Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
i think the best i have done on the 20's was a high 1.8. i was doing flat 1.6's. on a proper racing night i believe that would be 1.5's.
I didnt race friday night as i was in hospital to have surgery the next day. (fckin kidney stones)
Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
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Tre-Cool
i think the best i have done on the 20's was a high 1.8. i was doing flat 1.6's. on a proper racing night i believe that would be 1.5's.
I didnt race friday night as i was in hospital to have surgery the next day. (fckin kidney stones)
Fckin kidney stones had 4 of them in 2009 not much fun didnt have surgery just took 3 months to pass them so i know how you feel.
Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
Weather dependant, Ill be heading to Whoop Ass Wednesday tomorrow with the hope to get a bunch of runs in b4 the end of the season.
I had my car in for a service with WA Performance yesterday and got Mitch to run it up on the dyno because I havent been running the mph the car should. It turns out that the OTR I had was robbing the car of 45kw with the bonnet closed. With the bonnet open on the dyno it was producing food numbers but with it closed it was severely restricting the airflow. I still cant get over how much power it was sucking out of the car. Incredible. Anyway, Ive got a VCM now and there is only a small difference between bonnet open and closed. The AFRs are also running really lean in the bottom and top end so Mitch is goin to have a look at them b4 I hit the drags tomorrow.
With any luck Ill be able to run my first 12 with mph in the range 112-115 rather than an underwhelming 107mph for a cammed car with over 300rwkw.
Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
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mentallydull
Weather dependant, Ill be heading to Whoop Ass Wednesday tomorrow with the hope to get a bunch of runs in b4 the end of the season.
I had my car in for a service with WA Performance yesterday and got Mitch to run it up on the dyno because I havent been running the mph the car should. It turns out that the OTR I had was robbing the car of 45kw with the bonnet closed. With the bonnet open on the dyno it was producing food numbers but with it closed it was severely restricting the airflow. I still cant get over how much power it was sucking out of the car. Incredible. Anyway, Ive got a VCM now and there is only a small difference between bonnet open and closed. The AFRs are also running really lean in the bottom and top end so Mitch is goin to have a look at them b4 I hit the drags tomorrow.
With any luck Ill be able to run my first 12 with mph in the range 112-115 rather than an underwhelming 107mph for a cammed car with over 300rwkw.
care to share the original brand otr?
Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
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Originally Posted by
mentallydull
Weather dependant, Ill be heading to Whoop Ass Wednesday tomorrow with the hope to get a bunch of runs in b4 the end of the season.
I had my car in for a service with WA Performance yesterday and got Mitch to run it up on the dyno because I havent been running the mph the car should. It turns out that the OTR I had was robbing the car of 45kw with the bonnet closed. With the bonnet open on the dyno it was producing food numbers but with it closed it was severely restricting the airflow. I still cant get over how much power it was sucking out of the car. Incredible. Anyway, Ive got a VCM now and there is only a small difference between bonnet open and closed. The AFRs are also running really lean in the bottom and top end so Mitch is goin to have a look at them b4 I hit the drags tomorrow.
With any luck Ill be able to run my first 12 with mph in the range 112-115 rather than an underwhelming 107mph for a cammed car with over 300rwkw.
VCM or Duspeed?
Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
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Tre-Cool
care to share the original brand otr?
The original was Orssom and I now have a VCM.
Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
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Originally Posted by
mentallydull
Weather dependant, Ill be heading to Whoop Ass Wednesday tomorrow with the hope to get a bunch of runs in b4 the end of the season.
I had my car in for a service with WA Performance yesterday and got Mitch to run it up on the dyno because I havent been running the mph the car should. It turns out that the OTR I had was robbing the car of 45kw with the bonnet closed.
.............45kw :doh:.............:popcorn:
Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
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mentallydull
It turns out that the OTR I had was robbing the car of 45kw with the bonnet closed. With the bonnet open on the dyno it was producing food numbers but with it closed it was severely restricting the airflow. I still cant get over how much power it was sucking out of the car. Incredible.
Bloody hell!! With my DUS OTR I actually gained 1.4 rwkw - see post #290 of http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?127842
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Wonky
Very interesting Wonky. Tell me, in that post, are you saying that the VCM was making 260 bonnet up and 270 bonnet closed?
Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
The line you're referring to is I assume "Interestingly Chev said one time previously he put a DUS on a VE and got 270rwkw, then tried the VCM one as that's what the owner wanted. Consistent 260s! Closed the bonnet - 270!"
To be honest given it was getting on for 3 years ago I can't remember for sure but knowing the way I write it would have meant that the VCM one couldn't match the DUS' 270 with the bonnet up, I'd assume getting mid/high 260s, but managed it with the bonnet down. If it had been 260 I wouldn't have referred to it as 260s. :)
Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
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mentallydull
Weather dependant, Ill be heading to Whoop Ass Wednesday tomorrow with the hope to get a bunch of runs in b4 the end of the season.
I had my car in for a service with WA Performance yesterday and got Mitch to run it up on the dyno because I havent been running the mph the car should. It turns out that the OTR I had was robbing the car of 45kw with the bonnet closed. With the bonnet open on the dyno it was producing food numbers but with it closed it was severely restricting the airflow. I still cant get over how much power it was sucking out of the car. Incredible. Anyway, Ive got a VCM now and there is only a small difference between bonnet open and closed. The AFRs are also running really lean in the bottom and top end so Mitch is goin to have a look at them b4 I hit the drags tomorrow.
With any luck Ill be able to run my first 12 with mph in the range 112-115 rather than an underwhelming 107mph for a cammed car with over 300rwkw.
Im heading down to the motorplex tomorrow for a few runs as its my last chance this season come and say hi , im easy to spot as theres not to many other black ve calais wagons in the lanes.
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Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
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Wonky
The line you're referring to is I assume "Interestingly Chev said one time previously he put a DUS on a VE and got 270rwkw, then tried the VCM one as that's what the owner wanted. Consistent 260s! Closed the bonnet - 270!"
To be honest given it was getting on for 3 years ago I can't remember for sure but knowing the way I write it would have meant that the VCM one couldn't match the DUS' 270 with the bonnet up, I'd assume getting mid/high 260s, but managed it with the bonnet down. If it had been 260 I wouldn't have referred to it as 260s. :)
VCM worked wonders for me in a stocker...........and no way known would it pull 260rwkw on a Mainline........just my take ;)
http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthre...in-the-Senator
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sportwagon
Im heading down to the motorplex tomorrow for a few runs as its my last chance this season come and say hi , im easy to spot as theres not to many other black ve calais wagons in the lanes.
Yep will see how I go. Ill be there in my VE SS Ute silver with my cousin and brother. Fingers crossed its a quiet night.
Re: VE 1/4 mile times only data base. - Part 1
So yesterday my car went in to WA Performance and a huge thanks to Mitch for the retune. The car made another 5kw over the original tune which was 315rwkw yesterday. The car feels and sounds a lot stronger in the top end now.
Great conditions for the drags last night in Perth with cold temps and clear skies. I managed 2 back to back runs of 12.6 @ 184km/h (2.1 60 footer) which is streaks ahead of my previous best of 13.0 @ 173 (2.0 60 footer) with the old tune and OTR. The best bit is there is in the region of 0.2-0.6 sec worth of improvement in those times if I can learn how to drive and do a 1.8 or 1.9 60 footer. The best time for a VE SS Ute with similar power to me in this whole thread was a 12.6 so I'm pretty stoked that this car has already run a 12.6 and in theory capable of 12.0-12.4.
Happy days :driving:
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markone2
VCM worked wonders for me in a stocker...........and no way known would it pull 260rwkw on a Mainline........just my take ;)
I have no idea what mods that car had and it was probably an M6. Both my A6 cars pulled 260rwkw on Chev's Dyno Dynamics dyno as bolt ons and the ute (all 1940+kg with driver) did a 12.8 (stock stall, not drag tyres) which says to me it's not a happy dyno.
