harley#356
9.89 @ 138.78 in a HD!
Okay guys, this is tradition....post up your 2015 goals, and how you faired meeting your 2014 goals!
2009 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
2010 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
2011 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
2012 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
2013 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
2014 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
My 2014 was lots of wrenching, and lots of getting back on my feet. With such a roller coaster of a year though between refreshing the motor, refreshing the rear and going back to 3.55's from 3.73's, then snapping the driveshaft, which took out the trans, so refreshed the converter too, I wasn't too aggressive on the truck this year. Still managed a 9.99 on my last pass of the season with 2 lbs less boost and 2-3* less timing in warmer air and a head wind compared to my 9.89 pass from the year prior so I was pretty happy with accomplishing that and putting the truck away for the year running.
Also had a good time racing the Raptor in 2014 winning the NMRA True Street 15 second SVT class at MIR for the 2nd year in a row lol. Unfortunately didn't flip any Lightnings this past year, but I did do a good amount of side wiring work under "HDCircuitry" building battery cable kits and other wiring stuff for Lightnings on a couple months I had some spare time. Trying to get on LR as a site supporter for 2015 so I can continue to offer a few things to the L community when I get free time.
My 2014 goals in blue....
My goals for 2014, crack the 800/900 club on the refreshed combo (was 789/871 before so only 11 hp 29 tq shy), and I'll be happy just running consistent 9.8-9.9's and mid 1.3 sixties, but my next target is 9.80 which I believe is the fastest all-boost 2.6 KB record in a Lightning held by 10secwhite04
Check, partial check, and somewhat check! Refreshed combo put down 820/875 so +31 hp and +4 tq on the same pulley combo, same timing, etc. Ran a 9.99 on a softer combo than my 9.89 in lesser conditions, although haven't gotten back down to 1.3 sixties, need to relearn how to launch it on 3.55's!
The 9.80 target for fastest all boost KB record though fell out of reach though not once, not twice, but three times this year when Steve Martin lowered it at MIR in September, then lowered it again at Atco in October, then a guy in Texas lowered it even more in November to a deep 9.7. Don't think my big ol' limo will be touching that.
Mod for this year are a new CF hood, CF front fenders, and hopefully stifflers comes out with their tubular LCAs so I can get UCA/LCAs and have Gambino build me a power rack, shedding that nose weight!
CF hood check, CF fenders check, stifflers LCAs hahaha STILL waiting for them to come out, so haven't done a Gambino power rack either. I did pick up a set of dark stars for the street with 315 MTs, which necessitated brake mods so I picked up a full aerospace street/drag kit that sheds nearly 100 lbs.
2015 is here! POST UP YOUR GOALS FOR 2015!!!
My 2015 goals are to get the aerospace brakes on, get the darkstars and MTs on for street use, and get the CF front clip painted. Not aiming to lower my PB this year as a specific goal. If it happens it happens, but I'll be running my same slightly detuned combo that I ran at Spookfest for the JLP Cecil event in the spring and hoping for another high 9 just to be consistent and have a running truck to enjoy throughout the spring & summer. Fall I'll probably have the itch to go back to my standard 25 lb/16* race tune and see if I can snag a new PB but I'm not trying to push it much further just yet lol. Looking more to enjoy driving it more this year after spending most of 2014 just wrenching on it!
2009 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
2010 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
2011 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
2012 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
2013 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
2014 Goals:
Delaware Valley Lightning Owners
My 2014 was lots of wrenching, and lots of getting back on my feet. With such a roller coaster of a year though between refreshing the motor, refreshing the rear and going back to 3.55's from 3.73's, then snapping the driveshaft, which took out the trans, so refreshed the converter too, I wasn't too aggressive on the truck this year. Still managed a 9.99 on my last pass of the season with 2 lbs less boost and 2-3* less timing in warmer air and a head wind compared to my 9.89 pass from the year prior so I was pretty happy with accomplishing that and putting the truck away for the year running.
Also had a good time racing the Raptor in 2014 winning the NMRA True Street 15 second SVT class at MIR for the 2nd year in a row lol. Unfortunately didn't flip any Lightnings this past year, but I did do a good amount of side wiring work under "HDCircuitry" building battery cable kits and other wiring stuff for Lightnings on a couple months I had some spare time. Trying to get on LR as a site supporter for 2015 so I can continue to offer a few things to the L community when I get free time.
My 2014 goals in blue....
My goals for 2014, crack the 800/900 club on the refreshed combo (was 789/871 before so only 11 hp 29 tq shy), and I'll be happy just running consistent 9.8-9.9's and mid 1.3 sixties, but my next target is 9.80 which I believe is the fastest all-boost 2.6 KB record in a Lightning held by 10secwhite04
Check, partial check, and somewhat check! Refreshed combo put down 820/875 so +31 hp and +4 tq on the same pulley combo, same timing, etc. Ran a 9.99 on a softer combo than my 9.89 in lesser conditions, although haven't gotten back down to 1.3 sixties, need to relearn how to launch it on 3.55's!
The 9.80 target for fastest all boost KB record though fell out of reach though not once, not twice, but three times this year when Steve Martin lowered it at MIR in September, then lowered it again at Atco in October, then a guy in Texas lowered it even more in November to a deep 9.7. Don't think my big ol' limo will be touching that.
Mod for this year are a new CF hood, CF front fenders, and hopefully stifflers comes out with their tubular LCAs so I can get UCA/LCAs and have Gambino build me a power rack, shedding that nose weight!
CF hood check, CF fenders check, stifflers LCAs hahaha STILL waiting for them to come out, so haven't done a Gambino power rack either. I did pick up a set of dark stars for the street with 315 MTs, which necessitated brake mods so I picked up a full aerospace street/drag kit that sheds nearly 100 lbs.
2015 is here! POST UP YOUR GOALS FOR 2015!!!
My 2015 goals are to get the aerospace brakes on, get the darkstars and MTs on for street use, and get the CF front clip painted. Not aiming to lower my PB this year as a specific goal. If it happens it happens, but I'll be running my same slightly detuned combo that I ran at Spookfest for the JLP Cecil event in the spring and hoping for another high 9 just to be consistent and have a running truck to enjoy throughout the spring & summer. Fall I'll probably have the itch to go back to my standard 25 lb/16* race tune and see if I can snag a new PB but I'm not trying to push it much further just yet lol. Looking more to enjoy driving it more this year after spending most of 2014 just wrenching on it!
