Had a good night at the track!! New best time!!!(long)

nick041881

Member
Its my turn to write a novel damnit! It all started on my day off(Wed) when I decided to go and buy some xylene to try the stuff out. Filled the tank and the truck ran soooo good! Boost was rock solid! So my friend with a turbo mr2 suggests we should both go down to the track for the wed night drags. I was down since the truck was running so good. It was a nice clear night, temp around 45 degrees. While I sat there with two bags of ice on my motor, I was contemplating how much boost to run...I decided on 18 psi.
My first run: Me versus a modded turbo mr2
I ask him to let me stage first and he agrees. I build 10 psi of boost and the light goes green. The next thing I know, the truck is in an AWD burnout and is starting to drift toward the wall!(spectators said it looked wicked!)I let off and straiten it outand by this time the mr2 is like 5 car lengths ahead. When I get back on it I catch him instantly around half track, then my truck does this wierd bogging thing like its running out of gas. After it decides to pick back up and go i pass the mr2 again right before the 1/4 mile mark. Me: 14.4 Him 14.8
After we both got our slips he was like WTF, you won!!???
Second run I decided to turn the boost down due to that wierd bogging senerio. Now at 16 psi. I am racing a 94-98ish GT mustang. I go up so stage and he comes right up and stages before me. So I scamble to start the proper launch tecnique. I ended up acidentally putting it into second insted of D!(center counsel is out for remodeling)But I didnt realize this of course until I hit the rev limiter around half track!!!(go ahead and flame!) But shifting into third right before the 1/4 mile mark, I still managed to beat the GT mustang with a 15.0@77mph!!!!To his 15.5 or something like that.
Last race: me v.s. my friends mr2(I was goin for time only)Still running 16 psi.
I decided to launch around 2psi due to shitty track conditions, and ran smoothly to a 13.6 @96mph with a 1.84 60'foot and an 8.5 1/8!!
This is my best time so far, but I know that if I had hooked up on the first run and had no problems, the time would have been even lower!
peace,
nick Sy#112
 

PPI Typhoon

DIY Madman
Yeah, at first, I was like WTF? You kicked my a$$ that night when we raced and I do a 14.4 in my truck. Glad to hear your truck's running well.

BTW, when are we gonna hook up to finish our project?
 

nick041881

Member
I am ready when you are! It will have to be after your work on my day off.(i never get weekends off) I will call you at work on monday to work out the details.
peace
 

Wes

Donating Member
Feels good don't it. I woulda been out there except I'm broke. Let me know next time you go.
 

MadPSI

Member
Nick... Sorry I couldn't make it. I would usually choose racing over trivia night, but when I win $200 for being a smart-ass I can't pass that up (I need to pay for this bowtie block somehow, hint hint...)

On a more serious note-
We need to get to the bottom of your truck problem. 13.6 in your truck with the Ultimate chip set on 19 PSI is kinda...well...bad. Either your knocking REALLY bad or there's something else wrong. Did you do the compression check yet?

I ran 13.2 on the stock chip BEFORE I got the bigger turbo... So something must be funky with yours. Unless I have one of those exceptional trucks that runs way faster than advertised :wink:

Brandon
ASM Sy #1151
 

nick041881

Member
ya, i checked compression in all cylinders..came up with 150 all the way around. is that ok? the 13.6 was only at 16 psi and my timing is still fucked up. so i dont think it was that bad! it could have been worse. and remember my IC isnt really working for some reason.
peace,
nick
 
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