Full Street Trim 10.86

[APS Fston]

Well guys, after a lot of R&D we have finally sorted out the belt breaking problem on the whipple chargers. We went to Heathcote yesterday, with Nathans VY, Robs VZ, HQ tonner and my VZ. I drove it to the track with my son in the seat beside me and a set of ET radials in the back. Ive never driven a car on the track with ET radials and my first pass was terrible with a lot of wheel spin. On the next few runs, I was a lot more gentle out of the hole and ran a 10.86 @ 129mph. Not bad considering it had the hard lid on, street diff, and even my sons back pack in the front seat. My ultimate aim for this car would be to run 9's in drag trim, but it's still great to have a 10 second street car.

[XR4TED]

Do you have any specs on the car? I'm interested in the S/C setup. Congrats on the 10. That must be one awesome machine.

Cheers

Darren

[jsttry]

What specs do you have? Does that mean its the new highest MPH Radial pass?

EDIT: Nope, just remembered NOMERCY did 137mph on Radials.

[Holdn Tease]

The car is running an in house built engine package, standard stroke 5.7, ported heads.
It is running a 3.3L Whipple blower with around 440rwkw. At the LS1 Nationals we were experiencing belt problems, and running full slicks it ran a 10.74. So the plan is, in drag trim, to get this package into the 9's

[HRTSEN]

Hi

Every Whipple supercharger I have seen supplied by Starr have had belt issues, if you have resolved the issue thats a job in itself WELL DONE!

regards,

Richard
HRTSEN

[Jezza@HDTCQ]

Well guys, after a lot of R&D we have finally sorted out the belt breaking problem on the whipple chargers. We went to Heathcote yesterday, with Nathans VY, Robs VZ, HQ tonner and my VZ. I drove it to the track with my son in the seat beside me and a set of ET radials in the back. Ive never driven a car on the track with ET radials and my first pass was terrible with a lot of wheel spin. On the next few runs, I was a lot more gentle out of the hole and ran a 10.86 @ 129mph. Not bad considering it had the hard lid on, street diff, and even my sons back pack in the front seat. My ultimate aim for this car would be to run 9's in drag trim, but it's still great to have a 10 second street car.

Well done!

When you gonna take me for a spin round the block Mick????

Jez

[ratter]

Congrats Micks,

after the black marks you left on the Hume freeway, I thought you might be driving home on the MT street radials due to lack of street rubber :doh:

[SSZO6]

1.75 60 foot? Reecey throws rocks at aeroplanes faster than that....lol

Well done mate, the right gears, the right converter, the right setup and you'll be :banana:

can I have another drive?

[vy storm]

Well done awesome effort! can i have a :driving: to?lol

[Oztrack Tuning]

Its a great run - but i dont think i would call ET radials 'full street trim' - they arent legal. I use them and they are great but without them on real street rubber the 60 footer would drop by at least 0.25s and ET by 0.4 or more.

[VYSLED]

Its a great run - but i dont think i would call ET radials 'full street trim' - they arent legal. I use them and they are great but without them on real street rubber the 60 footer would drop by at least 0.25s and ET by 0.4 or more.


Thats shaving it a bit close. I think you will find most cars that run the quater mile almost always have something that does not comply with vic roads legal criteria.

[Sonny@Autowerks]

Great work mick ! ,i,m gonna have to come down and take a look at that blower setup wen i,m next in melb !! well done mick and the team ! :thumbsup:

:)

regards sonny

[Oztrack Tuning]

Im not digging
its not full street trim on illegal tyres.
Anyone can drive around the street on slicks and be just as legal

[Little_Lord]

Well done lads, an exceptional effort, there certainly aren't many genuine 10 second streeters in this country. Best of luck with the 9.

As for Oztrack, mate, give it a break.

[Plan B]

Nice work APS.... You guys don't sleep hey.

[motomk]

Flipping massacred this thread!

Keep it on track not OFF track....otherwise I will hit some other buttons.

Threatening behaviour? damn I don't normally do that!

[chev]

Top work Mick/Frank and all the team from aps. Saw the team filling up at BP on Sunday morn. Must have put in a few dollars in BP's till. Fantastic sight to see all the vehicles fueling up. Cheers Chev

[VYSLED]

Im not digging
its not full street trim on illegal tyres.
Anyone can drive around the street on slicks and be just as legal

The post said street trim not street legal. Its a radial thats legal in the states and has been excepted into the drag community Australia as a street trim item as far as i know? :driving:

[KiWi]

i agree, hence my other thread in drag racing :) well done APS

[Martin_D]

Good on ya Mick and Frank.....wait till you get the 'Twins Of Pleasure' under the bonnet....you will go faster AND put Dayco out of business, all in one fell swoop! :) :lol: :cool:

[zozza]

great effort guys. a 10 sec car would be just awsome around the streets. think of all the ricers you could make cry:D

cheers

zozza

[APS Fston]

The title is full street trim, not roadworthy trim. The tyres are not road legal and I would think my 3.3L Whipple blower and fibreglass bonnet are not road legal either. But because a lot of enthusiastic customers enjoy drag racing with these particular tyres, it was a test to see how far we could push the car with ET radials on it. We are definately going to try and see what the car can do with a street legal tyre. Also we made a point of racing the car without stripping anything off, like the hardlid, rubber mat, passenger seat, full exhaust, even 3/4 of a tank of fuel. So the title is refering to how the car is driven every day, and how our customers would like their cars to perform at the traack and on road.

DRIVE IT THERE, 10.86, DRIVE IT HOME :driving:

[KiWi]

wat size ET Streets were they?

[APS Fston]

235/60/15 on steel rims.

[hyperss82]

top job i think the radials should be made legal as i drive mine to the drags and have never had problems

[markone2]

top job i think the radials should be made legal as i drive mine to the drags and have never had problems


3 RID teams and one *Wobbly Wheels* later would help confirm that .....so long as one obeys the golden rule.....leave a smidgen of tread remaining for street duties......eh Mr Darryl :driving:

Nice time Gentlmen :thumbsup:

[ratter]

top job i think the radials should be made legal as i drive mine to the drags and have never had problems

apparantly they are lethal in the wet, even slightly wet, not speaking from experience, I only used mine at the track