Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.

[93gtpeater]

Car craft is this weekend. I know a lot of peeps are going out to play. Glad to see the car is back on the road and taking names.

[turbotalon1g]

I can't believe this thing actually made it to the track! Congrats dude!!!

Thanks!

Car craft is this weekend. I know a lot of peeps are going out to play. Glad to see the car is back on the road and taking names.

Word, I'll have it ready, hopefully if I can get the shiftbox setup it should be pretty good.
However, I won't be buying any more parts for it so it won't get any faster this year.

[turbotalon1g]

So I can't remember what day I got out but maybe monday (7/14) or tuesday (7/15) I got outside and started to install my transmission cooling fan. I've had this thing since 2012.
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9" fan mounted on cooler:
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Fan mounted and wired:
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Switches in temporary location (closest one to camera is transmission):
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7/16/14:
So I have the day off, i wrap up the transmission fan install, its about 12:30pm and I'm trying to get my vacuum pump installed, Munchgsx/Nick stops by and helps me figure out the pump wiring aka keep it simple, we pull off the VW plug and there is a power and ground male spade connector, no more F'n with relays and extra wires and crap.

We plan to leave about 2pm and at this point it's 1:15pm, so I go to meet a friend and grab a go-pro.

No pics of the vacuum pump install I'm afraid, I was in the zone.

so we head out, stop for some lunch:
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Safely back home after 2 hr drive each way and 17 passes:
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[turbotalon1g]

BIR update 7/16/14:

Best passes:
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About 17 passes in 3 hrs:
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So the night started with only 1/8 mile passes, I honestly thought it was going to get a low 11, maybe a 10.99

The first pass was a 7.325@95.86 with a 1.67 60', sadly I forgot to log it.
I'm still launching the car as usual, but with the aid of the vacuum pump, its a lot easier to hold back.
2nd pass I try the right lane, 7.386@88 with a 1.70 60'. I didn't go back in time, but I'm not 100% sure where the 1/8th mile marker is.
3rd, I go back to the left lane where I try to stay the rest of the night. It just feels comfortable.
60' - 1.70
1/8th - 7.36
mph - 96.63

So about pass 4-5 something like that, Nick suggests I try to run the tree and really use this vacuum pump.
So this time I just turn on the pump, footbrake the car at the 1st staging light, get RPMs up then bump forward to the second light, then build boost and bam!
R/T of .267
I wasn't expecting that, neither was the big loud muscle car thing next to me, it was hilarious because he was looking over at me like WTF and I was looking at him like WTF I'm outtie!

Basically this is how I feel about it, replace the words in this description to:
When you get to drag race an auto DSM and you find it has a vacuum pump.
LpZEUPoMYok


Ok so pass number 8-9 i guess I go for it.
60' - 1.65
1/8 - 7.30
1/8 mph - 96.00
1/4 - 11.400
1/4 mph - 118.79

Get the slip and I'm sure that's a new PB et for me, but I was hoping for another 5 mph and a low 11.3 or 11.2

OH well, night isn't over and it's the first time with the car at the track in 2 years, party on!

Next pass
60' - 1.741
1/8 - 7.361
1/8 mph - 96.69
1/4 - 11.422
1/4 mph - 120

PB passes:
60' - 1.655
1/8 - 7.270
1/8 mph - 96.74
1/4 - 11.333
1/4 - 119.94

followed by:
60' - 1.715
1/8 - 7.326
1/8 mph - 96.74
1/4 - 11.393
1/4 mph - 119.77

Rest of the night is a good time just running the cars, ran a bunch against Andre which was awesome I think apart from a turbo 5.3L than was in the 140mph trap area not sure on ET, we were the quickest there.

I run a few more 11.4 to 11.8s, one run I launch and the car is out of gas it cuts out, which was funny to me because I thought about it about 3-4 runs earlier.
If this isn't a clue, my gas gauge doesn't work the best and I haven't driven the car enough to care or worry about it.

I'm fully addicted to drag racing, maybe even more than before. I'd really like to get some cams in, but that's a decent amount of coin that I don't have right now and time.

Vids to come. (If I don't fail horribly, which I did with one of the cameras I was turning it off at the start of each pass and turning it on in the return lane. hahaha)

[carltalon]

Nice times. Do you think turning up the boost will get you a 10.99 or do you think it will be worthless with cams? 17 passes is nuts. It's really nice staging with The vaccume pump. Did the track officials say anything about running faster than 11.50 without a cage? Hopefully my engine will be in and broken in for the next weds night.

[turbotalon1g]

To be honest, i was just thinking about that today.
I think it could work, but it would be ugly.
The officials didn't say anything to me or Andre (trapping 130s all day)
I kinda want to make the next one, but it's a long day that's for sure.

[turbotalon1g]

7/17/14:
Had the day off and also made a deal a while back with one of the family of Tint Pros to get a discount on tint, so I figured why not now since I had the day off.
In retrospect, booking an appt with a car the day after a track day even though you haven't raced it in 2 years or really driven it that much in 2 years wasn't that smart.
Anywho before:
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Damn fish bowl, I don't know how people do it.

After:
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Back at home, just a couple of more days then I can put the windows down!
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[Fejery4491]

Looks really nice!

[blackrosenova400]

What transmission temps are you seeing? Im on the stock converter and I have had a cooler/fan install just like you have for a while and I still have some temp problems.

[turbotalon1g]

I got to 200 maybe at the end of a pass, but with the fan I'd be down to under 180 before starting the next pull.
Maybe toward the end of the week, I'll get to work on this thing again, but no need when the heat index is 100*F+, so for now she sits outside letting the window tint cure.