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Toma
01-28-2009, 01:23 AM
Just got back from a weekend in Vegas, where my buddy Derek was testing and tuning his '06 Shelby clone....

Could not get the power to the ground, but went 8.28 at 188 mph BLOWING the tires off into smoke at the 50 foot mark lol...

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=aVbJRLWgUIw

I got back today... 20 degrees, was cruising in a Convertible Vette before I left.... Damn I hate winter!
Toma
01-28-2009, 01:25 AM
Their Friday night Drags were already under way..... January 23!! Pisses me off lol! But I thought this Van was funny lol.

:nut: :thumbsup:
Toma
01-28-2009, 01:26 AM
Derek and "Farmer" getting to unload the trailer
Toma
01-28-2009, 01:27 AM
We ran into a torque converter problem, and had to pull the transmission to rectify before we got some decent hits.
92gsr
01-29-2009, 09:48 PM
Gotta love dropping transmissions at the track, at least the pits are paved. Car is badass, twin 90mm's?
Toma
01-29-2009, 11:32 PM
115mm single turbo. He may go to twin 91's
Justin_Inc
02-02-2009, 03:36 AM
Car looks good! how's he liking that 115mm turbo?
modded46
02-02-2009, 02:03 PM
Nice pics Toma!
alloroc
02-02-2009, 02:36 PM
Originally posted by Toma

Could not get the power to the ground, but went 8.28 at 188 mph BLOWING the tires off into smoke at the 50 foot mark lol...


Staging seemed slow. That seemed like an unreasonably long time between the burnout and when they let him go. Would that make a difference?
Revhard
02-02-2009, 03:57 PM
There were faster guys hooking up, I'm sure this is just a case of a new combination needing some chassis tuning. This is a pretty fast car, and most don't spend alot of time sorting out the car until the thing shows it can make the power consistently.
Seems like the car is going fast, now it just has to be dialed in.
Pretty impressive mph, must be a blast to drive!!!!
Toma
02-03-2009, 01:53 AM
Originally posted by Justin_Inc
Car looks good! how's he liking that 115mm turbo?

Makes some power, but unfortunately, the max size they allow is 115, but in the same class, the allow twin 91's....

Also, looks like he cooked a bearing on the 115. No damage to anything else, not sure if it's an oil supply issue or what.... looking into it.

But a swap to twins looks likely.