KenB

Not sure the best place to put this, feel free to move it if there is a better place.

Joe and I have been wearing his car out all summer getting some great results. With his D1 @ 16psi on E85 he went a best of 9.87@137 with a best trap speed of 139. Here is the video:


He decided to switch over to an Aluminator so we can push it a bit further. We will also be using Joe's car as a test for our air to water that you may have seen on our Twin Turbo project. Here is a picture of that on the turbo car:



Here is Joe's car in street trim. He added the Cobra Jet louvers and the RTRs. He also added the HO Fibertrends Cowl hood not too long ago. It really looks mean, I love it.






Here is how it currently looks under the hood:



First we will run the car with the same setup as before now that it has the Aluminator in it as a baseline. We will then put on our air to water setup and run it at the track both with no ice and with ice to see the gains with the intercooler only, no other changes.

I am also working on an air intake system for the procharged cars. I do like how they run but hate where they pull the air from. The main reason Joe bought the HO Fibertrends cowl hood was because I wanted to work on a cowl fed intake for the prochager. I took some time today to get a basic shape outlined in foam. I'll probably make the first one out of metal but would like to make one out of carbon. With the hood closed, the procharger will pull all its air from the cowl only. This is a high pressure area and is a perfect place to pull air from.



We hope to have these modifications done before our local January 29th track rental which should have great track prep. I think I can take the D1 into the mid to low 9 second range. Joe already has an F1 that arrived last week, but we want to get the testing of the air to water on the D1 first before we switch. The F1 with this intercooler should be pretty sick. Remember this is a full weight 100% street car. Race weight in the 3,800 lb. range.

I'll keep the thread updated as we make progress.

going for broke

You are one busy guy.
nines on that stang is insane. I bought a hayabusa in 01 that I went a best of 9.93@139 stock. I never thought a car would be capable of bettering that and still have great street manners.

BlackMamba03

I see on his street trim, he's running the RTR wheels. I'm curious as to what tires he's running with those and how they're holding up. I only question it because of the amount of horsepower I assume he's putting through to the rear wheels, he'd need larger wheels and tires out back than the RTR's.

KenB

Thanks. I actually got Joe's car all figured out before our turbo car, probably why the turbo project went as smooth as it did. So Joe has been busy getting the Aluminator in. Now that the Turbo car is being built, I'm ready to get back to Joe's car. It all worked out pretty well!

KenB

He got those from his step son after he sold his car. They look badass on their but are useless. I'd like to get them widened and put 335 Drag Radials on them. I'd like to do the same to our twin turbo car.

BlackMamba03

335's are big boy tires. You'd have to get them widened to 11.5"-12".

KenB

Yup. But that would just be for a test honestly. If those worked out I think I would design a wheel from scratch for this setup. I think just about everyone of our twin turbo cars will need them! The car needs some minor clearancing to fit but nothing crazy. At least I hope not.

KenB

Got the Air to water on the car and dyno'd it yesterday. Went very well. Made 829 RWHP

Here is the video

http://youtu.be/t7BZNvx_ffU


Just got back to the track. Unfortunately the converter wasn't keeping up. But that is no surprise. This is the same converter that worked great at 600 rwhp. Had over 20% slip. Still got a new best of 9.76@140 in worse weather and .05 off the 60 ft. So overall we are really please. Plus we finally got to weigh it. Today race weight was 3876!!!! He's putting some race seats in it and that will be about all the weight reduction we do.

Up next for the car:
Get the converter redone
F1A
lighter seats
more suspension work

Should go very low 9s or high 8s if the tranny will take it.

going for broke

simply awesome! I'm curious to see what gains you'll get with the new converter.

LLZuB

That is one amazing machine you guys got there!

Looks mean, and drive's like a beast

redneb

Amazing! Does this car still have the MT82 transmission or have you upgraded?

KenB

It's an automatic. Still stock.

Thanks guys for the comments.

KenB

Here is his 9.76@140 video

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3900lbs doing 9 sec. quarters. :awesome:

Hytek

That car is a beast!!