100in6 said:
"Its crazy how close all these trucks are to the 9s. Those .2 will prove to be some of the hardest .2ths they have ever had to shave off."
mike lee
boy you can say that again mike!!!!!!!!!
anyone of you guy talking about the 9's should look and "listen" to that video clip of Dr. Hoover syclone. that thing is really putting out some horsepower and sounds fantastic. and he most assuredly IS spinning the tires for quite a distance. and I heard he just bought new drag radials and that they were very helpful. keep something in mind. llast year at the syty nationals I seem to remember reading he ran 10.58 or something. that means he's knocked off like 4 tenths. thats a fantastic jump. does anyone know what they did to get that improvement? are they running a transbrake? if so, maybe all they have to do is go with slicks so they can launch harder to reach down a little deeper into the clock. I would worry about the stock rearend though. James, if you're watchin all these people talkin bout your truck, I would really reccomend the mark williams pro 12 bolt I have. it seems fantastic and I bet it would work great for you too. If you ever want to see what one looksw like under a syclone call me and I will be glad to send you some pictures.
we knocked off 5 tenths with tuning and heads. can still go with a little bigger turbo, but until we get everything out of our present setup we're gonna stay with the 72. 10.3 with no knock at all, rich a/f ratios, and high numbers for btdc retard all indicate there is still something left.
the price of parts gets pretty expensive tryin to go faster and just like anone else, ya start really tearing the crap of of stuff tryin. by the way, whoever took that video it came out great and ya did a really good job.
Les, you are right about parts being big coin, I got my 76gt bb from mike and it was like 2300.00, when the non bb 72 was 1100.00, so i hope it was worth the investment, i have not even tried my truck out yet with a dualbb76 turbo, mike lees custom downpipe, 3.5inch exhaust going thru a xr-1 race muffler now and exiting in front of the tire so its a short distance and it sounds roudy, also have the multistage boost controller, als front suspension, which i wish i bought the pep now, but that was not ready at the time, went to a 58mm throttle body, msd 7al, the flame was going out at 21lbs before,hopefully not now, also have the wilwoods at all fours, i have taken alot of wieght off this truck, also running the pro-gate now from mike lee and even went with the 18lb hawker energy battery, every lb counts, not that this a big deal but when i took the top intake off last time I forgot to trim the gaskets as jerry had the upper and lower ported so when i looked down in the gasket was hanging over the ports about a 1/8 inch, not a big deal but every little restriction helps, so I am dying to hit the track but it is just to hot here, Ill wait till nov/dec and try my luck and my hartman tranny, going to give it some hard launches.
Mike, you are right, I did watch the video and the truck is spinning for sure, but the mph is 135.? which is awesome but, Les, havent you gone 137mph?
I just think the truck is def. capable of a 9, there is no doubt, but if he was spinning that far and making gobs of hp you would think his mph would be higher, I know we are driving bricks but anyway, I did see some spin there, look liked it spun a little bit on the -2 shift also.
If it were my truck I would have already had et drags out back and et streets in the front, that thing would hook then, I mean come on, drag radials, key word here (radials), yes they hook up fairly well on the street and the track, but if your going for a record, put some sticky tires on and call it a day.
I know, I know, you guys are saying he wants to run a 9 with drag radials, which is very cool also, but myself, I could not wait for that slip and would have bolted up the et drag slicks, hell, just out back would probably be enuff to get the job done.
One thing is for sure, he has probably had his truck live longer , tranny wise and rear end by those tires spinning, we all know if it hooks so hard and there is no wheelspin something has got to give, so maybe its a good thing how hes doing it.
Good luck, that 9 will be there soon enough, for all 3 of you guys, I cant wait to see who does it first. Then someone will want a 8.99, which I have heard of skylines that have ran 8.99-9.01, that is truly amazing, wonder if they have to beef up there drivetrain?
You would think that lingenfelters sonoma would have the right motor to hit that number, if the drivetrain could hold up and they cranked up the boost, my god , that thing must be able to make 1200-1300hp with race gas and high boost, you think??
It sure is nice seeing all these syclones just about to go into the 9s awd, the syty racing is FUN.
