I never had tech say anything, so I'm pretty sure it's not in the regs. But padded bars are always a good idea for the street.

Padre

 

Of course, Philly, events can be fun: fame, glory, bragging rights, trophies, plaques, and magazine shots!

And I won $100 in this event! Of course, I blew out the rear the next night, which cost me $5000, but hey, I got a t-shirt!



Padre

 

Strange. NASA specifies that all roll cage surfaces that may come in contact with the driver should be padded with high-density padding such as Ethafoam or Ensolite. SCCA further stipulates that the padding must be at least one inch thick.
That roll bar/cage can do more harm than good if not properly padded. Adding the padding is inexpensive...so why not?

 

May have been because mine was a 6-point with nothing forward or to the side of the driver's head. Certified to 10.00.

Padre

 

Holy sh@t! Or should I say shot! Congrats on the project and results. I need to get my DPs on! Been so busy with work.

 

Another point where you are correct. Technically padding is required on any bar / cage where you could smack up your head and then under 10 seconds you need SFI padding. BUTTTTTT - in YEARS of racing pretty quick cars, no one has ever said a thing about it during tech around here. But it's inexpensive, added safety and there's new thinner stuff, not like the bulky padding from ages ago.

cbroth - get them tires on and to the track!!


We're going to remap the nitrous over the next week and then back to the track.

 

Hey man, you changing how early the nitrous comes in or the jet size? I know nitrous has an awesome cooling effect on inlet temps but how much do you think you can safely run? The times you already achieved with a relatively small 70 shot has me curious!

 

Right now, just going to change how quickly the nitrous comes in. Currently, it seems to start coming in at half track. So we'll bump that up a bit, see if I can get it to start around 330' and full engaged by half track...something like that to try and avoid freaking out the TQ limiter - ha.

The general feeling is a 100 shot would be about the ceiling...but honestly...no one is really sure

 

Don't forget to update your signature - 11.44 is sloooow.

 

But if he did that, he'd need to add a paragraph explaining the extensive modifications he did to get to that number in the interests of full-disclosure. :-)

 

Think that should make a big difference as your trap speed was almost identical at 660' and then jumped up in the final half. Are you sure the torque limiter isn't already removed? Your dyno run shows 500+rwtq from under 3000rpm which is very different to your old Vmax tune and your 60ft is much quicker.

100 shot would be very interesting if mid 10s aren't enough

 

^ Good point, am I positive? I suppose not, however, they didn't mess with the TCU at all. Well, I got my hands on the progressive controller...after the holiday here I'll get back to the track and bring the nitrous in quicker.

I did confirm that it was set up to have the nitrous fully engaged 6 seconds out - so essentially the car wasn't getting the full 70 shot until (surprise) half track.


So we'll see what it does

 

Why aren't we living this with you on you tube?

 

My fault, I'll have the Go-Pro strapped to the car next time. However, any outside video of the entire run would actually require friends, haha.

 

Well let me know Jay when you're going back to the track and I will see what I can do about filming your run..

 

Hey Philly,

Any new updates on the car?

 

Very impressive - in a rag top no less!

 

Hey guys....

Funny you all should ask today. Well, it's been absolutely blazing hot here in NJ for what seems like the past 2mo's...90deg+ daily?! So I haven't been back to the track...however, maybe next Friday if the weather cooperates. I still think it'll go 10.6x on the 70 shot...10.7x at very least.

I did goto another 1/2 mile event, it was in the 90's with a DA of ~3800 feet - gross. But the car still went 158.33mph - I brought the 70 shot on about half way through the pass and the car loved it. Everyone was down 10-15mph from the spring event. I'm am more than sure this car will trap 163-165mph this Fall in October.

On to some more good stuff...While I can't justify buying myself a 570s or 2017 R8 quite yet...I can justify some other stupid (read: AWESOME) moves.

I found a 5.0 XJ short block that needs to get machined, etc. for $2200. And I currently have PowerHaus reaching out to a few piston and rod manufacturers to get a ballpark on custom pistons and rods. I'm guessing 1200-1500 for pistons and maybe $1800 for rods...then throw in some head studs, magnaflux the block, hone it...blah blah blah.

We're getting Nitrous Outlet on board to sort out something extra nice for it. Probably something along the lines of a 350-400 progressive shot.

Here's to good friends and bad decisions...

 

Amazing

 

I waiting for someone to ask Philly how that all affects the warranty. lol.