Road Atlanta weekend

[97whitevert]

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Originally posted by sn8kbit
Aw man Thomas, wish I knew you were down this way.....
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Originally posted by johnbasf
Ditto, you guys could have stayed the night or something. Post that link!!!!

yeah ditto johns ditto-- you probably came right through here!! or coulda made a road trip maybe... at least...

[thomasmoran1]

Originally posted by svt_coupe
Hey Thomas - nice looking ride. It looks like a real screamer.

What do you have done to it motor wise? I know you've taken it to SHM, but I'm curious what you've got under the bonnet.

1:40's at RA is pretty smokin. I'm not sure what Tone runs there but I want to say 1:38's. I'm about 1-1.5 seconds off his times at most tracks so if you're not over 9.5:1, you might want to come tango in AI!!

Bryan

Bryan, Sean did the motor last year and it has forged rods and pistons, ported and polished heads, long tube headers and a port matched intake. It puts about 340 to the rear wheels (It will be on the dyno next week and I will have an exact number). The car weights somewhere close to 3000 pounds and that puts us at about 8.8:1. We know that we can find about another 70 hp and with some setup work I think I can get down to 1:38s which should let us run well in AIX. Let me know what you think.

Thomas

[98banana]

I think you should weigh the car and if you're at 3130 w/ driver then add 100 lbs. of balast to get a perfect 50/50 and 9.5:1 and go with AI. That car with you driving would be a contender.

[thomasmoran1]

Originally posted by 98banana
I think you should weigh the car and if you're at 3130 w/ driver then add 100 lbs. of balast to get a perfect 50/50 and 9.5:1 and go with AI. That car with you driving would be a contender.

Tom, I didn't know that the weight was taken with the driver. That changes everything. Over the next couple of weeks we will be doing a dyno pull and corner weighting the car. Once we have some hard numbers we will fiqure out what we should run in. Also do you know how much the spec tires for AI cost?

[98banana]

Originally posted by thomasmoran1
Tom, I didn't know that the weight was taken with the driver. That changes everything. Over the next couple of weeks we will be doing a dyno pull and corner weighting the car. Once we have some hard numbers we will fiqure out what we should run in. Also do you know how much the spec tires for AI cost?

I don't, but I'm sure these AI guys around here do. You may want to post that question over in the American Iron forum.

[johnbasf]

Originally posted by 98banana
I think you should weigh the car and if you're at 3130 w/ driver then add 100 lbs. of balast to get a perfect 50/50 and 9.5:1 and go with AI. That car with you driving would be a contender.

Quit that Tom. I have enough competition. The Toyos are $215 shaved from Vilven Tire, to your door.

[b_tone]

for the record I can lap in the mid to high 34's with the 275's....

[thomasmoran1]

Originally posted by b_tone
for the record I can lap in the mid to high 34's with the 275's....

Is that on hossiers?

[b_tone]

yup

[thomasmoran1]

Originally posted by b_tone
yup

Crap....

How much RWHP

[svt_coupe]

Ok... so maybe I was off a little on the times. Sorry about that.

Still, is this the first time out with the car? It will take some getting used to and will still need to be sorted out, so don't worry too much about your times - they'll drop. However, I would definitely run AI to start with. Personal opinion, of course, but I think it's a better entry to racing.

Also, 1:40's aren't bad so don't get down about your times. Tone is not a slow driver and your car is not in "full AIX" trim so no worries...