Hey guys i know ive been lurking for the last couple of months. Is there anything new out for our cars worth mentioning? Did MD ever show us his 400whp dyno sheets? Is everyone still running 11.90-12.1's? What about that turbo srt6 i figure it should be in the low 11's-high 10's by now.

Im at this point i get with every car where i get bored with it. It just sits in my garage. I havent seen anything new on the market and i think the potential is pretty well tapped. Its the old law of diminishing returns. $1500 will get ya 100hp but that next 25-50hp will cost half the price of a new car.

Thoughts?

 

same ol' same ol', lots of pretty dyno sheets but no timeslips to go with it. I'm looking for good air to get 11.7's or better. We shall see and no pretty dyno sheet for me.

 

I have a pretty dyno sheet and some time slips, but still no 11 sec. runs.

I'll have more time to play next month and a little into October before the drag strip closes.

But to answer you 240: no there hasn't been anything earth shattering lately. Most of the new stuff out is just tweaking the previous stuff. You never know, though. Woody may come up with something radical.

 

The turbo'd SRT is up for sale now.

I hear ya though. It's been really quiet on this forum as well as MBWorld. Makes me want to get back into some vintage iron. I watched an episode of Horsepower TV where they took a junkyard LQ-4 (6.0l LS2) swapped the heads, cam and intake and made over 500 horses at the crank. So I started checking the classifieds for said engine and found some with super low miles for $1,700! Plus there's a sweet 65 Buick Skylark in a lot behind my place that would probably be more then happy with that engine swap.

 

Ultimately abigger screw or a turbo swap is the only ways to really add more power... minus nitro but nitro is to much prep for most people they just want a start and go application. I personally would love a bigger twin screw and updated MAP sensor to run it and i would be fairly happy.

 

I am glad I got my Stang back and not selling....have been tweaking on the newly built engine. I never really delved into it after break-in miles because of the bad mpg...Now I have the 6 for a daily driver I can take my time and tweak it more......might add some 1chamber flowmasters, 40lb injectors,three pod gauge cluster,smaller supercharger pulley to start. The 6 is sophisticated power, but the stang is a Brute...cant beat the feel of 400+ ftlbs of torque.

I say go for it....I had my mine set to try a Buick GNX

 

Tend to agree with you 240 - nothing new or earth shattering from a year ago.

The turbo setup was unique and pretty cool - but I'll stick with our SC'er.

But like you mentioned - the latest mods seem to cost 3X more then what they were going for two years ago and no one yet has produced any major gains (HP or TS) from them. There were lots of claims of getting to the holy 11.9X - but nothing so far.

I'm considering a 2010 Camaro 2SS to mod like crazy - but I only have a one car garage and my new work assignment - I tend to be traveling alot so my SRT6 just sits in the garagewith the bikes and my new car hauler just sitting in the sun .... Buying a new car just doesn't seem to make since...

But on the upside - the Texas Mile is just around the corner... Three days of Full-Tilt-Boogie fun....

 

Getting my SRT6 dyno'd Sat. What to look for and what to expect. Only 13,000 miles on it.
thnx
John P
FTroopChief

 

Brian, when is the Texas Mile?

 

240 forgot to say that MikeR is in the 11 second club now.

 

Mike, the Texas Mile 2009 is from 16. to 18. October.

It would be great to see you and Brian (and other fast SRT6) on this event.
Don't forget also to take the time when you do the mile Maybe a little video?

Than we can compare your cars with the times of my little SLK32 This would be great.



Edit: According to the homepage there are not many spots left...

http://www.texasmile.net/rulesregulations.php

 

The pulley saver brace that Rob fabricated is solid stainless, and if you wanna sand and buff it, it will look like this, This also shows the bracing of the pulleys for rigidity. Woody

OH YEAH< WEEKEND>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

Woody, was this supposed to be on another thread??....... did you start the weekend too early???

 

no, its new...shinylike a new penny.........Never too early to start the weekend, sometimes do it in the middle of the week to be ready. When he was GONE there were pulley issues and I was adding that as an update for the bracing......WW

 

You did a very nice job. Mine is still naked and plain......

 

Thanks for the comments guys. It reminds how much i respect everyone here, wish i could take xfire forum members to all the other forums lol.

 

Looks like someone was there in the spring. This photo is from the gallery. Didn't see any xfires on the result list.

 

Sorry Brian didn't read your post. 169.384mph What a rush!!!