Despite the hot weather and high air temps I pushed the old Girl to a 9.81 second pass this afternoon
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:44 pm
by Stuball
Nice one perry!
Shame I had to leave early, but awesome to see she still had more to give
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:52 pm
by mgbv8
Cheers Stu!
I'm wondering now if there might be a 9.7 in there somewhere???
Food for thought eh
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:09 am
by kiwicar
Hi Perry
yes there is you just have to rev it!!
Oh and keep the gearbox oil topped up!
Best regards
Mike
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:06 am
by mgbv8
kiwicar wrote:Hi Perry
yes there is you just have to rev it!!
Oh and keep the gearbox oil topped up!
Best regards
Mike
Yes Mum !!!
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:25 pm
by kiwicar
Hi Son
have you considered fitting the spare box with the transbrake in and trying that with a more gentle hit on the nitrous, maybe get it to start the nitrous at 30% 1/4 second after you let the transbrake off and ramp it in over the next second and a half or so, I think you could see another .15 or so that way, maybe with a looser torque converter of stall around 3,200 to 3,800 could see another .1 off. I think there is at lease another quarter second to be had without adding any more nitrous, just ballancing the power against the grip available. It certainly seems to be quickest when it looks the least dramatic. The zoomies in bigger diamiter pipe could be worth a bit aswell.
Best regards
Mike
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:49 pm
by Blown v8
Sensational
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:06 pm
by ChrisJC
Good stuff Perry. Impressive.
Chris.
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:14 pm
by bigaldart
Bl**dy Nora, you will be pushing our times by the end of the season at this rate, great job Perry, love it when it all comes together.
Alan
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:07 pm
by mgbv8
bigaldart wrote:Bl**dy Nora, you will be pushing our times by the end of the season at this rate, great job Perry, love it when it all comes together.
Alan
You can say that again Alan
I'm hoping that a 9.7 will come along by the end of the year. but there is another problem looming on the horizon with the car again.... I'm just a knats away from 140mph and its getting light up the top end like it did a couple of years ago at 100mph when I removed the fuel tank from underneath. The solution was to pull off the read valence and cut away what I could to let air out. There is more metal under the rear deck to remove so I'll do that this week. The 9.95 @ 138mph was the run I had to back out of just under the gantry as I was drifting hard right to within 5 feet of the wall.
On the 9.81 pass the wind had dropped off a bit but it was still wanting to go right.
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:36 pm
by bigaldart
That will get your attention, then again that body shape was never meant to go that fast. Aerodynamics not a strong suit for me but someone will have a fix.
Alan
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:42 am
by kiwicar
Hi
I have a 6 foot long high lift thich section "wing" in the loft. . . intended to keep the back of the McLaren on the deck do you want it, I can reinforce it a bit
Best regards
Mike
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:33 pm
by bones
congratulations Pel . one day i will make it up the pod . sounds like a big spoiler is needed rich
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:56 pm
by mgbv8
Cheers Rich!
I'm at the Weald on Sunday to meet some mate..
The zoomies in bigger diamiter pipe could be worth a bit aswell.