Shiny

I sandblasted and wire brushed the new turbo...got rid of that awful red. It's back to it's natural color...


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Something wicked this way comes...

TV7512 T6 76mm...coming to a track near you in the spring


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Videos

A couple videos from Rockingham
This is the 12 second pass:


And this is the 7.97 1/8th mile pass:

GOALS MET!!!!

If you look back in this blog in my very first post i stated the goal was to build a 12 second truck...I wanted to go 8.30's in the 1/8th only because it was roughly a 12.99...

Well yesterday at The Rock, it happened...twice.

First the truck went 7.97@83...shattering my 8.30 goal...

Then it went 12.64@105.96...laying waste to the 12.99 goal.

Needless to say...the new converter WORKS! It's previous best 60' was a 2.09...it went 1.71 with the new converter almost .4 improvement.

On the 7.97 pass the ground wire vibrated loose at about 900' and shut the motor down (hence the whacky mph)...more posts and some crappy video to come.

It's in...

I'm sore and tired...spent a large portion of the day installing the new converter and welding up some exhaust leaks...I can get it to about 2700 rpms on the footbrake (on the street)...about zero on the boost gauge...it flashes to about 3500...and goes right to boost...and tire spin. Should hit hard at the track...now I hope the rest of the driveline holds up. We'll find out next weekend...1/4 mile passes at Rockingham!




Here is the old B&M with the new 10"


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Waiting on the weather...

Well, the converter arrived...but between our plans and the weather I haven't had a chance to put it in. May have to take a day off this week to make it happen.



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New Converter...

Well, my track outing with the new gear resulted in some better times...60' to 330' was better, mph was better and the back half was better...but the 60' unchanged. Ran the exact same 2.09 that it did earlier. So, my gear change did not get me the 8.30 I'm looking for.....so...I have a new converter ordered a 3200 stall. So, maybe I will be able to build some boost on the footbrake and get some reasonable 60' times...we'll see.


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New best...

Drove it to Benson Thursday...it ran a new best...8.53@84.60 and a new best mph 8.61@84.83mph...but still not where I want it. Anyway, here is the on board. (Shot with my phone strapped to the seat with a coat hanger :-) )




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Wastegate pipe

I added a pipe to the wastegate to get any exhaust gas out from under the hood (to prevent it from being sucked back into the turbo). I also opened a hole in the radiator support to allow cool air into the turbo.



This pic makes it look close to the tire...it's not it's angle up do it is just even with the fender opening.

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Rockin' and Rollin'

Roller tip rockers...that is all.



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I'm all geared up.

Well after two outings to the track with miserable 2.09 60' times I decided it was time for a change...a gear change. I took out the 3.73 and installed a 4.10. It's hard to say what this will do at the track because on the street it goes right to tire spin in first gear...even from a roll. So I think I should be able to pick up a few tenths...if I can get it to launch without spinning...stay tuned!





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Still slow...but consistently slow

I took the truck out to the track again to see if it would pick up some with the boost controller. It was on 11psi with the meth on. It ran dead nuts on what it did the first time. It went 8.62@83.10mph then went 8.64@83.23mph. It is fun as crap and the truck surprises a lot of people. They don't expect a turbo whistle out of a truck that looks like this! I had lots of people asking about it and commenting on it.



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Cruise-in

Rust stains, green algae growing on the tailgate, grass stuck to the wheels from weed whacking, Sid's writing in the chalk-like paint...I fit right in with the show-n-shine crowd at the local cruise-in! ;-) ...but lots surprised smiles when people look under the hood.



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Gauge-arrange

Moved the tach to the steering column and permanently mounted the meth light in the boost gauge bracket...cleaned up some wiring, hooked up the boost gauge back light.

Then pulled a plug and was surprised to find them black as night! Under boost I've leaned it out to about 11.7 - 12.0 and have been running the meth (I would assume the steam would clean them)...but still have black plugs...I cleaned the plugs reset the idle mixture I'll see if that helps...still runs strong - just a bit surprising as I thought it was pretty lean.

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Boost: it's controlled.

I took the truck for a drive this morning to test/set the boost controller...it works. I've set it at 11-ish lbs...seems pretty strong.



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Crap it's hot!

It's 105 degrees today so what better day to lower the under hood temp with some header wrap. Blue is a little crazy looking but it was free thanks to my friend Bryan. And you can also see the boost controller is in place.



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Boost Controller

In keeping with my homemade cheapo crap. I put together this boost controller for about $12. It's a pressure relief valve from Grainger with barb jammed in and JB Welded in place. The idea was stolen from a friend of mine who runs one on a 5 second blow-through Mustang...so, it works.



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Video of the pass...

Thanks to my friend John for getting the video on the trucks first pass...

8.66 @ 82.78mph!!

I drove the truck to Dunn-Benson dragstrip tonight...a 33 mile drive. Made a single pass...went 8.66 with a lazy 2.09 60'....so given that my goal was to go 8.30's...this was an awesome first pass! Then got back in it and drove it 33 miles back home. (ignore the 2.09 reaction time...I forgot to turn the data logger on and did it with the tree coming down - doh!)


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This seems a little shifty...

The shifts under power were a little "slushy"...so today I installed a B&M shift kit...now the 1-2 shift feels like you been hit in the ass with a baseball bat!


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I have to take a leak

Fixed several exhaust leaks (yes more) and switched to aluminum collector gaskets...and it picked up almost 3lbs of boost!

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Sunday drive.

On 275 M/T Drag Radials...boost works.


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I'm a street car!

Tagged, inspected, insured and on the streets...bitches!





...I've since fixed some exhaust leaks and picked up a ton of power...it makes a couple more pounds of boost on the spring so now puts down about 9 lbs....and sounds bad-ass whistles like crazy now. I threw the laptop in it the other day and the A/F is around 11.3 at WOT...I'm pulling 1.5 degrees per lb so I think it's still pretty safe and has more left in it. I also went back to a standard 6.5 power valve...with jetting at 69/78 and 35 squirters in both front and back. No bog but I think there is still power to be found out of boost...so more to come.



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What? I can't hear you...your all muffled.

Gonna try and get a tag...so I added a muffler.



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Did I mention...

That while installing the meth kit a box arrived from Summit with another larger set of squirters. I dropped a 42 in the secondary and was a bit much...a little boggy...so I left it in and changed to a white accelerator pump cam and bingo. It now hits pretty hard from a dead stop. Exhibit A:



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Wired

I got my adjustable Hobbs switch today. Got it wired up and mounted. But of course, I am missing the proverbial $.15 part...I didn't have the vacuum tee to plumb the boost to it but I did put some air to the switch and the whole system does work...so road test tomorrow.









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Doing some meth

Today I started installing my homemade water/meth injection system. The boost Hobbs switch had to be ordered so it's not fully functional but I got the pump, tank, injector,and relay installed so I was able to see it work.

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