Project Lex

[Halon]

Thanks for the feedback Adam. I think if I would have competed on Sunday, I'm thinking I may have been pretty competitive in my class <63mm class. Once I started to get my launch a little figured out, I think I was doing pretty deng good in my class. Just wish the NHRA would rethink some of these time/rules. Doing a full cage in my car just isn't in the cards lol.

[93gtpeater]

I totally agree with you. Cars are much safer now days. Cars have come along ways.

[URV8SUX]

NHRA did re think the rules already, they allows cars that are 2008 and newer to go 10.0 or 135mph with no safety equipment required. Yeah the rules are always the last thing to consider but the most important in my eyes!

[Halon]

Yeah I saw in the rulebook that newer cars are allowed to go significantly faster. Unfortunately my car is over a decade older than that. It's a 99.99% street car, and installing a cage for >135mph is a pretty significant thing to do to a street car. I'd like to keep racing it at a track, which is the responsibile place to do it, but perhaps I won't be allowed which would be unfortunate.

My tuner Vlad just ran a 9 at his local track in NC with nothing more than a helmet. No issues, no warnings.

[93gtpeater]

Some tracks don't always follow the rules. From what I heard some tracks bend the rolls for grudge or time racing. Meaning they don't show the times on the time board. I have talked to a couple of guys at rockfalls and the said they ain't legal for the track but during the no time days they are able to run the cars all out.

[Halon]

Well the track was a blast. Maybe too much of a blast. I'll just leave this photo as my latest update on the car :D

[Speedfreak]

Doh!

[C3L1CA]

Nice on the times and having fun at the track! I hope someday my little guy gets as excited to see his dad race as your little guy did, that was awesome.

Bummer on the compression, good thing you got that backup motor!!

[Kracka]

Eliminate the outliers and the results look great!

[Halon]

Yeah not a big deal. Happened at the end of the season pretty much so timing is good. Just have to start prepping for winter mods earlier than expected I guess. This motor has almost 170k on it, so it doesn't owe me anything more. It woulda been nice if it woulda held on longer so I could have sold it, but these motors aren't worth much anyway, I might have gotten $500 for it, so not a huge deal. That's why I like these cars/motors, they're so damn cheap you don't feel that bad if you blow it up.

Time to start looking to 2018!!