the fuel slope because I ran out of VE adjustment from the constant bumping up of the fuel delivery. Anyone that is familiar with the Electromotive system knows that if you change the basic fuel delivery slope, it can take hours to rebuild the VE table with the new fuel slope. Can you imagine. The dyno owner is standing there wondering why it's taking hours for me to make the next pull and I'm sweating it to try to rebuild the VE table as quickly as possible? Nah. I decided to work at my own pace with less stress. That decision gave me the opportunity to try countless fueling stradegies to find the one that worked the best. In fact, I'm still working on it. I am now at 4.0-4.6 to one depending on the rpm and I have still not reached the turning-back point. The thing that keeps me from adding more fuel now is that all my sources are maxed out. I now need to increase the orifice size on the mechanical injection nozzles. How much time would I have burned on a dyno worrying about when the owner was going to finally kick me off the thing. If I had previous knowledge of what a/f I was shooting for with methanol, renting a dyno would have made better sense. Things would have moved much quicker I'm sure.
