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

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I got my th400 back today. It needed high gear clutches and steels and a new drum and sprag. And the usual gaskets and locking ring for the sprag.

The guy who rebuilt it said it appears to have been to tight from the get go. It had .009" in the disc's and it should be around .040"-.050" so it does not drag. He thinks it should 60' better and react quicker now.

We'll see. I should have it back in by next weekend. That is if I can catch a break at work. We are really busy at the shop right now.

6-15-2011

LOL, I got my car back up and running. It shifts great and the brake releases fine. I have a set of 325 Hoosier DR's going on tomorrow and I'm off to the track on Friday to IRP. It is round two of there Friday night Rage event. I hope it all goes good.

I got some cool new pics from a car show. I will post soon.

I went to this car show on Saturday and they were waiting for someone to pull up and do a burn out. I got the party started lol.

6-19-2011

Thanks guys.

The car is working really good with the trans fixed and the new 325/50 Hoosier drag radials. I went to IRP Friday and the car was working good. 1.37-1.42 60' and was running 10.01-10.10 @ 133 mph. I was #1 qualifier with a 10.012 in 10.0 index. On the first run the trans break failed to work causing me to jump out of the beams. I was really pissed.

The next day I went to Muncie drag way to find the problem. We found it after the first run and got it fixed right away.
I lined up for the first timed run and cut a .007 rt and it went 1.39 60' and 6.39@106. The trans break was fixed. So the next run I went red at .151 and cut a 1.34 60' and [email protected].
So I dial in at 6.39 and waited for elims. The air started to cool off as the rain was about to set in for the night.
First round, I went red at -.007 rt and cut a 1.319 60' and went [email protected] on the brakes.

I bout **** myself when I seen the slip. 1.319 60' is killer. I have not even began to tweak the shocks. Only the tires. They like about 14-16 psi. The real factor is the tires and once they were hooking I kept turning it up. I'm leaving at 4300 rpm's off the brake. I think it can do a little better with some fine tuning. This is N/A if some of you are wondering.

I need more practice at bracket racing. I was focused on cutting good lights at the index racing. It was a .400 pro tree. I had it going good. I cut a .029-.100 rt. Several .040-.066 rt's. I got that figured out. I guess it will come with time..

7-12-2011

Update time.

I have been out racing in the Lucas Oil, Friday Night Rage events here in Indy, in the 10.0 index class. They hold these races once a month.
The first one I got smoked on the tree every time. The second one I had the car dialed in and was the #1 qualifier with a 10.012 and in the first round the trans brake failed to work. It cost me the race.

So this past Friday I get dialed in with a 10.02 and was #2 or #3 qualifier and I made it through 3 rounds to the semi-finals before getting beat with a 10.009 to a 10.004. I had the guy on the light by a few thousand's and on the 60' but he pulled up on me about 1/8 and I thought we were gonna bust. I ran a 9.97 earlier. It was so close I couldn't tell who won til I seen the win light.
I was happy to make it that far..

The next day I load up and go to No Limit Raceway for there Ultimate Shootout. Another 10.0 index race on a .400 pro tree. It blew the tires off it on the first two passes. I took a few psi out of it and took 300 rpm's out of the two step(4000). It went 9.98 on a 1.34 60'.
Next pass went 10.008@133 on a 1.41 60'. That put me #2 on the qualifying list.
1st rd a guy broke and I got a free-b, I went 10.14 lifting early.
2nd rd caught a guy sleeping on the light and went 10.014@133 on a 1.43 60'.
3rd rd was my bye run. I used it to test the left lane out cause no one wanted it. So I knew if I didn't get choice that I would be in that lane. So I tested it out. 9.99@133 on a 1.42 60'.
4th rd, it was semi-finals, I got this old fella in a 66 deuce slow playing my ***. He got lane choice and as I said, he put me in the left lane. He say's were did you qualify, I told him #2. He said oh' take it easy on me lol lol. I have not been up here in a while. He smoked my *** on the tree by a tenth. I went 10.06@131 to his 10.10@123 lifting cause he had me by a half a car.

So I went from not making it a round to two semi finals back to back. I am heading in the right direction now! Bout dam time....

I will post a few pics I took at the No Limit race.
I have been bad about trying to get video. I will get some up soon.