chawkins2001

Couple things have changed, so I have shifted my drag day to Silver Dollar in Reynolds GA from MIR.

Muscle car Evolution is having their semi annual private track day on Nov 17, so it should be a good one.

Anyone close in the vacinity is welcome to come out. The weather is expected to be nice:




As she sits now, 532rwhp/690rwtq


My race weight came in at 3880lbs yesterday, and I have the car setup as follows:

All seating out, race seat upfront only, braille battery, full exhaust, E85 with Meth, and will be using my nitrous ring on the front mount.

As usual, I will update the thread with slips and vids as the day progresses. I wont be hiding anything, so if anyone has questions on my setup, fire away.

I am going to remove my front sway bar today, and launch the car pretty hard on the street to see how it reacts. If it steers straight, and weight transfers slightly better, that is how I will run it Saturday

320 dreamer

bummer you arent going to mir. is the rest of the buckhead crew going? good luck on sat!

chawkins2001

I believe so, and if the owner lets us, we will take the G55.

e55amgrocket

MIR weather..... 50 for the high...... 40 for the low Oh and a 10mph tail wind

e55amgrocket

Geez putting my secret info out there for everyone lol. Just kidding man I really hope you get deep into the 10's and raise the bar. Can't wait to see what everyone runs this Saturday.

P.S. I cracked 12's (12.91@104) in my truck at 8340lbs (MIR scale)

chawkins2001

These are the goals I have in mind for Saturday, with our weather and track conditions, whether it is all on the same slip or different slips, I dont really care:

1/8 mile et: 6.99
1/8 mile trap:100mph+
1/4 mile et: 10.99
1/4 mile trap: 130mph+

e55amgrocket

I think those goals are well within reach.

GregMB

Craig,

Any strategies related to rear suspension alignment?

I know a lot of guys run the car in "raised" mode to help with weight transfer, but my question is more about camber settings. Even a relatively minimal camber setting in raised mode is likely to show a lot more negative camber once the car is under power and squats down for the launch.

With these cars at the track it's really not an HP issue....it's a traction issue. It seems like you want to maintain as close to 0* of camber out back so the rear tires have the flattest contact patch possible. If you're only riding on the inside edges of the tires the tire can't do 100% of it's job.

Do you run any toe-links with your current setup? It seems like everyone that swaps the stock parts out reports a harder and more predictable launch also.....

Good luck out there.... IMHO you have certainly "paid your dues" in blood, sweat and $$$ over the last 12+ months and are deserving of that elusive 10-second timeslip.


-G

chawkins2001

Thanks Greg, that is probably the nicest thing you have said in all my threads, lol. We are going to try and stiffen up the passenger rear shock/airbag with a couple ideas we threw around. If we can add additional air to the bag so that when the car squatts down hard, it will have stay square, and have equal weight to both sides.

I will probably clamp off my rear brake lines too, so that I can have zero pressure back there in my burnouts, I will be roasting the tires, and dont want any brake pad interferance.

Lastly, if the track is holding my car off idle launches, I am going to launch off the stall which is around 2,200rpms. Last time I could not launch anything more than 1,200rpms because it kept pushing through the brakes at the tree. This time, I am going to use the E-Brake along with the front brakes to hold my car at the line, and squatt her down real hard before all hell breaks loose, lol. She may not like it, but I want to see how it does flashing the converter off the launch. We have played with flashing the converter on the dyno, and the TQ spike is intense, to say the least.

The car will be raised up a couple more inches from what it sits in the pic above, and will play with the raised button too.

Jimshorts

Toss a few extra bucks in and make them prep the **** out of that track... You got it Craig!

RedBullJnky

Good luck brotha! We'll run side by side one of these days.

DVC

Full disclosure on mods and posted slips??

I must be in the wrong forum!

kustom2k1

As she sits now, 532rwhp/690rwtq

Insane rwtq! Good luck!

chawkins2001

There are scheduled to be some heavy hitter cars there, so I am sure they will prep it very well. I have a feeling we will line them up sometime in January RBJ, I think PBIR

Cant wait brotha, you are going to kill it up there!

99lightning

holding the ebrake did you own a cyclone at one time?

DonnieD

I will be there.

adianaty

Goodluck Craig. I'm betting you will get to 10.80 or better!

chawkins2001

Thanks brotha, that would be epic. Look forward to hauling the groceries with you Donnie.

AKnight55

Was looking forward to seeing your beast run Craig.. Good look though.

danfink

I'm in Macon. I might come out and see what my stocker can do.

chawkins2001

That would be nice Dan, a wolf pack of three beasts

lowprofile

Good luck Craig! I'll be checking in to watch some of the beat down vids.

chawkins2001

Thanks brotha! Last year when I posted that vid of my beating that zr1, it created some backlash, lol. Was told there is one coming this year making 620rwhp, and 750 on the bottle. He is wanting a piece, so I will have my hands full.

I will text you and maybe brainstorm once I start racing homey.

GregMB

Craig,

Put a baby seat in the backseat while you're in the pits. The psychological effect on the Corvette guys would be priceless!

Better yet, make a pass with that seat in there and post THAT video on YouTube.... "Fastest E55 with a baby seat installed"!


-G

chawkins2001

I would brotha, lowpro style

My sled only has a race seat in it, gutted on the inside. I will take some pics of her setup, inside and out for the fellas.