First Unopened 11.20 in Australia

[APS Fston]

A big thanks to Nathan for being patient over the last few months. This all started off with Nathan bringing us a VS ute which we stroked to 383. The VS eventually became too aggressive for an everyday driver so Nathan bought himself a VY SS ute as a tow car, which I convinced him to let us maffless tune it. He then borrowed some ET radials which gave him the bug to drag this car. After many trips to Heathcote and Calder, he has himself a record acheivement. We still want to go further with his car by trying to pull out more weight where we can and also up his rwkw's using race fuel, as we are still using pump fuel. It would be a great day if we could push Nathan into the 10 sec bracket. We may even put Nathan on a diet......

APS custom maffless tune
94mm throttle body
OTRCAI
LS2 manifold and fuel rail
Underdrive pulley
Aluminium flywheel
Valve springs
95/5's fully adjustable coil overs (front)
Adjustable rear suspension (koni)
4.11 mini spool
Di Filippo 4 into 1 extractors 1 7/8
APS custom race pipe
Dry ice box
Pump fuel with octane booster (BP Ultimate)
Parts Removed-These are the parts removed when we were running 11.7's

Lightened bonnet
Passenger seat out
Spare tyre out
Hard lid off
Tailgate off
Fuel tank cover
Side panels in tub area
Exhaust system

After seeing how stripped some of the BOSS cars are we then removed the following items

Tailgate hinges
Bumper bar support bracket
A/C Condenser
A/C Compressor
Door seals
Door trims
Side mirrors
Wiper motor etc
Radio
Centre console
Lightened fuel tank
Removed steel wheels and replaced with lightened alloy wheels
We even removed the glovebox

We are going to add some weight to bring it car to the minimum weight of 1400kg, car only, and see what it runs.

http://www.apsservicecentre.com.au/content/nath6.jpg
http://www.apsservicecentre.com.au/content/nath4.jpg
http://www.apsservicecentre.com.au/content/nath5.jpg
http://www.apsservicecentre.com.au/content/nath1.jpg
http://www.apsservicecentre.com.au/content/nath2.jpg
http://www.apsservicecentre.com.au/content/nath3.jpg
http://www.apsservicecentre.com.au/content/nath7.jpg

[chilly]

this has caused the guys to think hard now
i remember when a guy called Ron Harrop ran 11.8
in his straight 6 FJ holden [Harrops Howler] and didnt the feathers fly then
he probably still has the C/MP record
BTW...that was in 1975 or there abouts

point is that when the educated magic happens
there will always be questions

bring on the 10's

and it is a well set out post

[StevieD]

Excellent post :thumbsup:

[alto]

Nice CAI :thumbsup:

That's some work to reduce weight. Is this daily driven?

[Wayne@GM Motorsport]

What a great post....

This post has set the standard for anyone claiming records me thinks

:whip:


Nice work.

[Holdn Tease]

And to top it off, here is the timeslip.....

http://www.apsservicecentre.com.au/content/timeslip1.jpg

[v8 ute]

Great detailed post, good luck on further endeavors.:cool:

[Jezza@HDTCQ]

Well done guys! Nath certainly know's how to peddle that M6. Did you have to make the fuel tank a little bigger to accomodate for his burnouts :lol:

Puts my ute to shame

Jez

[jsttry]

Well done, this hides nothing and shows exactly what has been added and removed.

[Alex81]

Good post hides nothing excellent:cool:

[Oztrack Tuning]

Can you give us the weather data. It gives the complete picture

[Oztrack Tuning]

Wish they let us race at 11:25pm at WSID - that would be helpful as well. :yup:

[Oztrack Tuning]

Here is the data for Avalon for that night.

11.8 C
87%
wind from the west 19kph
pressure
1028.3 Mb

Thats a Density Altitude of -718 feet

Good weather for a record ! We want this at WSID in some meets soon.

Gained the car from a sea level DA of 11.294/120.33mph
at a common DA of 400 feet its 11.342/119.99

[jsttry]

How the hell do you work that out oztrack?

[Oztrack Tuning]

smokemup.com
and weather data from bom.gov.au

I correct all my times for weight and weather this way and it works quite well.

[Smikvyss]

Wish they let us race at 11:25pm at WSID - that would be helpful as well. :yup:

We cant help that if you have to be tucked up in bed at that time :stick:


Here is the data for Avalon for that night.

11.8 C
87%
wind from the west 19kph
pressure
1028.3 Mb

Thats a Density Altitude of -718 feet

Good weather for a record ! We want this at WSID in some meets soon.

Gained the car from a sea level DA of 11.294/120.33mph
at a common DA of 400 feet its 11.342/119.99

That life mate you have no control over the weather

[Oztrack Tuning]

It makes us wait with enthusiasm for similar weather at WSID over the coming weeks.

I doubt we ever get the chance to race at WSID that late.

[APS Fston]

Click on the link below to view Nathan's second pass of the night. He ran an 11.25 shortly his final pass of 11.20.

http://www.apsservicecentre.com.au/content/nathan.wmv

[acexr8]

The run was actually at 10.25PM as calder haven't changed there clocks from daylight savings. Which is nothing too unusual for calder....

[APS Fston]

We experienced our first Ford Forums event which was great but not as busy as the LS1 day which gave us a lot of oppurtunity to try different things on Nathans car. He has impoved his personal best to an 11.19. Nathans enthusiasm is overwhelming, he is pushing us to see if we can achieve the first 10 second unopened which is a lot harder then we anticipated, but still achievable.

Mick

[Holdn Tease]

Hey everyone, the boys and I had an enjoyable day up at Heathcote this weekend. Nathan improved his time further by running an 11.07, testing out a new manifold set up. It looks friggin ugly. Nathan should contact Krispy Kremes for sponsorship cos it looks like a bloody doughnut, but at least it seems to be working. I'll post up pics as soon as I can.

[MNR-0]

Well done Mick and Nathan. Ive seen that contraption fo yours. Looks like a triffid gone wrong. That or a van-der-graph generator. It must have worked though!

[JRGRANGE]

Aps Fston hurry up and post the pics of Nathans new manifold I cant wait till everyone gets too see it.

Ill call it the E.T.

Well done Nathan on a fantastic job once again 11.07 @ 125
Its a coming mate

[Holdn Tease]

Well Jay, how about you bring your camera in tommorow so I can take some pictures. Mine is getting repaired at the moment, otherwise the pics would already be up. Thanks Sweet Cheeks

[Sonny@Autowerks]

Well done to the boys at aps !! it was only a matter of time mik !!!

:headbang:

regards sonny

[MNR-0]

Ill call it the E.T.
:idea: The flux capacitor has been born.

[Holdn Tease]

:hmmm: :eek: :hmmm::eek::hmmm: :eek:

http://www.apsservicecentre.com.au/content/nathdonut.jpg

[STATIE]

WTF is that???

Is it 8 TB's???

Or is it just a big open hole into the manifold with no TB?:lol:

[RIDE:42]

an orange cannon?;)

[MR-LS1]

thats one for Rove..

WOT THA!!!!

Ugly as hell but almost a flat 11 is exceptional for unopened LS1..Well done APS on the time!!