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by **RockDaddy** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:13 am

Rushed the last end of last week and fought a bunch of bugs on Sunday but I finally got my first pass on the new LS motor.

Dead batteries, over fueling so bad my exhaust looked like a spray bottle and plenty of other things. Missed the first 2 test and tune calls, got the car to idle OK and decided to try it out.

No foot brake or T brake. Just hit the gas and planned to shut it down around the 1/8 but it didn’t feel too bad so I just short shifted and stayed in it.

It didn't really feel that great and I thought it was a mid 9 or so but I picked up the ticket and it ran a 8.77@155.04

Not too shabby but I think it has a lot more in it. That was the only run we made so far.

Check out that soft launch and down track exhaust haze out the sides.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ars2Wzmug3Y

by **1100kaw** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:57 pm

That I like. :th:

by **waybad** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:57 am

by **chevy art** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:15 pm

you are still the big daddy on this site. car went that fast with such a mild start, the car will be a monster with a trannybrake takeoff/// just out of curiosity, what was the 60 foot time for that one run. in the video it is hard to tell just how fast your car was going, but i know it was flying and i saw the chute, so i now you were going fast. keep up the good work art

by **Rickracer** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:28 pm

Hey Rockdaddy, where did your rear wing come from? I really like it, and I think it might help my car to have a similar one, although it's not nearly as quick/fast as yours. :th:

by **RockDaddy** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:22 pm

chevy art wrote:you are still the big daddy on this site. car went that fast with such a mild start, the car will be a monster with a trannybrake takeoff/// just out of curiosity, what was the 60 foot time for that one run. in the video it is hard to tell just how fast your car was going, but i know it was flying and i saw the chute, so i now you were going fast. keep up the good work art

I think it 60's 1.29 My best 60 last year was a 1.25 so I'm curious to what I can get out of this new setup. I'm at the Summit Halloween Classic now and have runs tomorrow and Saturday. It's only 1/8 mile here but I'm gonna work on the launches a bit.

by **RockDaddy** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:23 pm

Rickracer wrote:Hey Rockdaddy, where did your rear wing come from? I really like it, and I think it might help my car to have a similar one, although it's not nearly as quick/fast as yours.

I actually don't know. It was on the car when I bought it a couple years ago. I plan on getting a different one on this year though.

by **Rickracer** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:40 pm

Whatcha gonna do with that one? Might be interested.....

by **RockDaddy** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:47 pm

When I take it off you can just have it and see what you can do with it.

Vega made it's second run yesterday. 1/8 mile at Norwalk. Pretty good improvement too.

5.46@126.76 That should be about an 8.50 1/4 Almost 3 tenths improvement if it worked out that way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32N6HBbh6x4

by **Rickracer** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:32 am

Freakin SWEET!!!!!, :th:

That would be GREAT on the spoiler, I'd be happy to pay shipping on it,

I've been mulling over in my mind how I was gonna fabricate one with the tools I've got at my disposal, and it wasn't looking too rosy,

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