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Well I'm not going to spoil it for Scott, but all I'll say is that he's considerably faster than before.
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All I can really say is 10 something at 130something, ish sorta. There are TONS of vids that I will be collecting over the next few days. Quite a few fanboys there supporting me. I have 4 angles of the 10 something run.

I blew a radiator hose on my second full pull. Was sorta hoping to make it to the end on that one.. was the last pass of the day if I blew or not.
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you spraying it or no?

Also did you ever dyno it? I was in Michigan last weekend right near Milan too. Why couldn't you have gone last week? :-D

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no dyno, no spray. 60ft was one of my slowest ever.... brakes, tune, driver mod... all probably need some work to get the 60 down. Spray and antilag will help, I was not banking on 60ft'ing it hard, was there for the backhalf.

Never got to get a full run in on max boost either, setup has alot of room left.
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Any info on that hose blowing off? Was it a front/rear and was it a spring clamp or a gear clamp holding it on? Just wondering why it would have popped off....
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yea I am wondering if a headgasket is letting go, thus pressurizing the cooling system to a point of blowing a hose. Lets just hope it was a loose clamp though considering everything was just installed in a rush, and this was nothing more then a simple oversight of under tightening a clamp.

Also saw that you went to Norwalk. Thats a good track, and a pretty fast one in my opinion. Thats where I used to go and run.
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That wasn't Norwalk. It was US131 in Martin, MI.

Since his coolant disaster caused the track to close right as I was getting ready to make a run, I'm putting up the video of the blow up ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZBJJLjClv8
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oops yea it looked like norwalk from the vid on Old Europe based on the grandstands
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So what was the E.T. and trap on that blown-hose run?
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Shaun41178(2) wrote:yea I am wondering if a headgasket is letting go, thus pressurizing the cooling system to a point of blowing a hose. Lets just hope it was a loose clamp though considering everything was just installed in a rush, and this was nothing more then a simple oversight of under tightening a clamp.

Also saw that you went to Norwalk. Thats a good track, and a pretty fast one in my opinion. Thats where I used to go and run.

Looks like DRV rear blew off so I am going to guess installer error........
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Jinxmutt wrote:Any info on that hose blowing off? Was it a front/rear and was it a spring clamp or a gear clamp holding it on? Just wondering why it would have popped off....
Neither, it was a old fiero clamp that probably had 3 threads showing past the nut. I easily slid the hose and clamp back on. I forgot to tighten it after filling the coolant.
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alltrbo wrote:So what was the E.T. and trap on that blown-hose run?
I have the timeslip somewhere, but it was a better 60ft than the fastest time I had, and i was running a solid psi or 2 more than the fastest time I had as well.
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it looked like on the blown run that the time was a 14.6 at 61mph. Letting off at the 300 ft mark still netted a faster time then Fierofreds sbc v8 swap. More proof that the 3800 swap, at this point in time, is the ideal swap to make a lot of power and go fast while keeping it relatively cheap.
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the log said 85mph when the tires lit up in second gear and I noticed this happening, and I trap 112 in the 1/8, so yea probably ran a 14 coasting from the ~400ft mark. I turned the key off before I hit the 1/4 mile.
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alltrbo wrote:I think you'll run a lot slower than that, maybe a 12.7 @ 84mph.
Shaun41178(2) wrote:it looked like on the blown run that the time was a 14.6 at 61mph.
Man, I was way off! :D
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My fiero is cheaper than yours. The end.
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Nice job. X territory or bust 8) Loved the conversation when you got the slip too. Better take care of those headlight doors though :P
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Thank your friend for tacking on the extra film.
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Congrats on the time!
Get a cage so you can continue to dial it in.
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Here's the video I have of that run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5li6oojNCIM
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