11.75 NO nitro or NO racing gas and No heat soak
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11.75 NO nitro or NO racing gas and No heat soak
At the track last night, my best time was 11.75 at 116.59 but the significant note is that I was consistantly under 12; run after run without the heat soak problems I had before. As many of you know, I have pulley, ecu, headers and LSD and CO2 cooling on the intercooler radiator and in the intake exhaust. But the biggest change has come from insulating the air intake tubes and air boxes with thick silver heat "cloth" (not tape). It looks great, is cheap, easy to install and it works. The track was not crowded last night and I did four runs in all within 15 minutes. Usually my times suffer after the first run but not last night. My best run was actually my last! I would recommend to anyone experiencing inconsistant performance with additional boast to do the insulation. I will post pictures of this simple and effective set-up shortly.
http://www.designengineering.com/pro...sp?m=sp&pid=33
P.S. the CO2 last for about 5 minutes of runs and cost $10 to rerill 5 lbs bottle
http://www.designengineering.com/pro...sp?m=sp&pid=33
P.S. the CO2 last for about 5 minutes of runs and cost $10 to rerill 5 lbs bottle
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Hi Saber
Would love to see pics and hear more about your setup. I have been watching Hillsman and your progress with interest.
Please post soon
many thanks
Siswati
Would love to see pics and hear more about your setup. I have been watching Hillsman and your progress with interest.
Please post soon
many thanks
Siswati
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Originally Posted by DerekFSU
Is that Kleemann Stage 2 you have? What tires? For that time and trap, I imagine you had a great 60 ft time.
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Originally Posted by saber
I have posted the time sheet on http://www.dragtimes.com/Mercedes-Be...ag-Racing.html. The 0 to 60 was 1.75 and I have a pulley, ecu mod, headers and exhaust work, lsd, a cryo system for cooling and much insulation. I have posted many pictures in the past of the cryo and exhaust setup. However my results with just some well placed insulation cloth have been impressive and it is of course much cheaper than the other cooling mods out there. It is important to note that just with insulation (without using the carbon diocide cooling) my times are very consistent run after run. My best trap speed has only been 119 but with the BF drag radials it drops to about 117.
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Originally Posted by DerekFSU
Slower with the DR's? What PSI?
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Originally Posted by DerekFSU
Hmmm. I never noticed any drop in trap speed between the PS2's and the DR's. I run the DR's between 17-18 psi and pump up the fronts to 40-45 PSI.
