john
04-14-2002, 11:40 AM
I attended another "borderwar" event last night. We've been having these a couple times per year for the past few years, where a bunch of Colorado guys head north, and a bunch of Wyoming guys head south. They alternate at locations in Colo and Wyo.
I estimated 125-150 cars, 80-90% of which were there to race, the others just wanted to hang.
I only got to run 1 car, which ran 11.70s last season with a built motor and a 100 shot. The owners brother told me that it had some some add'l internal/head work done over the winter, and the nitrous had gone from a 100 to a 150 shot. He was on slicks, I was on old worn nitto drag radials - pretty much slicks at this point.
First run - we both heat the tires, and I must have launched like a mother, as we were door to door. He blew the 1-2 shift so I ran away from him pretty badly. We turned around and lined up again, this time neither of us heated the tires as there was some traffic coming from behind - about a mile back but still traffic coming. We hurried to the line and went. Again I stuck with him on the launch, and the supra got REALLY slippery in 2nd - I nearly visited him in his lane.
Once into 3rd it was all over. The supra pulled on him pretty badly, maybe 5-8 carlengths? If his car runs as they claimed (low 11s) my car was running into the 10s lastnight. T66/supporting mods at 26-28psi on 104 unleaded sunoco with a few gallons of 112 on top of it for good measure. It pulled hard. Really HARD. I'd been running with some add'l fuel (+5% from 4500 - 7000) on the big end, and after dynoing last wkend the wideband showed me way too rich. Pulling that 5% out really woke the car up nicely.
Many many good races. 30 - 40 or so trailered in cars, many pretty fast street cars. HUGE burnouts by a tubbed vega with at least 30 inch wide slicks, doing nice wheelies. 9 and 8 second trailer queens. Build pickup trucks with slicks & skinnies doing wheelies. A pickup trick with barrels of 112 sunoco in the bed, etc etc etc. Built Lightnings running built Syclones. I lost count of the nitrous bottles inside/next to cars. Those Wyoming guys sure do love their NOS bottles.
Lots of fun until the sheriff cars showed up. Myself and everyone I was there with were able to get away via a dirt road, but I'm sure that all the trailered car owners got more than just a stern lecture. I did have to do a bit of 'off roading' with the car, as well as drive about 5-6 miles on dirt roads in a pack of cars doing about 60... *ahem*
I'm pretty pleased with the car - it ran like mad, kicked the CRAP out of a claimed low 11 second slicked spraying late model LS1, and got away without having to see any law enforcement face to face.
I'm getting too old for this, though. In bed at 2:30 am makes for one TIRED John...
*whew*
I estimated 125-150 cars, 80-90% of which were there to race, the others just wanted to hang.
I only got to run 1 car, which ran 11.70s last season with a built motor and a 100 shot. The owners brother told me that it had some some add'l internal/head work done over the winter, and the nitrous had gone from a 100 to a 150 shot. He was on slicks, I was on old worn nitto drag radials - pretty much slicks at this point.
First run - we both heat the tires, and I must have launched like a mother, as we were door to door. He blew the 1-2 shift so I ran away from him pretty badly. We turned around and lined up again, this time neither of us heated the tires as there was some traffic coming from behind - about a mile back but still traffic coming. We hurried to the line and went. Again I stuck with him on the launch, and the supra got REALLY slippery in 2nd - I nearly visited him in his lane.
Once into 3rd it was all over. The supra pulled on him pretty badly, maybe 5-8 carlengths? If his car runs as they claimed (low 11s) my car was running into the 10s lastnight. T66/supporting mods at 26-28psi on 104 unleaded sunoco with a few gallons of 112 on top of it for good measure. It pulled hard. Really HARD. I'd been running with some add'l fuel (+5% from 4500 - 7000) on the big end, and after dynoing last wkend the wideband showed me way too rich. Pulling that 5% out really woke the car up nicely.
Many many good races. 30 - 40 or so trailered in cars, many pretty fast street cars. HUGE burnouts by a tubbed vega with at least 30 inch wide slicks, doing nice wheelies. 9 and 8 second trailer queens. Build pickup trucks with slicks & skinnies doing wheelies. A pickup trick with barrels of 112 sunoco in the bed, etc etc etc. Built Lightnings running built Syclones. I lost count of the nitrous bottles inside/next to cars. Those Wyoming guys sure do love their NOS bottles.
Lots of fun until the sheriff cars showed up. Myself and everyone I was there with were able to get away via a dirt road, but I'm sure that all the trailered car owners got more than just a stern lecture. I did have to do a bit of 'off roading' with the car, as well as drive about 5-6 miles on dirt roads in a pack of cars doing about 60... *ahem*
I'm pretty pleased with the car - it ran like mad, kicked the CRAP out of a claimed low 11 second slicked spraying late model LS1, and got away without having to see any law enforcement face to face.
I'm getting too old for this, though. In bed at 2:30 am makes for one TIRED John...
*whew*