Quest for 10's

TTUhouston

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What did you change? Did you push the car in the pits? Turn up the boost is my guess.
 

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Nice! What changed that you added 12mph? I was on a quest for 10.99 end of season. Ended up going 11.008 @ 126 with 1.59 60'. Little different car and setup than yours though. 04 auto Mach with stock motor, trans, and rearend. 12psi Vortech V1 S and 3600 stall converter. 3660lb race weight. 508rwhp/436rwtq. Shooting for 10.60 this summer with 2* more timing and swapping front wheels for skinnies.
 

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Well after I sent a rod through the block last year, I ended up building a new short block. I hadn't built an engine in 30 years and had never built a Ford engine but I pulled it and built and put it back in solo in my home garage. The car was running 10.40's at 136 mph before the engine went. I upped the boost with a 75mm pulley. I am on the same heads, Roush 2.3 TVS and cams as the old motor.
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TTUhouston

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Scary, 136 mph snapped a rod. Was opgs first or rod first?

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I had billet oil pump gears and crank sprocket in the old engine. The car launched, hooked then the tires broke loose at about the 60' and slammed the rev limiter, thats what broke the rod.

 

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Bummer on the rod and window! Love the MMR red fire coated stuff!


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Its holding up good so far, I have about 4K miles on it and about 20 passes down the track.
 

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Btw, might be going to OSW next Wednesday the 22nd. Weather should be really good. Maybe if you go I’ll see you there.
 

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Your 1-2 and 2-3 shifts are slow. Drive it like you stole it. Smash the clutch and rip those gears. I always put pressure on the stick even before I smash the clutch so it comes out and into the next gear even faster. 1-2 is easy, the mistakes happen at the 2-3 lol
 

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nice. my best in my old '04 cobra was 10.00 @ 140 with a 1.5 60' on SVE drag pack. stock engine/trans/rear, 2.9 crusher, e85. 820rwhp. i need more seat time...9 second car, 12 second driver. haha
 

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Very nice. That 60' has a good bit of room left for your power level. That's the only change needed for that 9 second slip. 10.13 is moving though!! You have come a long way.
 

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Your a decent 60ft time away from 9s. When my GT was making 700whp I was able to cut 1.38-1.42 60ft times and the car ran 9.8s at 142-143mph.

I was using a 28x10.5 stiff sidewall slick aired down to 12psi cold. They would heat up to 14.
-14.5psi after the burnout. I'd do a slight clutch at 6000-6200rpm.

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SOOOO close to 9s. You've got one hell of a setup. A lot of hard work, sweat and coin. Nice!!
 

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Shes rollin dude! Trying to get in the 9s myself between this year and early spring, good luck with it youre right there!!!
 

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