My new drag toy. 93 lx coupe carbed LS1/th400. (pics) by JRracing

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A few pics I purchased from the event photo people.

It looks like the rear tires needed more air. I lowered them to 12 psi in an attempt to get it to hook. The track was 140 degree's.
The first pass after setting the tires to 12 psi it cut a 1.34 60'. So it is work good but the tires do not look right or safe in this picture.

3-26-2012

I got my car out a few weeks ago and knocked the dust off of it. I fired it up and drove it about 5 miles then put it up.
I think all I need to do is change the oil and get some fresh gas. I will put it on the lift and look everything over closely. Making sure everything is tight.

I am going to have a guy I know wire up the nos mini for me. This guy is really good at wiring and I am not lol. I'm looking forward to getting some bottle time on the dyno. I want to get the car really close before blasting it down the track.

My car still has the decals for the LSX shootout on it. I will get those off in the next few weeks and get the ins put back on the car for street driving.

8-7-2012

Well I figured it was time for an up date.
I am trying to get the car dialed in on the nitrous. I have a zex plate under the carb with Edlebrock noids and a nano bottle on the tank. I am using a nos mini controller for big shots.
I am going to stay with a smallish shot until I get a handle on the tune..
This motor is going on 4 years old now and runs as strong as day one. I just change the oil and race the hell out of it. I am very impressed for a garage built motor. Now it is time to see what it will really do....

Here is a video of the first outing on the spray. I am going to keep at the tuning until we have solid results and a safe tune and then start to turn it up.

It went 9.24@141 at the end of the night with the 58 N jet.

This is the only good video I got all night.


http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y45...s8-1-12013.mp4

9-14-2012

Well guys after 4 years my 383ci motor finally spun a bearing. It is knocking pretty good. It happened at the Holley LS Fest on the last day. It was the first round of the index and I won it and pulled off the return road with the motor chattering pretty bad. It is done for now.
I pulled the motor today and taking it to my motor guy here in Indy. Mike Duke Racing. He is going to over haul the motor with the new bearings and hell fire rings I picked up at the LS Fest. I also picked up a Moroso vac pump from Carlyle and a set of 325/50/15 MT DR's as my Hoosiers at hit bad.
I hope to have the motor back in and ready for the LSX shootout. It will no doubt be a little faster now that it will be tight and assembled by a real engine builder rather than a body guy and a very skilled service tech. I couldn't of done it with out my buddy Chris's help with the first motor build.
4 years and a best of 1.30 60', 9.80 et on motor and 9.08@142 on the bottle at the LS Fest the day before it let go. I am extremely proud of how this 97 alm block motor has lasted. I'll bet it has about 700 passes on this bottom end.
I can only hope this rebuild will net a tenth in et by being tighter and fresh.

The plan is a this point in time, to do new main and rod bearings, 3.905 Hell Fire ring set filed to the motor guys desire, possible cam shaft alteration to existing cam which is a 248/258 .651"/.650" 112+2, check the heads out for any needed service. They have PAC springs on them right now. The motor will get a Moroso vac pump this time around also.

I think I was experiencing some voltage drop on the nitrous. The car acted funny and did not want to pull the shifter into third gear at 7K rpm's. It was like it could not pull the noid which requires a lot of power to pull. I need to figure that out. I don't know if I need a bigger alt or a larger power wire. It only happen when the spray is on.

I will post up some video from the LS Fest. We had a blast.

LS Fest.

A few weeks ago at my home track.

9.24 n20 pass

1.30 60' motor pass

cool pic

This is about a month ago at my local track.

Here is two motor passes from Lyon Raceway Park earlier this year.

9-17-2012

Here are some pics I scanned from the LS Fest. I purchased an acrylic stand up picture on a base that is cool as hell. I tried to scan it but it looks silly like this. 

The best one or at least the one I like.

A license plate my wife had made.

This is the run my car spun the bearing on. So it's last pass on that motor.

A cool pic but it is a copy of a copy. I need to scan the original my mother has.

This is a scan of this cool acrylic stand up pic that is cropped and sits on a stand. It looks really cool besides the car in the other lane... The guy was supposed to crop out the other car. I might have someone cut it with a scroll saw.

And here it is as of last Friday...