Yowzahh, that's movin' - congrats!

Not your last trip to the strip, either? You've inspired me! Thanks.

i wish i could get a 1.7 60

120 is cookin, how did it feel being your first time and all? Bet you cant wait to go back...Looks like it isnt so exciting til you go do it for an evening.

Damn! That's an impressive set of runs!

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You REALLY want to blow up that short block, eh?

A little advise, build the bottom to hold the power, otherwise, when the bottom end blows, it just might ruin those nice new AFRs.

I know what you are thinking... but at those power levels, the rest of your drive line is a ticking time bomb.

Yes, I can't wait to go back! I was expecting a high 11, possibly 11.5 at best. The biggest surprise to me was the mph. I was expecting 115 at the very most. When I test run on a desolated road around here I only run it up to about 105 at best, usually about 90. So yes, 122 was cooking for me! And it was still pulling HARD when I went through the traps. 3.07's are not really optimized for a 1/4 mile I guess.

I love that I set this car up to be so easy to drive. It shifts automatically at 6200 rpms. When I launch I just mat it to the floor and it dead hooks, then I hit the nitrous and enjoy the ride.

Bogus, you are 100% right. I kind of have a goal, which is to get as fast a 1/4 mile as I can out of my stock bottom end before it blows up. I can control the timing and I have a wideband gauge so I can run safe from detonation. That said I hope when it goes it is just a matter of rings ending up in the oil pan and smoke out the exhaust. The chance of ruining the new AFR's is what is holding me back. Maybe I'll tweak on other things and see if I can't muster a 10.999 next year. I am going to get a constant pressure valvebody from TCI this winter to keep the line pressure up to help the tranny survive, but when it dies it dies. No sense replacing it till it does. As far as the rear, I think it will last with the 3.07 gears, even with the drag radials, as long as I wait till I start moving before hitting the nitrous. I've put about 6 15lb bottles of nitrous through it so far, most of it on 150 jets, some with the 175's and nothing has broken yet.

Ok... as long as you are well aware of what you are dealing with!

I would keep running it as is... and see where and when it blows.

As long as you have the wideband and the right gauges, any risks of a tune related failure can be easily mitigated.

I am jealous.
Next time you go, tell the owner (Beaver Bob) Pete Kane says hi.
By far, my favorite track in the US.
Bob always caters to his racers, and the environment there is great. Overall, that track tends to be a tenth or 2 slower than average, but a couple of mph higher than average.
I have set all 3 of my bests at that track
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Pete, we are going again in the spring, I'll ask around to see if he is there and will tell him you said hi. I didn't really meet any of the track people, I was too nervous trying to figure things out. I kept pulling through the beams and having to back up. By my last 2 passes I figured out that the staging beams are much closer together than I expected. I wanted to walk around more but between tweaking the car, checking things over and over for leaks (just nervousness), and helping my friend work on his car we ended up not having much time to walk around. Did meed a few nice people and it was AWESOME watching some of the cars run. Next time I go even if I only make a couple of passes I'm going earlier so I can watch more.

And btw, thanks Pete for helping me get my governor set up last fall. That is one more piece of the puzzle that makes this thing so easy to drive. Honestly, I just heat the tires, pull up to stage, put it in drive, push the purge, stand it up on the converter to about 1800 rpms, then launch and hit the nitrous. It dead hooks and shifts itself going down the track. All I do is hold my right foot to the floor and watch the gauges.

Bob is a people person. He normally rides around on his little moped, and stops to shake hands with anyone he does not recognize. He must not have seen you, or I am sure he would have popped in. Although he is a diehard ford man, he has a fondness for any quick street car, and vettes are one of the few cars he likes from the GM camp.
There is a small chance I shall have a chance to move back to northeast Pa next year. If so, I will see you there

Hi Pete How Are ya..Nice to see ya here

Thanks for the welcome.
Glad to be here!

Pete, I'd love to meet you. If you are going there let me know when and I'll see if I can make it then.

So how did the NOS feel? IMO, there is no feeling like it.

Honestly, once I got the afr right and remembered to purge, it hit like a punch in the face. It felt like the horsepower doubled. I like being able to say "If I beat you, I'll run you the next time on motor." That is what I was going to do with the C6 but I never had a chance to run him a second time. It was nice to see a guy having fun with a C6 Z06 and not being a snob. He was a really down to earth guy, unlike a few other C6 owners I know and see around.