TRP Racing Ford Falcon XR6T runs 9.1@159mph, update 8.48@165mph. - Page 10

prasac · 12-02-2012, 11:15 AM

hey Phil, u get out there yesterday mate? i didn't go, started raining, heard they got out racing about 4pm.

CYC06T · 12-02-2012, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by prasac

hey Phil, u get out there yesterday mate? i didn't go, started raining, heard they got out racing about 4pm.

Yeah - eventually. Weather was doing my head in. Got to the track at 1.30 and it was pouring rain. There was hail all over the radio so I turned around and went home JIC. Headed back to the track at about 4.30 with blazing sunshine. Had my first run around 6-ish. Ran my best pass so far 8.60 @ 166.3 mph. Couple of weeks back I ran the 8.68 @ 163. I was stoked with the best mph out of the car. The 8.48 was at 165 mph so I was happy to go a bit quicker.

Unfortunately the temp went right out of the track and I ran another two mid 8.6's. Mph was consistent at 166+.

Packed it up and went home after that.

It's time to step it up again now

SNB05T · 12-02-2012, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by CYC06T

Yeah - eventually. Weather was doing my head in. Got to the track at 1.30 and it was pouring rain. There was hail all over the radio so I turned around and went home JIC. Headed back to the track at about 4.30 with blazing sunshine. Had my first run around 6-ish. Ran my best pass so far 8.60 @ 166.3 mph. Couple of weeks back I ran the 8.68 @ 163. I was stoked with the best mph out of the car. The 8.48 was at 165 mph so I was happy to go a bit quicker.

Unfortunately the temp went right out of the track and I ran another two mid 8.6's. Mph was consistent at 166+.

Packed it up and went home after that.

It's time to step it up again now

oh yeah that is one quick car i can vouch for that.

ran against it twice (orange FG) even did a PB for me in one of my runs (12.70 @ 110.61)

sounds blo0dy nice too on full boost at half track

CYC06T · 12-02-2012, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dan b

oh yeah that is one quick car i can vouch for that.

ran against it twice (orange FG) even did a PB for me in one of my runs (12.70 @ 110.61)

sounds blo0dy nice too on full boost at half track

Nice to meet ya Dan. Well done on your PB.

See you around the track...

prasac · 13-02-2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by CYC06T

Yeah - eventually. Weather was doing my head in. Got to the track at 1.30 and it was pouring rain. There was hail all over the radio so I turned around and went home JIC. Headed back to the track at about 4.30 with blazing sunshine. Had my first run around 6-ish. Ran my best pass so far 8.60 @ 166.3 mph. Couple of weeks back I ran the 8.68 @ 163. I was stoked with the best mph out of the car. The 8.48 was at 165 mph so I was happy to go a bit quicker.

Unfortunately the temp went right out of the track and I ran another two mid 8.6's. Mph was consistent at 166+.

Packed it up and went home after that.

It's time to step it up again now

yeah, i looked at my watch when it started raining, i saw it was 1:30. was at Joe's he just painted his wagon and was assembling. i said i felt sorry for all those at the track to get there then have it start raining 30mins before start. though heard it was all cleared up and racing by 4pm.

great stuff, well done mate. congrats on the MPH PB, picking up 3mph is crazy. especially with a heavy car like that. have you changed anything? might be picking up some boost as it's going down the track.

CYC06T · 13-02-2012, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by prasac

yeah, i looked at my watch when it started raining, i saw it was 1:30. was at Joe's he just painted his wagon and was assembling. i said i felt sorry for all those at the track to get there then have it start raining 30mins before start. though heard it was all cleared up and racing by 4pm.

great stuff, well done mate. congrats on the MPH PB, picking up 3mph is crazy. especially with a heavy car like that. have you changed anything? might be picking up some boost as it's going down the track.

Havent done anything since last meet but put some tubes in the tyres and up the pressures a little bit.

The car loves a hot track - so when the heat went out of it the times started drifting.

Was pulling the car off the trailer yesterday and there was a loud rattling noise when I put it in reverse. Sounds like the flex plate has come loose or something. Have to jack her up tonight and have a look to see whats going on. Lucky I pulled out of going out for a last run on Saturday - may have done some real damage!

Giant · 13-02-2012, 01:11 PM

Congrats always good fun to set new PB. Also good to see Dan stepping up a class.

prasac · 13-02-2012, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CYC06T

Havent done anything since last meet but put some tubes in the tyres and up the pressures a little bit.

The car loves a hot track - so when the heat went out of it the times started drifting.

Was pulling the car off the trailer yesterday and there was a loud rattling noise when I put it in reverse. Sounds like the flex plate has come loose or something. Have to jack her up tonight and have a look to see whats going on. Lucky I pulled out of going out for a last run on Saturday - may have done some real damage!

hopefully its nothing serious.

CYC06T · 13-02-2012, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by prasac

hopefully its nothing serious.

Should know soon enough. Thats racing hey!

Road Games · 13-02-2012, 03:55 PM

*Sigh* i remember the day my flexplate came loose .... lol and i sure don't trap 166mph+ go buy a lotto ticket

prasac · 13-02-2012, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6menace

*Sigh* i remember the day my flexplate came loose .... lol and i sure don't trap 166mph+ go buy a lotto ticket

is it a common thing?

Road Games · 13-02-2012, 04:11 PM

Revving over 7000rpm yep ....

SNB05T · 13-02-2012, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Giant

Congrats always good fun to set new PB. Also good to see Dan stepping up a class.

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Originally Posted by CYC06T

Yeah - eventually. Weather was doing my head in. Got to the track at 1.30 and it was pouring rain. There was hail all over the radio so I turned around and went home JIC. Headed back to the track at about 4.30 with blazing sunshine. Had my first run around 6-ish. Ran my best pass so far 8.60 @ 166.3 mph. Couple of weeks back I ran the 8.68 @ 163. I was stoked with the best mph out of the car. The 8.48 was at 165 mph so I was happy to go a bit quicker.

Unfortunately the temp went right out of the track and I ran another two mid 8.6's. Mph was consistent at 166+.

Packed it up and went home after that.

It's time to step it up again now

not quite yet matty

will be running S/ST in the RAR's rounds and S/F in NSW championship drag racing until i do some mods (after warranty runs out)
can run consistant 13.04-13.1's in performance auto mode due to the extra 4- 500 rpm rev range

SNB05T · 13-02-2012, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CYC06T

Nice to meet ya Dan. Well done on your PB.

See you around the track...

no probs phil for sure .

got a video of the run on my facebook profile

hope you get the flex plate sorted mate

CYC06T · 13-02-2012, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dan b

no probs phil for sure .

got a video of the run on my facebook profile

hope you get the flex plate sorted mate

Let's hope that's all it is

Will get it on the hoist in the next little bit. I am off to get married next week and am away for 3 weeks so might not be back out till I get back.

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Originally Posted by XR6menace

Revving over 7000rpm yep ....

That it does

Giant · 14-02-2012, 01:44 PM

Does ARP do a bolt upgrade for the flexplate?

CYC06T · 14-02-2012, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Giant

Does ARP do a bolt upgrade for the flexplate?

Yeah I think so. We definitely have an upgraded bolt kit for the flex plate. It was lock tighted on but we didn't weld it as the billet flex plate looked too shiny.

If it is loose - we will need to weld them as well to make sure they stay put!!

Road Games · 14-02-2012, 07:47 PM

Yep

prasac · 15-02-2012, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by XR6menace

Revving over 7000rpm yep ....

dodgy Ford build quality

CYC06T · 15-02-2012, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by prasac

dodgy Ford build quality

CYC06T · 14-03-2012, 09:42 PM

So after coming back from a break we have run the car up in the hoist for a sticky beak and turns out that all 6 of the ARP bolts in the flex plate have snapped off. The Flex plate basically fell out. Long story short the car will be all fixed up and back out for the test n tune on Saturday.

Off we go ....

icer · 14-03-2012, 11:37 PM

try less boost? haah

good luck!

prasac · 15-03-2012, 08:45 AM

lucky break, it coulda been alot worse. how much are you revving it to?

CYC06T · 15-03-2012, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by prasac

lucky break, it coulda been alot worse. how much are you revving it to?

Yeah - dodged a bit of a bullet methinks. We will take a few extra steps to keep them in place this time

I am pretty happy though, car hasnt missed a beat and has done the most 8-sec consistent passes out of any of the top few cars.

We drained the oil out of the box to see how it was wearing, and it still looked like new.

Revving it to about 7400rpm as we cross the line. As we know, these engines are more torquey and dont really like revving much higher for long periods.

We will run some taller tyres again this weekend to try and bring it down a bit. MT 29.5 x 10.5W. This time with the stiff sidewall. Its easier than a gearing change and will keep the car in the meatier part of the torque curve we think.

We have a couple more things to get done before Jambo - especially with the competition looking to come out and set a new bench mark.

You guys heading out this weekend?

Giant · 15-03-2012, 03:23 PM

I will be lol someone got to stand up for the slow NA.

prasac · 15-03-2012, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CYC06T

Yeah - dodged a bit of a bullet methinks. We will take a few extra steps to keep them in place this time

I am pretty happy though, car hasnt missed a beat and has done the most 8-sec consistent passes out of any of the top few cars.

We drained the oil out of the box to see how it was wearing, and it still looked like new.

Revving it to about 7400rpm as we cross the line. As we know, these engines are more torquey and dont really like revving much higher for long periods.

We will run some taller tyres again this weekend to try and bring it down a bit. MT 29.5 x 10.5W. This time with the stiff sidewall. Its easier than a gearing change and will keep the car in the meatier part of the torque curve we think.

We have a couple more things to get done before Jambo - especially with the competition looking to come out and set a new bench mark.

You guys heading out this weekend?

won't be out this weekend, but, will be there for Jambo. we will be racing in Extreme.

i was thinking after i read they snapped maybe putting in some dowels, was talking to Spiro this morning and told him, he said he was thinking the same thing

they have revved Daniel's to over 8500rpm i'm not sure what they are using on the flexplate.

hopefully the new tyre works out, and i hear ya about consistency we were saying the same thing. better to have a car that can consistently knock out 8.40's etc than do a 8.30 for 1 pass

CYC06T · 15-03-2012, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by prasac

won't be out this weekend, but, will be there for Jambo. we will be racing in Extreme.

i was thinking after i read they snapped maybe putting in some dowels, was talking to Spiro this morning and told him, he said he was thinking the same thing

they have revved Daniel's to over 8500rpm i'm not sure what they are using on the flexplate.

hopefully the new tyre works out, and i hear ya about consistency we were saying the same thing. better to have a car that can consistently knock out 8.40's etc than do a 8.30 for 1 pass

Yeah - we have considered dowels. Will probably be a future move when we have to pull out the engine to freshen it up next.

Will keep you posted on how we go. The new tyres will be interesting to see how they go.

CYC06T · 15-03-2012, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Giant

I will be lol someone got to stand up for the slow NA.

Cool - drop by and say gday.

prasac · 15-03-2012, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CYC06T

Yeah - we have considered dowels. Will probably be a future move when we have to pull out the engine to freshen it up next.

Will keep you posted on how we go. The new tyres will be interesting to see how they go.

sweet, sounds good, hopefully you have a trouble free weekend.

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Originally Posted by CYC06T

Cool - drop by and say gday.

hope u have more luck with Matt then i did, he jinxed us when we were putting the marquee down, the brackets grabbed hold of my skin between my thumb n index finger and was eating it away, fortunately Matt came to me rescue and didn't lose too much skin

Giant · 15-03-2012, 06:00 PM

I like how its my fault hahah

Joe was in a hurry and not happy about the car poping that did it from memory. I blame Paulie for my red light the dramatic resuce earlier had me to pumped up

I meant i will be at Jambo, I got my own lawns to mow they should just buy a slasher and pull it behind a 8 second car will have it all sorted in mins not hours.

I would go help but its a bit of drive.