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The Best Of The Best At The Never Lift Half Mile - Speedhunters
The Best Of The Best At The Never Lift Half Mile - Speedhunters
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Well I broke the rear subframe, and I just moved. I don't think cracking 200 is going to happen this year for me. I already missed Miatas at Laguna Seca which I've been wanting to do for years now. Just gotta hit it hard in 2019!
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You are correct, and with no additional bracing to the subframe that didn't help the cause either. So I got a another subframe, Im going to remake the mounts and spend some time supporting the subframe with some triangulation gussets. V2 will be much better
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The quest for 200 mph in the half continues. Went 175 on Sunday, I ended up winning the RWD Unlimited class, the other car in the finals went out for one more hit before the finals and hurt the motor. So I took the win by default, but a W is a W lol. it was a little rowdy with no aero on the back of the car. So over the winter it’s time to get serious about this next attempt. Drag wing, parachute, proper drag slicks, electric boost control, and a few other things.
The car car made a little over 700 to the wheels at 23 psi in 3rd gear at 7100 rpm. Not bad for a completely 100% stock 4.8/5.3 junk yard motor (I don’t know what it is, never pulled the heads to measure the bore).
My dad and I are going to put some valve springs, roller rockers, roller cam, and roller lifters to try and get some more rpm out of it. I think it’s going to take another 1000 rpm to hit the target mph.
The car car made a little over 700 to the wheels at 23 psi in 3rd gear at 7100 rpm. Not bad for a completely 100% stock 4.8/5.3 junk yard motor (I don’t know what it is, never pulled the heads to measure the bore).
My dad and I are going to put some valve springs, roller rockers, roller cam, and roller lifters to try and get some more rpm out of it. I think it’s going to take another 1000 rpm to hit the target mph.
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Something as simple as the KG Works spoiler did a great job of settling the *** end of my car at a hundred and fifty miles an hour on Daytona. Perhaps that would be enough. It may even be more effective at your higher speeds.
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Some of you follow me on social media so you may have already seen the pictures. But just a small update. Holley Smart Coils installed, new plug wire routing, Comp cams valve springs, push rods, and caged needle bearing upgraded trunnions. Also made a little puke tank for the surge tank so it would stop pulling in air into the system when the car cools off. Parachute will be here in a couple weeks, once that shows up I’ll get that mounted up and find somewhere to do some test hits