Its race time. 1/2 mile at a time.

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It was a challenging weekend. My best run was 139.23mph on Sunday afternoon. Sunday was a repeat of last year where mid day the winds got a little gustier and were not coming head on anymore and had a slight cross wind. I had 1 pass where I used the entire lane and then some just to get down the track. I had another pass where I was really close to the end and my rear tire ripped loose doing mid 130s. I tried to steer into it but it just got too far out and I had to ease off the gas to straighten back out.

Comparatively speaking to all of the cars that were close to the same power level I had a pretty good weekend speed wise but the low speed numbers makes it seem like a bad weekend. Once the winds picked up on Sunday late afternoon I made the call to pack it in for the ZZP crew. I was pushing 26-30psi and not making any progress and there weren't going to be any record setting runs so I figured let everyone get home to their families a couple hours earlier than planned. We were all exhausted anyway from the heat and humidity.

For me the best part of the weekend was just getting to hang out all weekend with rabtech Ghost and his wife Cheryl and larry. We were at the same hotel and our trailers were close to one another each day so we were all visiting a little throughout the day and then got lunch together on Friday after we got rained out and dinner on Saturday.

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Thanks Kyle! We definitely had a great time this weekend and we really appreciate the hospitality and camaraderie of you and your crew. While the weekend ended without any records being broken we did manage to get both slings back on the trailers under their own power and with no personal injuries.

Thanks again and we'll see ya in R kan saw! LOL

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Kyle, did the upper fender make any differences in the flapping?

But seriously, can you tell a difference with that change? How was your rear spoiler working, I know we chatted about that at Huntsville.

Thanks and while you didn't raise any records higher, congrats on a successful weekend, no injuries and no broke vehicles

I'll be honest I do not understand the fender flapping joke that has been made twice now. Regardless, haven't had the hood skins over my wheels or the mud flaps on since last year. It definitely made the front feel more stable above 120mph without them on there for me. The front splitter definitely makes a big difference. I am going to be putting on some sensors to show me how much force is being applied at speed. We did some wind testing of our own prior to the 1/2mi and got a lot of good info out of it. The rear wing on mine isn't doing much of anything in the form of down force being applied.

I would agree, it was a successful weekend for all of us. Like you said, no injuries and no broken vehicles.

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I'll be honest I do not understand the fender flapping joke that has been made twice now.

Read this thread onward : Hood Pins

Glad you guys had fun, are you planning on attending the 1 mile event in October?

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Read this thread onward : Hood Pins

Glad you guys had fun, are you planning on attending the 1 mile event in October?

I will likely be at the 1 mile event yes.

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Thanks Kyle! We definitely had a great time this weekend and we really appreciate the hospitality and camaraderie of you and your crew. While the weekend ended without any records being broken we did manage to get both slings back on the trailers under their own power and with no personal injuries.

Thanks again and we'll see ya in R kan saw! LOL

Ghost I have been spelling it wrong for too many years. Thanks for showing me the right way. Sorry won’t be there but hopefully y’all will have a great time.

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Gee, I would have thought that having a 20 MPH headwind would have HELPED your top speed. All that RamAir power going into that throttle body. Must have needed some more fuel to use all that extra air.

The good thing is you both survived in less than ideal conditions and had no breakage or loss of control issues.

Just a question for both of you. Are you running a 3 Bar map sensor for your tune since you're boosted at over 15 PSI ?

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Gee, I would have thought that having a 20 MPH headwind would have HELPED your top speed. All that RamAir power going into that throttle body. Must have needed some more fuel to use all that extra air.

The good thing is you both survived in less than ideal conditions and had no breakage or loss of control issues.

Just a question for both of you. Are you running a 3 Bar map sensor for your tune since you're boosted at over 15 PSI ?

I don't think I could have used more fuel if I wanted to. I drove just over 38mi that weekend and used about 13gal of fuel.. lol I'm using a 2 BAR MAP. 2BAR is 29psi. You can go beyond what they rated for and they still function. I only hit 30psi when using scramble boost in 4th. The rest of the time 4th gear sees 26psi when on my 1/2mi boost profile. We used 3 BAR sensors when we made 898whp on our Chevy Cobalt using 50psi.

I found this pic of rabtech running around naked at the event on the Book of Face.

Hot off the presses, our video recap of the weekend.

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Truth be told, I think rabtech threw a race for the camera crew. ALLEGEDLY he was having tuning issues on that run. I think he's just a nice guy. He was actually having tuning issues though. Also, side bar, I don't see the videos until they are released.

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Hot off the presses, our video recap of the weekend.

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Am I the only one wondering what the cricket at 0:09 ran? LOL

Thanks for the entertainment gents. All of this makes me want to put my big boy pants on and really start modding. Living in the 300's to the wheels is getting really boring these days