I took my 83 out to the track tonight in hopes of getting some better times. I left it just like it was last time i went that it ran the 14.3 other than a fresh tuneup. Everything was the same, and still on green top injectors and i have not touched the boost valve. It was screamin hot out and really humid. I put the Hoosiers at 18psi launched around 5K and it went a 14.08@93.81mph with a 1.86 60'. That was the best of three passes and was backed up by an 14.1.It was shifting it at 5200rpms. I was happy with what it did, I am just really pushing for the 13.99 second slip now :D If only the weather was nice ;) I may need updated on the list too ;)
Stay tuned!!
Frank M.
...I am having issues with my scan of the slip. i will mess around with that tomorrow...
Nice! Looks like a cool night will get you to 13.xx. Was Bob there also?
Holy cow! Go Frank GO!
Its still slow :D :D Launch RPM grasshopper ;) Bog = bad, get your 13.99 on green tops, learn to drive ;) then we can break out the secrete weapon :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Yeah, I'm there every week for points. Broke the shaft on another T3turbo. Car launched good, just about the 330 mark it sputtered a little, then I got rid of every mosquito for about a square mile as I smoked the place out. Ate a wheel and my compressor housing. Someone here got a picture of it in my pit (sorry, didnt catch your user name on here, but it was nice meeting you and your Dad!).
Moved my number over to my truck, only got one time trial with it, ended up breaking out by .01 on the brakes at the stripe. That was a perfect ending to a misreable day for me.
Bob Myers
Looks like youll soon be "13 Second Frank"
Jeez Bob stop blowing up defenseless T3's!!
it was sweet meeting you both there! Im home from pa, and i have a pic of the turbo ill get up later. That capri was sweet till you got to the end and all we saw was SMOKE.
Frank did awesome, and thanks for the tips we can use on my dads car. Loved your car, and it makes me want a four eye turbo coupe so much more!
Thanks for the replies! I hope to have some more exciting updates here soon!
Shawn- I thought it might have been 13 second frank to! I was really pushing for it! I carry the little strips around with me ready to cross it out asap!! :beatyoass: :D maybe I will learn how to drive the goofy thing, and it will be soon :hick: :punchballs:
Stay tuned!!
Frank M. <--still slow
pics!!!
14 second frank
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/boss3512/lincolnnew091.jpg)
bobs destroyed turbo
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/boss3512/lincolnnew099.jpg)
It was me you meet bob, the names mason, and it was nice meeting you and seeing your car!
Thanks Mason, sorry I'm terrible with names, I forget Frank's half the time, thats why he has it on his window :D hehe, still 14 second Frank, going to repo my QTP's before he gets the 13 :flip: :evilgrin: ;) :evilgrin: ;) ;)
Bob Myers
How in the hell do you do that to a Turbo?
did i read your cardomain right? you're going that fast with basically an exhaust and a boost controller and some sticky tires?!!?! that's amazing. i've never seen one go that fast on so little.
You said "A" turbo, lol, I have a collection of them like that ;) 25 psi , WOT shifts, junkyard turbo's. That one was put together from three others. I've broke two shafts like that this year.
That pass I left off the rev limiter (6600 rpm), made into third before it broke. It was FUN while it lasted :)
It also has a small front mount. I tell people all the time, with these 2.3's, its all about the tune and the DETAILS. We will put that car into the 13's on 30# green tops, then turn it up with my PE and hang on. My TC was so stock it was rediculous, ran low 13's at 103-105 all the time bracket racing. Put the same combo in my Capri and it went 12.50's at 111 all day long. I've sure found the limits of the T3 here lately ;), its about a tenth and a mph lower than what I'm trying to run :D
Bob Myers < - Will tune for turbo's ;)
tell me that you at least put new bearings in it and studded the head. what timing and fuel are you running?
god when you hit the rev limiter on that thing i thought it was gonna go boom!
:D I wish i coulda put on a better show for you :D The car usually hooks good and makes passes, I've just been real snakebit lately with breaking parts. I just ordered a pile of fresh stuff, so I should be back at it next weekend with some upgrades.
I wasnt sure if you were asking about mine or Franks? Both of ours are stock shortblocks, Franks original 83, mine a JY replacement. In other words no new bearing, parts or ghee whammy parts in either engine.
We've never head the head off of Franks, mine is a mild big valve head, 1035 gasket and TTA bolts.
I run stock base fuel pressure, but 55# injectors tuned via Tweecer, Frank doesent even have an adjustable fuel pressure regulator (next mod) so his is stock. To be honest, its been interesting to see how far we can take these green top injectors. I have been known to push stock parts, but this is a little surprising to me too, and i know we could get more out of it with a little turn of the boost with my Torco in there.
Both cars are running stock T3's
I tune EVERYTHING with stock 10 degree base. Its all about getting boost in them fast, and timing gets in the way of that ;)
There is a high 13 in his car right now. We get some good air, and he will get it, I am pretty sure if I drove it Saturday we could of got the 13, but that honor will be his. You have to remeber that he has MPH'd a lot better before, the ET is a result of his driving right now, and that is coming along (beside the last pass bog :beatyoass: ). The air wasnt terrible Saturday, but not good eother, we were racing at ~2600 DA (1300' true).
Bob Myers
Frank will get it done with you helping him out Bob ;)
Too bad you can't come out here. My POS is probably beyond help though...
What he says is true! I know I am probably really pushing my luck with what I have in there, and I am sure that if I knew how to drive the thing a little better or if Bob drove it, I would have that 13 by now! I will just have to show up a little more often than I do to race at the track which would result in more seat time ;) I have proved that driving it is a HUGE percentage of the game here, and Bob has been a huge help to(I am sure I would still be 17 sec Frank, if that)! I never touched it shy of a tuneup and allot more abuse on the street. No part in the world will get you the time you want unless you can drive the thing, needless to say, I have TON more to improve :D :D
It was nice to see you out at the track Mason, I had no idea you were going to be there or that anybody was close enough to PRP to come out to watch :) Stay tuned!!
Frank M.
Dont make me come out there and put your car into the 12's :D
Exactly, seat time, seat time, seat time. You've seen me put the car in the lanes and tell you what I was going to run. That's seat time, knowning the car and combo, and running the number.
Bob Myers
Bob,
Do it :D Seat time is everything. We have 125+ passes on the GTO to get a 13.09@107+ I only have 30 in Layla :(
I wish i could go out more guys but right now im back in RI, so thats it for the year, now next year, you will see the hot rod lincoln! And i will be going ALOT while im down there, and i might even bring the scrat for a few runs(if i get the POS t-5 swaped out) Been working hard on my car since i got home and im about to get it to run again(thanks to aeros tbird lines, which im making work). Plus next year my dads should have a fresh short block with a slightly reworked head, a t3, and a boost valve, and a few more things, so you can play with his too bob!
I wish you both luck with your cars, hope you figured out that bog, you shoulda had that stang!!