04-07-2011, 09:48 AM | #729 |
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I didn't take a hard drive with me yesterday to transfer the pics. I'll take care of that today... I'm leaving here in a minute, eat, go to the shop, tinker with some stuff, change out the race tires, back to street, and some other things... I'll upload some pics today... this evening... I promise...
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04-07-2011, 09:54 AM | #730 | |
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Oh... I know for a fact that the nannies still work... With the Street ET's drag radials, while headed to the track, in third gear at about 80-85 mph, I blew the tires off... smoked em a little, smacked the rev limiter... short shifted to 4th, and lunged down the ...... at a breakneck pace...Damn does she pull like a frigg'in freight train... Even with blowing the tires off, she goes from 70 to 120+ in a nano second...
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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04-07-2011, 10:02 AM | #731 |
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04-07-2011, 10:02 AM | #732 |
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04-07-2011, 10:10 AM | #733 | |
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I was bowne down dat way, and I know of what you speak... (Mobile) and I work with a bucket load of Baman's and Cajun's, and bunches from Mistersippi...yup, rekonize dat I do...
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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04-07-2011, 10:11 AM | #734 |
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I didn't say anything at all about you not being AWESOMMMMMMME... you are, but you can be excited and no one else can... you're such a .....a......a.....girl...
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
04-07-2011, 10:14 AM | #735 |
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Robert...sounds like a beast. It'll definitely take some time to get used to. As a complete amatuer it was crazy for me at the track as well...and mine's an auto.
Helmet...check. 5 point harness...check. Hold stabilitrak button 7 seconds until everything goes off...check. Pull up into the water...spin the tires to get them wet...pull up 6 inches...roast the tires...roll through three gears and move forward...turn nitrous pump on...purge nitrous...pull up to the light...hang on for dear life! |
04-07-2011, 10:15 AM | #736 |
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04-07-2011, 10:18 AM | #737 | |
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I hear you... I'll get there... seat time and good coaching... my hands were shaking like a leaf for my first pass... but Brandi is so stable and predictable... I felt really comfortable, just got overly anxious on the shifts... With the N/A cars, you have to trash on en pretty hard for good times, with this F/I, like my daddy taught me with tools, let the car do the work... just enjoy the ride... I need to slow down my shifting, come off the gas just a touch more, and let the Twins do their job, they are way more than capable...
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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04-07-2011, 10:22 AM | #738 | |
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Yep. Nice and easy. Crawl before you walk before you run before you haul a$$ !!! And now you know why 0-60 is just the start. Its the 60 on up that get ya... |
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04-07-2011, 10:51 AM | #739 | |
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Knowing where the trouble is, is a step in the right direction. Just don't get frustrated. Really, you have a brand new car again that you have to get to know intimately again like you did when you first brought her home from the lot. You'll have her licked in no time! And I just LOVE your build page! |
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04-07-2011, 11:08 AM | #740 |
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The idea last night was to get her down the track, see how she felt, make a couple changes if necessary and then let Robert give it a try. And with C5F coming up, I didn't want to break anything so launching it off the rev limiter wasn't in the cards. Long story short, the car is POWERFUL! No doubt once he gets back from the fest, and there's more than 300 miles on the motor, we can turn it up a notch, actually launch her off the line and see what she'll do! No doubt a mid 10 is possible in the mid 130's. But not right now. :-) You guys have fun at the fest, don't break anything, and we'll see you when you get back and the handover wears off.
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04-07-2011, 11:11 AM | #741 |
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Yup, and I still love the 60-160 quote...
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
04-07-2011, 11:17 AM | #742 | |
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I hoped to keep this thread entertaining and with the input of all Brandi's fans, I think we are succeeding... Stay tuned... Lil adjustment, staying at the house today, will post pics tomorrow....
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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