Interstate Drags 7-16-06

[DaveH]

It was a really hot day at the track today, but the Probe was laying down some horsepower even in ~100F temps. We put a new converter in the car Sat nite and the stall was almost perfect. First pass of the morning, the transbrake decides not to work. 11.64 @ 139mph (tigher more efficent converter really helps top end). We messed around with the shifter linkage and the we decide that transbrake is broken. Matt decides to footbrake the launch and see what happens. 3 passes later we get the pass shown in the vid which was the best of the day. Time to pull the trans and get it fixed.

http://www.boostwerx.com/vids/Fallguy7-16-06.wmv

[DaveH]

Oh, I forgot to mention that the blowoff valve blew almost completely off of the intercooler pipe earlier in the day. A chunk of the ic pipe tore off and let the bov tear almost completely off. Luckily it was right before lunch break, and we got that ic pipe off of the car, and ran into town and got it welded back together, and back in the car before eliminations started. :icon_thumright:

[camzaro28]

damn almost there. looks like the softer hitting converter helped out the launch as well.

[KA-T_240]

congrats closer to 9's

[Guest]

Nice work guys

[Sweet-WRX-Lovin]

DaveH wrote:
Oh, I forgot to mention that the blowoff valve blew almost completely off of the intercooler pipe earlier in the day. A chunk of the ic pipe tore off and let the bov tear almost completely off. Luckily it was right before lunch break, and we got that ic pipe off of the car, and ran into town and got it welded back together, and back in the car before eliminations started. :icon_thumright:

Now that's racin'

[HandoEX]

Wow, awesome run especially considering the heat! What is the nitrous situation with the car now?

[fallguy]

HandoEX wrote:
Wow, awesome run especially considering the heat! What is the nitrous situation with the car now?

Just for spoolup. No nitrous once the turbo is spooled.

[DaveH]

camzaro28 wrote:
damn almost there. looks like the softer hitting converter helped out the launch as well.

The softer launch was because the transbrake wouldn't work. Matt would just hold the car back with the footbrake as much as he could and get the turbo spooled up as much as possible and let it go. You'll notice the car starts creeping forward a little, thats the footbrake not being able to hold the car back.