HellBringer
05-05-2012, 09:33 AM
The Carolina 3S group met up at Darlington Dragway last weekend for a little get together so I brought my Talon out for it's first shakedown passes. I bought this car a few months back as sort of a fixer-upper project car. It needed a lot of TLC to get back into shape, but it's starting to come together. It still has the weak-ass 3-bolt rear end/axles so I have never tried to launch this car for fear of grenading the rear. My initial plan was to just see what it would MPH; no intention for a good ET. :awesome:
Pertinent mods are:
DSMLink v3 -- very conservative pump gas tune: 10:9 - 11:1 at WOT with only 8-12 degrees of timing
Rebuild bottom end w/ 1G rods and 2G pistons; balance shafts eliminated
Mild ported head
FP2 cams (very mild - still stock springs/retainers)
old ass bolt-on TD05 internally gated PTE SC61 turbo
SBR FMIC
ACT 2600 (done!)
PTE 1000cc injectors
Aeromotive A340
Bad trans - grinds into 3rd
Cliff notes:
1st Pass -- Walked it out of the hole and rolled into WOT - nice and easy pass: 12.90 @ 118.8MPH w/ 2.4 60'
2nd Pass -- Easy slip from 4k RPM - bad ignition break up once I hit 3rd gear; almost aborted the run but it cleared up at the top of 3rd: 12.37 @ 120.7MPH w/ 2.1 60'
Now I've got the itch to run an 11...! :suspect:
3rd Pass -- Turned the 2 step up to 5000RPM but no anti-lag - quick slip with a slight bog - broke up bad at the top of 2nd and into 3rd gear: 11.95 @ 122.1MPH w/ 1.99 60; 7.8 @ 97.9MPH in the 1/8!
So now I'm getting brave! After some friendly 'encouragement' I decide to go for broke - I did trailer the damn thing there after all! I turned up the 2-step to 5500 and dialed in the anti-lag and lined back up.....
3th Pass -- Sat on the anti-lag for a second and then gave it a very quick slip - almost a full dump - RPM's shoot to the limiter and sit there - my first inclination is SHIT! tire spin! LOL Not so much... My clutch said OMGWTFBBQ!! :Tantrum2: I bang into 2nd with a mild bog, hit 3rd and the car brakes up a little, hit 4th and the RPM's just hover as the clutch lets go again: 11.96 @ 120.7MPH w/ 1.91 60'
Overall I'm more than pleased considering the car still needs a lot of work and is on a super safe, double-bagged tune. Despite my desire to put some timing in and lean it out, I left the tune alone all day and only touched the 2-step/anti-lag settings. Go figure, but I have driven the snot out of this car on the street and have never had any ignition issues until the track. I was running a little fatter than usual, though; usually tune for 11.2 - 11.3 so that may have been a factor. I dropped in the A340 in preparation for E85 (assuming I didn't blow it up at the track) just a few days before and didn't tweak the tune much.
Next up:
Clutch!
4-bolt rear
Fix boost leak
Rebuild trans
re-shim wastegate for more boost
1750cc injectors and E85!
Turn it UP!
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTT4qtYS3hw
:bigthumb:
Pertinent mods are:
DSMLink v3 -- very conservative pump gas tune: 10:9 - 11:1 at WOT with only 8-12 degrees of timing
Rebuild bottom end w/ 1G rods and 2G pistons; balance shafts eliminated
Mild ported head
FP2 cams (very mild - still stock springs/retainers)
old ass bolt-on TD05 internally gated PTE SC61 turbo
SBR FMIC
ACT 2600 (done!)
PTE 1000cc injectors
Aeromotive A340
Bad trans - grinds into 3rd
Cliff notes:
1st Pass -- Walked it out of the hole and rolled into WOT - nice and easy pass: 12.90 @ 118.8MPH w/ 2.4 60'
2nd Pass -- Easy slip from 4k RPM - bad ignition break up once I hit 3rd gear; almost aborted the run but it cleared up at the top of 3rd: 12.37 @ 120.7MPH w/ 2.1 60'
Now I've got the itch to run an 11...! :suspect:
3rd Pass -- Turned the 2 step up to 5000RPM but no anti-lag - quick slip with a slight bog - broke up bad at the top of 2nd and into 3rd gear: 11.95 @ 122.1MPH w/ 1.99 60; 7.8 @ 97.9MPH in the 1/8!
So now I'm getting brave! After some friendly 'encouragement' I decide to go for broke - I did trailer the damn thing there after all! I turned up the 2-step to 5500 and dialed in the anti-lag and lined back up.....
3th Pass -- Sat on the anti-lag for a second and then gave it a very quick slip - almost a full dump - RPM's shoot to the limiter and sit there - my first inclination is SHIT! tire spin! LOL Not so much... My clutch said OMGWTFBBQ!! :Tantrum2: I bang into 2nd with a mild bog, hit 3rd and the car brakes up a little, hit 4th and the RPM's just hover as the clutch lets go again: 11.96 @ 120.7MPH w/ 1.91 60'
Overall I'm more than pleased considering the car still needs a lot of work and is on a super safe, double-bagged tune. Despite my desire to put some timing in and lean it out, I left the tune alone all day and only touched the 2-step/anti-lag settings. Go figure, but I have driven the snot out of this car on the street and have never had any ignition issues until the track. I was running a little fatter than usual, though; usually tune for 11.2 - 11.3 so that may have been a factor. I dropped in the A340 in preparation for E85 (assuming I didn't blow it up at the track) just a few days before and didn't tweak the tune much.
Next up:
Clutch!
4-bolt rear
Fix boost leak
Rebuild trans
re-shim wastegate for more boost
1750cc injectors and E85!
Turn it UP!
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTT4qtYS3hw
:bigthumb: