Nines!!!
9.948 at 139.128
Intro 11.18, 128.56 10.74, 135.6 10.24, 135.99 10.11, 136.97 10.00, 136.89 9.94, 139.1 9.82, 145 9.47, 148
Made it! March 9, 2002. After driving the car to work Monday and Tuesday (50-mile round trip) to break in the new ring and pinion, I ran 9.966 at 139.225, then immediately backed it up with a 9.948 at 139.128. Click here for a (kinda crummy) in-car video. 60-foots are still in the 1.40-1.41 range, so my launch technique needs work. The rear suspension mods helped keep the car level, though. I added a second plastic spacer under the AirLift air bag in the passenger side spring, and swapped the 1LE rear antiroll bar for a 1" solid bar.
Changes since previous best in red.
Engine (383 cu in)
Acceleronics Impedance Converter and 72 lb/hr low impedance injectors
Vortech s-trim supercharger, 7" crank pulley, 2.75" blower pulley, Vortech Aftercooler
AS&M 58mm throttle body
Heads ported by Mike Blackstone in Hayward, CA
2.01"/1.57" Manley valves with necked down stems
Isky 8005 dual valve springs, spring cups, titanium retainers
T&D shaft rockers, ratio is "bigger than 1.6" ;-)
Isky chrome moly pushrods
Custom grind hydraulic roller cam
intake: > 220 deg duration, > 0.600" lift
exhaust: > 230 deg duration, > 0.600" lift
Cloyes 9-3145 double row timing chain and gears
Meziere electric water pump, BeCool radiator
Crane ignition box (included with blower kit), PS91 coil, MSD 8.5mm wires
SmartSpark adjustable timing computer
Hooker long tube headers, two 3" MorFlow cats, 3" y-pipe, 4" Mufflex cat back
Lunati 3.75" crank, Eagle 5.85" h-beam rods, blueprinted by Mike Blackstone
JE 4.030" reverse dome blower pistons and file-fit rings
Moroso blueprinted oil pump
Stefs pickup and pan
MBA billet MAF ends
Fuel
See Fuel Delivery for 700hp for pump and fuel line details
72# injectors from Precision Turbo
Acceleronics Impedance Converter
Drivetrain
Coan 4000rpm stall converter 4500-stall, 9" (the one I blew up (Boom #7) was a 10" 4000-stall)
Mark Williams 3" chrome moly 'shaft, MW 1350-series u-joints, MW pinion yoke
KTRE 12-bolt rearend, 3.42 gears, Tom's Differentials BOE posi and heat treated ring 'n pinion
Suspension
HAL shocks, 1LE springs and antiroll bar in the front (end links disconnected)
stock coils, 1" solid antiroll bar in the rear, Bilstein shocks
BMR chrome moly LCAs and panhard rod with poly bushings all 'round
BMR chrome moly torque arm, poly bushing
Wheels/tires
front: 26x4.5 ET Fronts on 15x3.5 Weld Drag Lites
rear: 28x10.5W ET Drags on 15x10 Weld Drag Lites
ARP studs on all corners