Went to the track today with a couple of SyTy folks, to try to puts some runs on the new motor. Got a couple of runs in before I had to leave for the day (2 1/2 hours for two runs sucks, BTW).
The first run was part comedy, part near-tragedy. I was watching the tree instead of my boost gauge, and left the line with 15 psi
. Truck literally turned sideways, and headed straight for the timing tree (I was in the right lane). Fortunately, I got off the gas and straighted it out before I hit anything -- got pretty close to the wall, though. Got back on it and ran a 14.4 @ 102. Pretty lousy, but at least nothing was damaged. Talk about pucker factor, though. Sheesh.
After about 75 minutes, I finally got to do a second run. This time, I watched the boost gauge and left the line with 6 psi. Had a lousy reaction time of 1.8 -- gotta grow more eyes so I can watch more than one thing at a time. Anyways, this time the truck squatted down, squealed the tires a little, and took off like never before. When it was all over, I had run a 12.41 @ 105.3. Boost was only 16 psi, and I was using 93 Octane pump gas (never got over to the track pumps to get some 104 ). 60-ft time was 1.75 seconds, and the 1/8 mile was 7.81 seconds. Of course, it probably would have helped if I'd remembered to put it in "D" instead of "OD".
So, I'm thinking that with more boost and some race gas, I might actually break into the 11s. Probably gonna have to wait until next year, though. I don't think I'll make it back to the track before this warm weather goes away for the winter.
The first run was part comedy, part near-tragedy. I was watching the tree instead of my boost gauge, and left the line with 15 psi
. Truck literally turned sideways, and headed straight for the timing tree (I was in the right lane). Fortunately, I got off the gas and straighted it out before I hit anything -- got pretty close to the wall, though. Got back on it and ran a 14.4 @ 102. Pretty lousy, but at least nothing was damaged. Talk about pucker factor, though. Sheesh.After about 75 minutes, I finally got to do a second run. This time, I watched the boost gauge and left the line with 6 psi. Had a lousy reaction time of 1.8 -- gotta grow more eyes so I can watch more than one thing at a time. Anyways, this time the truck squatted down, squealed the tires a little, and took off like never before. When it was all over, I had run a 12.41 @ 105.3. Boost was only 16 psi, and I was using 93 Octane pump gas (never got over to the track pumps to get some 104
). 60-ft time was 1.75 seconds, and the 1/8 mile was 7.81 seconds. Of course, it probably would have helped if I'd remembered to put it in "D" instead of "OD". So, I'm thinking that with more boost and some race gas, I might actually break into the 11s. Probably gonna have to wait until next year, though. I don't think I'll make it back to the track before this warm weather goes away for the winter.
