Starting Utah Chapter.

[Ondonti]

Dyno day video.

I haven't made a video specifically for my car yet.

[440 VAN]

From the USFRA website today, Tuesday:

The race is on hold. Depending on today's weather the USFRA management will make a decision tomorrow morning on whether we can race. Much of yesterday's rain has settled into the salt. The race may be able to be run on a delayed schedule starting late. If we are able to run, racing would not begin until Thursday and racing would run thru Sunday.


My guess -- From what I see in the weather forcasts, racing Thursday through Sunday.

[Polygon]

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Originally Posted by monkeyhead AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!!! IT LIIIVES!!!! Finally got the Lebaron up and running after almost 2 yrs of sitting under the carport. Feels so good to cruise in style again. Now I just need to make sure to keep it that way for a while.

Well, let's see some pics!

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Originally Posted by Ondonti YouTube - UtahNissans.com Dyno Day 2009 Dyno day video. I haven't made a video specifically for my car yet.

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[440 VAN]

The World of Speed is on.

From Wednesday's USFRA website:

The race is on.
Baring any further rain storms (forecast is clear) World of Speed will start Thursday. Pits will open for set up Thursday morning at 8:00 AM, drivers meeting at 9:00 AM and racing will follow.

Hope we have more Turbo Dodge cars in the 130 Club!

[blhlfam]

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Originally Posted by 440 VAN The World of Speed is on. From Wednesday's USFRA website: The race is on. Baring any further rain storms (forecast is clear) World of Speed will start Thursday. Pits will open for set up Thursday morning at 8:00 AM, drivers meeting at 9:00 AM and racing will follow. Hope we have more Turbo Dodge cars in the 130 Club!

Come on Cori you can do it, I've been out there and its not easy for a stock car but yours could do it, piece of cake, just beware stock GLHS's were breaking their tires loose on the salt at 80 MPH, its all about traction. HP is needed but traction is the key

[Ondonti]

I had a part of the o ring on cylinder # 6 blow out on the dyno and only did 445whp (Torque was flat lining at a bit over 400 because of the O ring blowing out). Dumped 2 gallons of coolant on that dyno pull (the last one when the o ring gave away). It was copper so its not super strong.

Still need more video from Cory's roommate so I can make a real video. I didnt know the O ring blew until last night when I tried to start it. It ran fine until I got it off the tow dolly. Probably because there was NO coolant left in the motor. I refilled the coolant and it filled up #6 :P

Woo cars are fun. The car was MUCH more fun/scary before the O ring (a lot more then 455 whp :P ) blew. Last Pull was the only pull the dyno registered............best thing that happened while tuning was going from 15psi and having the car pull side to side in 3rd gear on drag radials (scary, thats what I am trying to get the video for) and 18psi which just spun the drag radials cleanly. Stupid cheap OBX LSD is dangerous with drag radials IMO.

[Ondonti]

Racing dedicated to politicians who don't care about their constituency and people who love cars.

some language in the beginning of a song and then from me when I thought I blew up my car or almost crashed on video.
I was not particularly happy about the fact that I had 2 passengers, one of which was siting on a pillow in my non existent back seat. I said that was a no go but I was not listened to.
10:1 Junkyard destroys drag radials and BLOWS UP - Car Videos on StreetFire

[Polygon]

Anyone here have experience bending up new fuel or brake lines?

[monkeyhead]

just watched the dyno day vid. There are a lot of turbo nissans here.

[440 VAN]

The World of Speed 2009 was both good and bad.

As already noted, it rained Monday. The rain had soaked into the salt by Tuesday so the start of the meet was delayed until Thursday.

I got out there early afternoon Thursday. Just off the pavement was a small lake! It is a good thing Intrepid had trucked in many tons of salt to the area or it would have been much worse. (Intrepid is the company that now runs the salt mining operations in the Wendover area. They really recover other minerals and the sodium chloride is a byproduct. As part of the Save the Salt program they and the predecessor companies have agreed to return salt to the Bonneville Salt Flats. Intrepid has gone far beyond the minimum returning much more salt than the agreement requires. They trucked in the salt to the end-of-the-pavement area of their own volition and cost.)

Getting back to the story, I managed to find the deepest area and soaked the van and severely splashed the Charger. Then on to the pit area to get the car ready. I sacrificed some of my drinking water to clean the windows but much of the rest of the car was a total mess. At tech inspection I got two inspectors who , while good, didn’t really understand the 150 club rules. Taping up the sun roof seems a waste of good tape and left a bit of a mess on the roof. Their call on my wheel covers, while proper for a class car, didn’t really apply to my car. But I removed them anyway.

Back to the pits. The people parked next to me had some water in a spray tank and helped me get most of the salt splash off. By then it was 5 PM, they were running until 7 PM. I hopped in the van to see if it was even worth getting in line. It wasn’t. A Cadillac had crashed and the cleanup was taking a LONG time. So I ran to Wendover to grab a couple of things than back to the Bend-in-the-Road campground and just relaxed.

Friday Morning I was in line at 8:30 AM, about the place I would have been if I had been there Thursday evening. The timing system was the biggest problem, lots of down time for repairs. I am not involved with the timing at all, but I have a feeling the extra rain may have been a factor.

Five hours later I made my first run. We were told it was slippery so I took it easy, but traction was not as bad as I had envisioned. Around 120 the car was slipping side to side a lot but one has to just let the car do it’s thing. If you don’t, you are reacting to something that has already happened and it will only make matters much worse. The first run was 135 mph.

I managed to make two more runs, the last just before 7 PM. The results were a 140 and a 143.5mph.

Saturday the waits were not so long, but I only managed two runs, 139 and 140.

The car is not perfect, but it is close. However, there is not another 6mph to be had with the T! setup. I think it is good for 146-148 but no more. If I want to reach 150 mph in two miles I have to upgrade. I see no sense spending the time and money just to get to 146-148. At this time, I am planning on beginning work in November with completion in plenty of time for some open track time in April and the May Silver State Classic.

I am so grateful to the many people on the salt flats who became my supporters and helped me with snacks and especially water. (The car does not have any storage space and I don’t have a support vehicle with me.)

And a special thanks to David for helping r&r the engine.

Friday, September 25 the eBay Charger body was painted. I was hoping to have it on the road for the October Magna Cruise night then bring it to our October get-together but Reid has more work to do on it and he will be out of town Thursday-Sunday. On the road by the 19th of October is very likely. It won’t be finished, but it will be drivable and legal.

I haven’t been able to post this earlier, I have spent a LOT of time putting a protective coating on part of a 99 year old railcar at the Heber Valley Railroad. Got the worst section done Tuesday just before the storm came in. The rest will have to wait for spring

[bansheenut420]

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Originally Posted by blhlfam Come on Cori you can do it, I've been out there and its not easy for a stock car but yours could do it, piece of cake, just beware stock GLHS's were breaking their tires loose on the salt at 80 MPH, its all about traction. HP is needed but traction is the key

Would have loved to have been out there, but I had a turbo failure 2 nights before (the night before the last midnights and the 2 days before I was going to dyno it) I was running my buddys evo X and it gave up. lol Last run we were doing, I shifted to second and heard pieces of the turbine wheel exiting the exhaust. lol From some pretty bad boost leaks I had (had them when I ran the 12.3) I over spun the turbo, and needless to say. It broke. lol

[GLHS #26]

440 Van I have seen that you run some pretty good speed but i have never heard what you have done to your car?

[Polygon]

Does anyone know of a set of dual pivot control arms around here used on 89' cars and some 90' cars. I need some ASAP.

[woodrow Z]

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Originally Posted by Polygon Anyone here have experience bending up new fuel or brake lines?

I've done a few brake lines. I even had to do one on my Daytona about 6 months ago. I have a small hand held bender and a double end flair kit. But I don't have the bender for bigger tubing like fuel lines.

[Polygon]

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Originally Posted by woodrow Z I've done a few brake lines. I even had to do one on my Daytona about 6 months ago. I have a small hand held bender and a double end flair kit. But I don't have the bender for bigger tubing like fuel lines.

Thanks man, but I ended up cutting the old ones off and dropping them off at Evco and they're going to make some new ones.

Also, everyone, don't forget that the TD meet is tomorrow at Murray Park. Probably the last one outside of the season.