60-130 Event - Saturday September 19, 2009
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It took Zac aleast 10min to release air from Todd's DR.Attachment 105824
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I had to take about 30psi out of each tire. First time I have ever had to change hands while dropping pressure. Had I stayed crouched any longer they might have thought I'd gone missing.
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The problem is the initial torque with the Vette, because it makes about 800-900rwtq at 3000-4000 RPM. Though there is not much you can do for suspension on a Vette sadly 
We have HAL 12-way adjustable shocks, no front sway bar, and that's about it. The problem like John said there was no real track prep done because it is not very often on a 60-130 event where you have a real slick car come out. Plus it does take a lot of time to prep a lane really good. He said next one though he will have both lanes prepped which is REALLY bad *** of him to do. Hopefully Todd will get some video up when he launched on a 200 shot and hooked through first and midway through second.
The Vette is probably going down for about a month or two to freshen the motor up. It's about 3 years old with 15-20k miles on it and about 30 uses of nitrous on it (dyno, track passes, etc). Plus we used Tool Steel rings in the motor. While it's getting that done we are going to put a big nasty nitrous cam in it since Matt hardly drives it. Then re-ring it and make sure it's safe for a 400shot.
I can't wait till it finally gets some traction and has a clean pass. With a 400 I bet we can go some low-mid 9s.
We have HAL 12-way adjustable shocks, no front sway bar, and that's about it. The problem like John said there was no real track prep done because it is not very often on a 60-130 event where you have a real slick car come out. Plus it does take a lot of time to prep a lane really good. He said next one though he will have both lanes prepped which is REALLY bad *** of him to do. Hopefully Todd will get some video up when he launched on a 200 shot and hooked through first and midway through second.The Vette is probably going down for about a month or two to freshen the motor up. It's about 3 years old with 15-20k miles on it and about 30 uses of nitrous on it (dyno, track passes, etc). Plus we used Tool Steel rings in the motor. While it's getting that done we are going to put a big nasty nitrous cam in it since Matt hardly drives it. Then re-ring it and make sure it's safe for a 400shot.
I can't wait till it finally gets some traction and has a clean pass. With a 400 I bet we can go some low-mid 9s.
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I did not hear that thing shift it was so smooth and the turbos did not even have a lag b/c he stayed on top RPM the whole time. As for your brothers car, what a nice run. With that 140+mph it can easily do 9's. Track prep. my friend
Yea i think it is a 2 speed glide, i think he clicked it as soon as he hammered t.