<![CDATA[black is ready for the track?]]>We are taking my black car to the track tomorrow, everything isn't quite as finished as I'd like it to be but with the end of the racing year coming up quickly it will have to do. I'm guessing we'll be doing quite a bit of struggling, setting up the chassis and tuning the engine at the same time. Oh, and we are trying CO2 for boost control also, so that should be interesting. It should be a fun weekend if the weather is decent. 🙂

Thanks to everyone who helped out. Elite chassis for the initial cage and front end work. Laske Fabrication for the sweet backhalf work and cage modifications. SLS for the beautiful header and intercooler piping and of course Mr Faul for helping with lots of misc stuff.

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A little Tjamz action. 🙂

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]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/12016/black-is-ready-for-the-trackRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 08:46:32 GMTSat, 29 Sep 2007 05:17:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:47:41 GMT]]>Nice work Dave. Car looks and sounds badass by the way. I'll let Dave answer bubba's question, but yeah, it'll take ALOT.

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DaveH;188039 wrote:
Once tuned I'll make a few passes at 40 psi or so, to see what it will do. I'll prob run 30 psi or so most of the time.

Wow, that's a lot of boost especially from that big of a turbo. Are u bringing it somewhere's to get it dynotuned? How much boost and hp is that block able to hold?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177347https://fargostreet.com/post/177347Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:33:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:10:53 GMT]]>o man i shoulda stuck around a little longer i wish i could have seen the 9 second pass

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177342https://fargostreet.com/post/177342Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:10:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:10:23 GMT]]>Once tuned I'll make a few passes at 40 psi or so, to see what it will do. I'll prob run 30 psi or so most of the time.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177341https://fargostreet.com/post/177341Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:10:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:24:14 GMT]]>Nice run....looked like it hooked up great on the launch. What are u planning on running for boost when it's done getting tuned?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177331https://fargostreet.com/post/177331Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:24:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:03:42 GMT]]>nice run... hope you can get some faster ones in once you get the tuning down

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DaveH;187981 wrote:
We got lucky with the weather and got in some more test passes today. Lots of small problems but we started getting things figured out a little better. Making progress in baby steps I guess. The last pass of the day we went 9.58 @ 143 mph. Here is the vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-tDNGf7BxE

man that went straight.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177309https://fargostreet.com/post/177309Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:40:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:28:45 GMT]]>damn! Thats awsome for only your second day at the strip! must have learned fast from doing the probe.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177299https://fargostreet.com/post/177299Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:28:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:32:28 GMT]]>Pretty good to gain a sec in 24 hrs.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177286https://fargostreet.com/post/177286Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:32:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:14:53 GMT]]>We got lucky with the weather and got in some more test passes today. Lots of small problems but we started getting things figured out a little better. Making progress in baby steps I guess. The last pass of the day we went 9.58 @ 143 mph. Here is the vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-tDNGf7BxE

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177283https://fargostreet.com/post/177283Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:14:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:04:46 GMT]]>i thought Ethan was already into the 10's with his bike?

i can't wait to see that hatch and the GS300 again. and of course black burr for the first time.

Monty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177281https://fargostreet.com/post/177281Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:04:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:59:28 GMT]]>they were.

Ethans bike, The white hatch, gs300, and daveh

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177277https://fargostreet.com/post/177277Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:59:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:37:45 GMT]]>WOW
Congrats Dave for at least not going sideways and not breaking. even though you did not get the data you needed.

that GS300 is pretty frickin SIC.
is he running bottle?
i heard he was making 1000+ ponies with it.

so what did this 4th import do and what was it?

Monty

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DaveH;187838 wrote:
The car ran good, but unfortunately we struggled with datalogging and getting the wideband working, so basically we made no progress with the car today. The maiden voyage down the track was a 10.27 @ 131 mph, I was really surprised that it went that well. After that we made 4 more passes with the same setup trying to get some datalog info that we could tune with, but we got nothing. So we didn't dare try to raise the boost since we had no idea what the a/f ratio was. I borrowed a wideband from Kevin so hopefully we can make some progress tomorrow. I'll have a vid posted shorty.

Congrats to Paul (silver GS300) for running a 10.9X @ 126 mph. 🙂

Tufte in the white hatch ran some 10's too, but not sure if they were quicker than the last time out?

It was cool to see some of the FS dudes out there: Dustin, Bryce, etc.

Yeah i went quicker 10.68@135. If i recall i think Paul trapped in the 130's when we went heads up on his 10.9 pass, that thing hooks pretty good for radials.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177195https://fargostreet.com/post/177195Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:57:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:30:52 GMT]]>The car ran good, but unfortunately we struggled with datalogging and getting the wideband working, so basically we made no progress with the car today. The maiden voyage down the track was a 10.27 @ 131 mph, I was really surprised that it went that well. After that we made 4 more passes with the same setup trying to get some datalog info that we could tune with, but we got nothing. So we didn't dare try to raise the boost since we had no idea what the a/f ratio was. I borrowed a wideband from Kevin so hopefully we can make some progress tomorrow. I'll have a vid posted shorty.

Congrats to Paul (silver GS300) for running a 10.9X @ 126 mph. 🙂

Tufte in the white hatch ran some 10's too, but not sure if they were quicker than the last time out?

It was cool to see some of the FS dudes out there: Dustin, Bryce, etc.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177143https://fargostreet.com/post/177143Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:30:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:01:53 GMT]]>Track went to shit today faster then i've ever seen it, other then that seems like everyone ran strong for their first couple passes.

Managed to click off some new record Et's 6.03 w/ a best of 5.07!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177099https://fargostreet.com/post/177099Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:01:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:58:35 GMT]]>

KA-T_240;187788 wrote:
nope he ran full track.

there were 4 imports in the 10s today at the track.

fixed

#4 is me.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177098https://fargostreet.com/post/177098Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:58:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:39:25 GMT]]>dave, tufte, and the aristro

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KA-T_240;187788 wrote:
nope he ran full track.

there were 3 imports in the 10s today at the track.

who?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177095https://fargostreet.com/post/177095Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:27:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:05:35 GMT]]>nope he ran full track.

there were 3 imports in the 10s today at the track.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177093https://fargostreet.com/post/177093Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:05:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:53:08 GMT]]>man, I've got a feeling they'll be running 1/8th only with the winds...

If nothing else, give you time to get things tweaked to get it leaving straight.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177091https://fargostreet.com/post/177091Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:53:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:13:07 GMT]]>FUCK FUCK FUCK I have to work again. I'll be waiting for videos!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/177088https://fargostreet.com/post/177088Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:13:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to black is ready for the track? on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:33:47 GMT]]>Looks slow :D. Just keep it off the wall and GO FAST, good luck man.

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