BLOWN09 at Sacramento Raceway

[dwattsup]

I finally got the car to the track and made some passes.  It was a little hot when we started at about 98 degrees, but the first pass turned out to be the second fastest.

Pass #1
7017


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

Pass #2
7018


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz8kbDg8uks

Pass #3
7019

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRtMKsC2lr0

Pass #4
7020


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-xRrQCZ-h8

Waiting to make some passes

7023

[Carnut]

Excellent.

What rear tire are you running?

[Tommy Gun]

That is really awesome!


I have never run down a quarter mile track.

Would like to w someone who has.

Thanks for posting.

[Joe G]

Very nice runs!!

[Darkside]

Awesome vids. Sacramento used to be home for Momma D and I.

[dwattsup]

Excellent.

What rear tire are you running?

I'm running MT Street ET 305/35/18. Apparently not enough!

[dwattsup]

Awesome vids. Sacramento used to be home for Momma D and I.

Thanks. Seems like you've gotten around quite a bit and been everywhere l've been like the Tilted Kilt in San Diego. Did you ever get out to the track in Sac? I live in Pleasanton, so I had to drive for a couple of hours, went over on 160 through the delta. Got there early to let the car cool down since it was almost 100 degrees that day.

[dwattsup]

Very nice runs!!

Thanks Joe, it was the Fore Precision fuel rails and short shifter stick and ball you sold me that did the trick! I'm going to shoot for high 10's next time out. Probably go with some long tubes, race cats, and x-pipe and a cooler day to get me under 11.

[Joe G]

Thanks Joe, it was the Fore Precision fuel rails and short shifter stick and ball you sold me that did the trick! I'm going to shoot for high 10's next time out. Probably go with some long tubes, race cats, and x-pipe and a cooler day to get me under 11.

Happy to help. Let me know if you need anything else. :tiphat:

[CH53Driver]

:wtg:

[68fastback]

...some nice runs there!! :wtg:

[Birdman]

Very nice runs ...nice driving...

What engine mods do you have?

[CH53Driver]

Very nice runs ...nice driving...

What engine mods do you have?

I think it's listed in his sig. :shades:

[Birdman]

Very nice runs ...nice driving...

What engine mods do you have?


I think it's listed in his sig. :shades:


yep :doh: thanks Matt

[CH53Driver]

:tiphat:

[dwattsup]

I think it's listed in his sig. :shades:

Yep, pretty much.

[dwattsup]

Yep, pretty much.

Well, I guess not, I was thinking about some of the other sites. Here's what I have:

Whipple 2.9L Supercharger
FRPP CAI
CJ 123mm MAF
L&M 66mm Throttle Body
80lb Flow Matched Injectors
Fore Precision Fuel Rails
KB Dual BAP
JLT Oil Separators
AFCO Dual Fan Heat Exchanger
Moroso Intercooler Tank (Black Powder Coat)
Moroso Coolant Tank (Black Powder Coat)
Moroso Power Steering Fluid Tank (Black Powder Coat)
Shelby Billet Engine Caps
FRP Customs Hood Lifts
FRPP Short Throw Shifter
Mcleod RXT Street Twin Disc Clutch Kit (Street)
DSS Aluminum Driveshaft
BMR Rear Driveshaft Loop
FRPP 3.73 Gears
Borla Stinger Catback Exhaust
FRPP Front Strut Tower Brace
BMR HPP003 Level 2 Suspension Kit
Front Swaybar
Rear Swaybar
Tokico D-SPEC Adjustable Front struts and shocks
Upper Strut Mounts
Lowering Springs
"On-Car" Adjustable Panhard Rod
Upper Panhard Rod Support
Control Arm Relocation Brackets (welded installation)
Camber bolts
Tunnel Brace
HD Boxed Subframe Connectors
A-arm Support
BMR CAP002 Level 2 Control Arm Kit
Lower control arms, boxed, DOM, non-adjustable, polyurethane & spherical bearing combo (https://www.bmrsuspension.com/index.cfm?page=products&vehicleid=20&maincatid=95&catid=274&productid=159)
Upper control arm mount (https://www.bmrsuspension.com/index.cfm?page=products&vehicleid=20&maincatid=95&catid=274&productid=160)
Upper control arms, DOM, on-car adjustable, polyurethane bushings (https://www.bmrsuspension.com/index.cfm?page=products&vehicleid=20&maincatid=95&catid=274&productid=163)
Sequential Tail Lights
FR500 Replica Wheels
Front – 18x9
Rear – 18x10
Tires
Front – BG Goodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2 255/45ZR -18
Rear - MT ET STREETS 305/35/18 HIGH PERFORMANCE DRAG RADIAL
McLeod RXT Street Twin Disc Clutch Kit (Street) with lightened steel flywheel (rated at 1000HP)

[Tommy Gun]

Mod freak. :tease2:



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[Darkside]

Thanks. Seems like you've gotten around quite a bit and been everywhere l've been like the Tilted Kilt in San Diego. Did you ever get out to the track in Sac? I live in Pleasanton, so I had to drive for a couple of hours, went over on 160 through the delta. Got there early to let the car cool down since it was almost 100 degrees that day.

I did all my moving around after I joined the Army. I grew up in Sacramento but never had a chance to run my own car at the track. I did watch some friends run there though.

[Birdman]

Well, I guess not, I was thinking about some of the other sites. Here's what I have:

Whipple 2.9L Supercharger
FRPP CAI
CJ 123mm MAF
L&M 66mm Throttle Body
80lb Flow Matched Injectors
Fore Precision Fuel Rails
KB Dual BAP
JLT Oil Separators
AFCO Dual Fan Heat Exchanger
Moroso Intercooler Tank (Black Powder Coat)
Moroso Coolant Tank (Black Powder Coat)
Moroso Power Steering Fluid Tank (Black Powder Coat)
Shelby Billet Engine Caps
FRP Customs Hood Lifts
FRPP Short Throw Shifter
Mcleod RXT Street Twin Disc Clutch Kit (Street)
DSS Aluminum Driveshaft
BMR Rear Driveshaft Loop
FRPP 3.73 Gears
Borla Stinger Catback Exhaust
FRPP Front Strut Tower Brace
BMR HPP003 Level 2 Suspension Kit
Front Swaybar
Rear Swaybar
Tokico D-SPEC Adjustable Front struts and shocks
Upper Strut Mounts
Lowering Springs
"On-Car" Adjustable Panhard Rod
Upper Panhard Rod Support
Control Arm Relocation Brackets (welded installation)
Camber bolts
Tunnel Brace
HD Boxed Subframe Connectors
A-arm Support
BMR CAP002 Level 2 Control Arm Kit
Lower control arms, boxed, DOM, non-adjustable, polyurethane & spherical bearing combo (https://www.bmrsuspension.com/index.cfm?page=products&vehicleid=20&maincatid=95&catid=274&productid=159)
Upper control arm mount (https://www.bmrsuspension.com/index.cfm?page=products&vehicleid=20&maincatid=95&catid=274&productid=160)
Upper control arms, DOM, on-car adjustable, polyurethane bushings (https://www.bmrsuspension.com/index.cfm?page=products&vehicleid=20&maincatid=95&catid=274&productid=163)
Sequential Tail Lights
FR500 Replica Wheels
Front – 18x9
Rear – 18x10
Tires
Front – BG Goodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2 255/45ZR -18
Rear - MT ET STREETS 305/35/18 HIGH PERFORMANCE DRAG RADIAL
McLeod RXT Street Twin Disc Clutch Kit (Street) with lightened steel flywheel (rated at 1000HP)

I see you've been quite busy with all those mods!

thanks for the updated list.

The only thing I think you may want to consider someday is getting rid of the dual BaP and upgrading to the dual FGT pumps and the fore pump hat set-up like the one Tasca sells. Other than that you have a great combination IMO.

Your car looks great too with those wheels and MT's on the rear. I'm thinking of getting a more grippy DR for mine as well ...one of these days ...maybe when things pick up in the economy eventually.

[dwattsup]

Thanks. Yeah I know you don't like the BAP, but it runs on a lot of Kenne Belle setups and a lot of the cars AED works on where my car goes. I'm pretty happy with it and see a lot of cars modified by AED faster than mine running them with no problem at the track. The Ford GT pumps require modifications I'm told to be installed properly. One of my buddies upgraded his car to E85 and upgraded from the BAP and stock fuel pumps to 2 different higher flow pumps and ended up having to go with a return fuel system to get rid of a severe surging problem at all RPM. Seems the computer didn't play well with the pumps. So there's always issues lurking. My tuner at AED is working on a tune to take care of high rpm shifting problems with the GT500 that I hope to install when available. The GT500's tend to bog during high rpm shifts. Faster shifts with higher rpms = faster times. Not that I plan to run my car at the track all that often. I'm looking at adding some American Muscle long tubes, cats, and x-pipe to get me down into the 10's.

[Alloy Dave]

That is really awesome!


I have never run down a quarter mile track.

Would like to w someone who has.

Thanks for posting.
Great runs DWATTS!

TG, come to Indiana and you can go with me! I'm not as good a driver as dwatts, but it's still fun.

[Iceman]

Yeah - come to indiana and you can go with me too.....but with me we have to go to muncie. No one else will let me run :(

[dwattsup]

To be totally honest, that wasn't me driving. I was taking the video. That's my guy from AED (Drew Wallace) running down the track. He's a hell of a driver. He held the 60' national record for about 2 years before a guy finally beat him last year. He says the GT500's are tough to run since they don't have much feel to them with the drive by wire throttle and all the computer adjustments going on. I wanted to have him check out the car and make sure it ran OK and also see what the car is capable of. I'll probably run it the next time out but doubt I'll run it anywhere near where he was at least to start. I've been picking his brain on how to do the burnout, stage the car, and get it down the track as quick as possible. There are a lot of tricks involved.

[dwattsup]

New dyno numbers with American Racing headers, high flow cats, pipes. Ran into problems with the intercooler pump not pumping at full efficiency. This might explain why I couldn't get additional power when advancing the timing and running race gas in the past. Replaced the stock intercooler pump at 4GPM with a cobra jet intercooler pump at 55GPM. 91 octane put out 723RWHP and 104 octane with additional timing put out 744RWHP. New tune built from scratch implemented as well.

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[dwattsup]

Gonna put some sway bar relocation brackets on so I can run some 15 inch wheels with slicks in the rear and skinnies in front and take it back out to the track and see what it can do. Expect it to be well into the 10's.

[Tommy Gun]

You ran your car past 7000 rpm ?

Do you have internal engine work done?

Does it take headers to get past the 650ish RWHP mark ?

[Gr8snkbite]

Sweet numbers Dan....good luck at the track....takes practice for sure....you need some country roads to practice on....:grin:

[dwattsup]

You ran your car past 7000 rpm ?

Do you have internal engine work done?

Does it take headers to get past the 650ish RWHP mark ?

If I recall correctly we've had the rev limiter set ~7200 for quite some time. No internal engine mods done. I was at 707RWHP prior to putting the headers on and a lot of GT500 guys I know are around 650RWHP with no headers on 91 octane out here in California. My guys at AED are pretty conservative so I'm not too worried about how they have the car set up. I trust them very well.

[dwattsup]

Sweet numbers Dan....good luck at the track....takes practice for sure....you need some country roads to practice on....:grin:

Thanks. Unfortunately there aren't a lot of country roads by me to practice on. I'll let my mechanic run it the first couple of runs to see what the car can do, then I'll give it a shot. Hopefully I can get through the burnout with looking too foolish. My mechanic has been coaching me, so we'll see...

[Joe G]

:wow2:

Great numbers!!

[68fastback]

Some beautiful curves and nums there, Dan ...7500 rpm is :yikes:

[Birdman]

New dyno numbers with American Racing headers, high flow cats, pipes. Ran into problems with the intercooler pump not pumping at full efficiency. This might explain why I couldn't get additional power when advancing the timing and running race gas in the past. Replaced the stock intercooler pump at 4GPM with a cobra jet intercooler pump at 55GPM. 91 octane put out 723RWHP and 104 octane with additional timing put out 744RWHP. New tune built from scratch implemented as well.

8143

Great results Dan :wtg: A better IC pump is definetly needed in these cars for sure. I'm sure the CJ pump will work well but might just be a bit too much pump IMO for continued street duty @ 55gpm. I prefer the FGT IC pump myself which is somewhere around 22gpm and proven for long term running.

[mustang loco]

congrats on the new numbers and best of luck at the track!!

[Joker]

Very nice! Tell Drew and Shaun hi for me next time you see them.

[dwattsup]

Great results Dan :wtg: A better IC pump is definetly needed in these cars for sure. I'm sure the CJ pump will work well but might just be a bit too much pump IMO for continued street duty @ 55gpm. I prefer the FGT IC pump myself which is somewhere around 22gpm and proven for long term running.

What's the downside on using the 55GPM on the street? Does it have a more limited life than the 22GPM pump you are referring to?

[dwattsup]

Very nice! Tell Drew and Shaun hi for me next time you see them.

Will do Robert. You should give them a call sometime.

[dwattsup]

Thanks everyone for the positive comments. I'll post up the track times once I get it back out there.

[Birdman]

What's the downside on using the 55GPM on the street? Does it have a more limited life than the 22GPM pump you are referring to?

That's my concern which is not the case with the FGT pump which was designed for street use. Also you don't need that much flow it's overkill IMO considering the stock 07 pump is only 3gpm and the 2013 which is more that double that upped to 7gpm, still far short of that 55gpm pump.

Have you changed the reservoir tank to the larger 3qt plastic one which is 3 times the capacity of the 1qt stock one? That will also help a great deal with IC system efficiency.

[Tommy Gun]

......Have you changed the reservoir tank to the larger 3qt plastic one which is 3 times the capacity of the 1qt stock one? That will also help a great deal with IC system efficiency.



I'm getting there. :innocent:

[dwattsup]

That's my concern which is not the case with the FGT pump which was designed for street use. Also you don't need that much flow it's overkill IMO considering the stock 07 pump is only 3gpm and the 2013 which is more that double that upped to 7gpm, still far short of that 55gpm pump.

Have you changed the reservoir tank to the larger 3qt plastic one which is 3 times the capacity of the 1qt stock one? That will also help a great deal with IC system efficiency.

I believe the 09 IC pump is 4GPM (not that it's a big differnce from the 07). Mine was not running at full capacity for who knows how long and I only have ~10K miles on my car now. So the stock one had already failed and I've seen a lot of comments of how the stock pump has a high failure rate. It's not really apparent when the pump is not pumping at full efficiency, but your ECU will back off timing when the IC system heats up and you will lose power obviously. Hopefully the cobra jet pump will last longer! I've got the Moroso IC tank which if I remember correctly does have more capacity than the stock tank. Thanks for the info, I'll will definitely keep that in mind if my current pump fails again.

[Birdman]

I believe the 09 IC pump is 4GPM (not that it's a big differnce from the 07). Mine was not running at full capacity for who knows how long and I only have ~10K miles on my car now. So the stock one had already failed and I've seen a lot of comments of how the stock pump has a high failure rate. It's not really apparent when the pump is not pumping at full efficiency, but your ECU will back off timing when the IC system heats up and you will lose power obviously. Hopefully the cobra jet pump will last longer! I've got the Moroso IC tank which if I remember correctly does have more capacity than the stock tank. Thanks for the info, I'll will definitely keep that in mind if my current pump fails again.


Most of the problems I've seen with the stock IC failures were either the system was poorly purged after a HE change allowing an air gap in the flow causing them to loose prime and circulation or some had a bad/loose electrical connection in the wiring harness. This usually followed a heat exchanger change.

All the best with everything Dan!!

[Tommy Gun]

Where are people buying these FGT pumps at?

The one's I've seen are crazy money. :faint:

Didn't someone post before who made those pumps for Ford...and at a less expensive price?

.

[Joe G]

Didn't someone post before who made those pumps for Ford...and at a less expensive price?

.Yes.

[Tommy Gun]

Yes.


Thanks :wtg:

[dwattsup]

Most of the problems I've seen with the stock IC failures were either the system was poorly purged after a HE change allowing an air gap in the flow causing them to loose prime and circulation or some had a bad/loose electrical connection in the wiring harness. This usually followed a heat exchanger change.

All the best with everything Dan!!

Well, that's possible since I've upgraded the HE with the AFCO dual fan unit. My guys are usually pretty good at what they do but you never know... Good info, thanks.

[dwattsup]

Where are people buying these FGT pumps at?

The one's I've seen are crazy money. :faint:

Didn't someone post before who made those pumps for Ford...and at a less expensive price?

.

The cobra jet model I bought was $499 plus shipping at Lethal. I haven't seen the FGT pump, so I have no idea what they are going for.

[Tommy Gun]

The cobra jet model I bought was $499 plus shipping at Lethal. I haven't seen the FJT pump, so I have no idea what they are going for.

Wow, the FGT pumps are in that range also. :faint:

[dwattsup]

We had a little Battle of the Big Boys friendly competition at Sacramento Raceway Park today. Here's my car's first run.


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

Here's the time slip. My car was in the right lane.

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[dwattsup]

Here's a video of a pretty cool run while I was there.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3cPt1AeeOA

[Birdman]

We had a little Battle of the Big Boys friendly competition at Sacramento Raceway Park today. Here's my car's first run.


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

Here's the time slip. My car was in the right lane.

8779


Nice "light" and nice run Dan! :wtg: car looked real good

[The Bone]

Nice reaction time Dan. You left the other guy just sitting there. You're car is very quick.

[dwattsup]

Thanks guys, that was Drew Wallace driving. It was a Test & Tune, so the quick reaction time really didn't matter. Poor Chris got left pretty quickly. There was only one other car in our group that ran faster (and in the 10's) and it was a 10.49 I believe, but it's not a street car and weighs in at 3,000lbs. Allen's car runs 10.8's, but he had a throttle hang issue and let the car drive itself down the track at a 12.2 one time. The video was the first run and Drew followed up with a 10.6 in the third run. The start is really tricky. Start to hard and you get too much tire spin and start too easy and the car bogs (2nd run this happened and it ran a 11.1). Shaun's slicks and skinnies helped out quite a bit.

[68fastback]

:wtg: ...very nice, Dan!! Sounds great too!

[dwattsup]

Thanks!

[The Bone]

Sounds like you spend a lot of time at AED
Good tuner there

[Birdman]

Thanks guys, that was Drew Wallace driving. It was a Test & Tune, so the quick reaction time really didn't matter. Poor Chris got left pretty quickly. There was only one other car in our group that ran faster (and in the 10's) and it was a 10.49 I believe, but it's not a street car and weighs in at 3,000lbs. Allen's car runs 10.8's, but he had a throttle hang issue and let the car drive itself down the track at a 12.2 one time. The video was the first run and Drew followed up with a 10.6 in the third run. The start is really tricky. Start to hard and you get too much tire spin and start too easy and the car bogs (2nd run this happened and it ran a 11.1). Shaun's slicks and skinnies helped out quite a bit.

Sounds like your buddy Allen has a tuning problem....just sayin :shades:

[dwattsup]

Sounds like your buddy Allen has a tuning problem....just sayin :shades:

He's running E85 and switches back and forth between pump gas and E85 tunes. He had recently gotten a new E85 tune and we are suspecting the file may be corrupted. Past tunes ran fine at the track. That's the only time he runs the E85 tune and this was the first run on the new tune. So bottom line is you're probably right!

[Birdman]

He's running E85 and switches back and forth between pump gas and E85 tunes. He had recently gotten a new E85 tune and we are suspecting the file may be corrupted. Past tunes ran fine at the track. That's the only time he runs the E85 tune and this was the first run on the new tune. So bottom line is you're probably right!

If they changed the MAF curve at all for the E85 there's the problem....:innocent: could be other things but I would question that first.