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It's been awhile, but finally everything is done and this weekend we'll be testing her out at MRP. I'll be taking her over on the Superferry. Added a little hp, took off a couple of lbs and relocated some of her weight. Here's a couple of pics.

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Damn, it's all business now! Goodluck in MRP. I wish I could go to just watch that beast fly the 1/4. Keep us updated.
 
Nice work Chuck!
If there's anything left of the track when your finished, load it up on the boat and bring it over here. :thumbup:
 
Overall it was a good weekend--time was our limiting factor to get enough runs in the (2) days to try get the driver, suspension, engine, trans., tire settings all dailed in together. Her best run & new PB was in the afternoon heat on Sat 10.67 @ 127 mph. I had to abort her next & final run in the night due to a stupid driver error :chair:
Looking forward to next month as we know there's still more left in her :eek:ldtu:

BTW--we felt that my tq converter was slipping, since that I saw 6000 rpm going thru the traps, so today I called Brian at BTS and he's replacing my PI tq conv again for free. Talk about service, his trannys are warranted for 2 years, but after 3 years this will be the 2nd time he's replaced the tq converter for free.
 
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Thanks guys
Hey Tad (Supragod98), how's your build coming along?
BTW--The new converter is in :eek:ldtu: -- we'll be heading back down to MRP this coming weekend.
 
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Haha my build is coming along slowly :D. I dont have a lot of time to devote to the project right now plus Im saving for my new exhaust. Need to get some money together for the Bassani R to go with the motor ;k
 
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Haha my build is coming along slowly :D. I dont have a lot of time to devote to the project right now plus Im saving for my new exhaust. Need to get some money together for the Bassani R to go with the motor ;k
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I read alot of pros & cons about the "R", but on a high flow engine, a 3" is definetly a plus---it's just sooooo freaking expensive. Keep in touchand good luck to you.
 
Friday night was the MRP's annual shootout---won my 1st round, sat at the tree for 8 seconds before I could leave, as I ran against a 18 sec Toyota truck; 2nd round ran a 10.66 on a 10.64 dial---btw I would have won, but I turned on the ol' red light.
Sat night in qualifying my slick gave way to a sharp stone---punctured my slick for a nice air leak, so we ended up drinking, eating sashimi and watching the races---which wasn't so bad.
Had a "sleeper" street looking Supra running mid 9s.
Hey John, our ol' buddy Nishi won MRP's elite divison "Super Pro" w/ his bad azz El Camino running consistent 9.7s and cutting .5XX lights.
It was good to see a lot of ol' friends from HRP, as there were a lot of Oahu racers---more than I ever seen before.
 
Im glad you had a great time. Too bad for you slick and for the red light. But that' s a good thing.....your'e trying to cut a good RT.

Im not surprised about Nishi. He always do good. I guess he got his license since he deep in the 9's.
 
That's some impressive numbers so far :eek:ldtu:. I bet there's a lot more in it. Did Alan strap it to the dyno and make some pulls? If so what were the #'s and what was the boost?
 
This past Sat at MRP we set a couple of new personal bests---10.55 @ 129, backed it up w/ a couple of 10.57s. Our 60's improved--snagged a new best w/ a 1.49 and a couple of 1.50s. We made no changes in the tune, only a minor shock setting change in the rear and played w/ two different rear wheel / slick combinations. Temps were in the mid 80s to mid 70s & the humidity was in the mid 60s (afternoon) to low 80s (eveing). Looking forward to the cooler temps in the months ahead :eek:ldtu:
 
whooooooooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooooooooo ...good job there Chucky,,,,,, :cool: Good to see some are still racing up on Maui !!!:eek:ldtu:


I'll see ya alls maybe next year in May ??????/ We'll see,,,,,

But keep up the good work there,,,, You be getting down there,,,,,


Surfa.................
 
Good to hear from you Dennis (Surfa). I definetly miss HRP :cr: and the great times that I would sit w/ you and Eric in the tower---good to see you're still roaming our site---how's the little guy???
I don't see an Oahu drag track being built anytime soon.
Take care my friend and hoping to see you and the other homeless Oahu racers in Maui soon :eek:ldtu:
 
Lil Guy is fine and he will be racing next May,,, The key is I hope to be also,,,It'll be more of a test and tune with the new Stuff.... I am curious to see where I can get my lil blue truck runnin....Its been awhile and I'll be rusty and not knowing where the ET's on the truck will be,,,,Butttttttttt i do have heads,cam,new Blower feed manifold(designed similar to the Lightning manifold),stand alone,3 speed trans(3800 converter) Billet distributor etc..... Too much too list,,,, & i hope I can do it all before next May !!!! :help::eek:ldtu:

But You are right,,, There is not gonna be a track here for quite awhile if at any time for that matter,,,, Thats alright,,, We have Maui as a 2nd home....I just need to save the pennies....


Dee,,,,:eek:ldtu:
 
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