HwyStar
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So, the times arent great, but man this car pulls. Hard. The fastest Ive gone on the track was a 12.36 @ 109 mph in the Lincoln. This felt a lot like that. Im sure when I get a shift light and the WOT box installed times should improve a lot. I got a new tune from Dalke, and put 2 gallons of C12 in. Ended up braking the axle when I let the air down in the radials to 20#. Before that, it just spun a lot. Man, this car didnt just have a pull to it, it would bury you in the seat, and the thing is it pulled all the way to the rev limiter. Usually, I have a good idea of when to shift by feel. But, this one wants to keep pulling.
https://youtu.be/HmHQ5M0fMfc
First run, it shows. Transmission popped out of gear when I let the clutch go. Man, that was embarrassing. I need to get used to the car still.
https://youtu.be/ABMnaIyQVfs
Second run.
https://youtu.be/t2iiSOqW0oI
Third run. This was a great race. It was a new 4 cylinder mustang in the left lane, he got me off the line, but I reeled him in maybe a hundred feet before the lights. Man that was close! My wife was fooling around with mounting the Go Pro. Took us a couple of tries to get it right.
https://youtu.be/RzuUUuf21kQ
This was when I broke the axle. It was just a light pop, and that was it. People were cool there. 5 guys helped me push the car back on the trailer. So, here I thought the engine would let go if anything happened!
Not sure where it broke yet, I have not got a chance to put it on the lift. I had a couple vehicles to work on first... I already have a set of chrome outer joints and a set of good Mark VIII axles on the shelf. So, if I use those chrome outers and Mark VIII shafts I should be good, right? You cant tell by my 60', I wasnt leaving that hard. If I could get down into the 1.8 60s that would do a lot for my ET. I was only dumping the clutch at 3000 rpm. Ive heard of people riding the clutch and brake at the same time on the line, but that seems like a awful lot to do when you already have a lot on your mind at the lights. Do I need to go with the improved inboard joints too? I was going to post the datalogs of the runs too, but Im having trouble with my SFTP right now, and the this website limit is 200k.....
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