Re: Shannanville 2013 - April 13, 201309:39 pm UTC
I do have more info, thanks bud!!!
Some of my good buddies are drifting at this event, however proceeds are going to Children's Mental Health Services. There will be a helicopter flying all of 50' above the ground getting video of the drifters and you can ride with a pro drifter around the track.
Responsible rides will be there supporting the event as well!
lol, my car is not track prepped at all...slow start this year...my goal now is to be ready for the shootout...big 16g swap is coming soon...13's here i come!
I'm hoping to be up and running by June. Parts should be in by Tuesday, as well as my tires. If all goes well, I should be back to a rolling car by Tuesday night.
Ok.. so as of todays scedual... there is only 2 tst n tunes left this year.. and 2 mix n matchs. The tnts are july 5th.. and Augest 10the right before shoot out. Then there is a MnM during the shoot out.. and one on the 27th of september.
Common guys... get your cars running or your gonna miss out.
Id like to play with my timing some his week but the 2g should be good. The 1g is having shuggish issues Im working on since I installed the new ecu and chip. I think I may be looking for a cheap afc to lean it out a bit at take off.
But I have to decide to eather go racing on the 5th and go camping on august 10th. Or go camping on the 5th so I can get some racing in just before shoot out.
havent had a chance to do any more pills since I last talked to you. I am around 10.9 at 6000rpms tho. at 18psi. My 1g is showing 139 low fuel trim but my mid and high fuel trims are 100% with. o2 at around 87 at wot.
2g is running awsome! 1g is bogging off from the launch. The burn chip is leaning out right off the get go. Wasnt doint it with the stock ecu in. Gonna swap the stocker back in tomorrow. Hopefully the 2g maf and bigger injectors will eliminate the boost cut. And sandra will beat her 17 from last year.
Goal: To avoid the rain and make it to the track. If I achieve that goal, then I'm with Ryan: to meet/exceed last years best (hopefully at a lower boost level). Very interested to see what this new billet wheel and cams do for me.
I want to make it down the strip with out blowing up! And dont laugh... ive raced autos for many years.. and street racing aswell.. I can only imagine what ill do with a clutch and starting off a tree.
Then Ill sart setting goals. Sandra wants to beat her 17... mabe a 15.
First run I didn't stall up the car, just put my foot in it. Pass was a 13.8 on low boost/no timing.
Cranked everything up, wanted to give'r the onion. Car was beautifully tuned at 31psi, but couldn't come up on the converter due to it being a million degrees outside.
My last run, they aborted me. I was starting to come up on it, and as I was inching to the full stage lights, they flipped the switch and ran the tree.
Shannonville has a bunch of underqualified, off-the-streets asshats running the show. They get all of 2 minutes of "training" and are shown which button to push. I wish there was something close by that was run less as a hobby track and more as a professional track.
But it's all we got. I guess a bad night at the track is better than a good day at the office.
Well i blew a clutch line in the staging lanes before I got to make my first run. poopy...Fixed it with a hose clamp and 6 zip ties... got to carfully drive it home but no racing for me.
Sandra ran a personal best of 16.7501! winning 2 out of 6 races! 14 counts of knock. it still needs some work. But shes loving it!
Tonight was a pretty good turnout. Lots of cool cars and a good turn out for the DSMs.
I was really disappointed when they lit the Tree not allowing Ryan to stage. Boneheads. We would of have fun racing together.
As for myself I did pretty good. Ran 8 times and got a best of 12.1200 at 117.47 mph with a .6810 r/t and a 1.7699 60'. My last run was with Jamie Valcamp. I got him at the Tree and won by .0199 sec. My e/t for that run was 12.2289 at 118.10 mph, his was 11.9889 at 114.50 mph. He pulled hard in 3rd 4th; I was flipping of excitement. T'was quite the race.
I do not know when the next event is scheduled for but will do my best to attend.
Not a bad night for the first one of the year for me. Reached goal #1 but not #2. Didn't break any records but did get to surprise a street bike on the way home. He was not expecting that!
Took my first 5.0L mustang with the help of the new big 16g, then another, i also got an early 80's trans am/firebird, a genesis 2.0T and a couple honda kids.
two best runs were 14.3 @ 95 (running 9-10psi pig rich) better than my previous best with the 14b by .3 seconds on the same actuator. since then i've turned the boost up to 12psi and got my fuel maps straightened out... now that i can actually tune the ECU myself, i'm pretty confident she's a 13 second car...Giz, i don't forsee 12's in the near future so i'll need that sticker with a 13 on it...
LOL Im on holidays.. and acouple days ago I had 2 ice caps.. and 3 huge timiies coffees.. Have had a head ache ever since . so Ive been avoiding coffee.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - August 03, 201309:51 am UTC
i won't be racing this year. New clutch will be necessary for the car's travels and unfortunately, that whole setup isn't quite within the short term budget.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - August 17, 201308:22 am UTC
My night sucked. The only good launch I got was the one with Paul, and my 2 step was too high and it pulled through the brakes. It all went to sh!t from there. On a no-launch pass I did a 12.4. My final pass something went wrong with the nitrous and as it was coming up on the converter, it was like the nitrous shut off.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - August 18, 201306:14 pm UTC
sh!t part is, when you red-light the clock starts counting, and I held it though all 3 yellows, I tripped the red by the first yellow. By my log from the time my wheels started turning till I got out of it was an 11.08 second run.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 07, 201301:27 am UTC
Well that was eventfull!
Got 1 run.. spun the tires and rev limited the way down the track to get a 13.9. Was working on my tune... when sandra txted me from the stands with Theres a car on fire!
We look over and a Porche is burning to the ground! Just bought. 2 days ago too!
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 07, 201301:58 am UTC
At least we were there! Yeah that was crazy about the Cayman. I only got 2 runs in best a 12.6; having troubles with the manual boost controller so I bought Matt's profec S-low and high settings on the go here I come!
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 07, 201303:24 am UTC
I think Paul got some footage. It was quite the bonfire. A solid 20 min of 20 foot flames with a few explosions and lots of black smoke. Early end to the night but feel bad for the guy. Preventable or not, quite a tragedy for a nice car.
My night didn't go all that well. With only one run, I did get to learn that my clutch is slipping pretty bad. One good launch got me a 1.68 60 ft but then had to feather it out the rest of the run to avoid completely glazing the clutch. Ended with a 12.4 @ just 91 mph. Looks like the tranny is coming out in the next few days to be rectified. Got a few more events to see what she's capable of.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 07, 201303:05 pm UTC
Ya... he spun out... and hit some tires. Then he got out of the car to see if he scratched it. Noticed the grass on fire under the car.. and ran away. The grass was dry and long.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 07, 201304:13 pm UTC
And I wish you luck convincing an insurance company that the car burned down anywhere else. In case you've never seen one before, car fires tend to make an "impression" on the surrounding area
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 11, 201308:18 pm UTC
I havent seen that one posted yet.. I dont think ill make it to that one.
There is one on sep 27th. oct 5th is an all day. We are definatly going.. I will have my 12that day.. and sandra will beat her 16 with a big 16g, and front mount!
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 12, 201303:02 am UTC
Its not posted because its part of the Luskville tour, so the track will be better prepped and timing will be working properly. Imho this is the best chance all year to get a good time.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 15, 201305:44 pm UTC
I'm back on track. Loving the nitrous at the launch. A 50 shot gets me up to 4K in 3 seconds, it's great!
Kept it modest to dial in with 100% meth running 2 nozzles. At the end of the night, seems my alternator is getting tired, and only pushing about 13.0V with everything on, making everything inconsistent. I clicked off a 12.4 running 29psi. Drove it home.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 17, 201301:06 pm UTC
Originally Posted by Alex Akachinskiy
Originally Posted by Jay Stacey
Is it louder now?
What do you think Jay?
Don't assume Alex, when I went to a three inch exhaust from the stock exhaust with after market muffler it was quieter at idle. Sure when I opened it up it got louder.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 17, 201308:20 pm UTC
Originally Posted by Bryan Lawrence
Originally Posted by Alex Akachinskiy
Originally Posted by Jay Stacey
Is it louder now?
What do you think Jay?
Don't assume Alex, when I went to a three inch exhaust from the stock exhaust with after market muffler it was quieter at idle. Sure when I opened it up it got louder.
I just went back to stock for several reasons....I am surprised yours was quieter at idle, wow
Re: Shannanville 2013 - September 20, 201301:40 am UTC
Just got my alternator back today, seems I had spit some axle grease into the alternator and over time it killed it. Fresh rebuild, she's putting out 14V at idle. I'm happy with it. Let's see if it makes a difference.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - October 04, 201301:58 am UTC
Oh common... I still see seat belts... Speakers... Lots of extra sheet metal that can be cut away.why leave the center consol.... Take the glove box door out... Front speakers. air bags are a pound or so.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - October 04, 201309:14 pm UTC
Come on now guys! Not quite at the "because race car" stage..... yet. These were just a few easy pickings that took about 20-30 min in hopes of some small improvement. Looking to end the year with a time at least as fast as last year. I'm not keen on putting time and money only to be slower.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - October 05, 201311:33 pm UTC
I believe it was a 13.2.. That wass Sandra filming.. I dont know if they like me driving back like that. But ya... its cool! problem is it makes the car really hot to finish the 1/4 and keep racing back to the pits.
I also took my 13 year old. He was in the car when the clip holding the new shift cable fell off and I was stuck in 3rd.
There was no waiting what so ever.. And the track was prepped nicely
Re: Shannanville 2013 - October 06, 201302:46 am UTC
I started the day out with a 12.8 @ 128 mph with a rolling 2.6 60' start. Ended up at 11.06 @ 132 mph. My PB by over 0.5 seconds. There was more in it but the rear exhaust clamp was too stretched to keep it together for a clean pass with the boost raised. Makes a big difference when the clutch isn't slipping all the way down the track.
Re: Shannanville 2013 - October 06, 201302:13 pm UTC
yeah man...and you even left hatch on...you know that means you need to run a 9 next year j/k, but if the car is nice to you next year, you should be able to get one of them trophies at the shootout...