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Hey all,

For those that have followed the progress of the car.. The methanol conversion is complete, we picked up 130hp, now making ~530RWHP, with a previous PB of 11.22... well the rest writes itself...

So saturday is the day... if u see me come say hi, ill be in the loudest 33 there :D

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Hahahaha, thanks guys.

mmmm burnouts.... i think i almost enjoy that part more then racing itself.. :laugh: but nah this saturday we will be keeping them short... have a bit of a cooling issue and i really want to get it down the track..

Hahaha, yeah... well diference between mechanical and EFI methanol is the injectors are not flowing continually, only opening and closing when required, therefor there is no excess build of methanol in the intake or heads and thus most of the cooling advantages are lost....

Basically we think either the water pump is cavitating or the thermostat is restrictrive or not opening fast enough. We think the water in the engine is boiling before it gets time to circulate. This was only evident on the dyno and our few burnout street tests did not show the same result... So for now were just going to pull the thermostat out and build a 4 or 5 litre overflow tonight to hopefully get it down the track. The nationals will be the first major sponsored outing, so weather its going to explode or not i have to make a showing for the sponsors... personally either way i dont mind as they have bought a box for it... wouldnt phase me if the car did explode on the line at the nats as i would just sit in the box and drink piss all weekend.... but to make a good impression it has to at least make it to the line.

hey i was going to ask where i could find the story behind your car but i just found it in your signiture lol. will you be there on sunday?

Edited by r_speedfreak_r

:):P:sick: :sick:

10.45 @ 131MPH straight out of the box backed up by a 10.47 @ 131MPH

only got 2 runs in. still have a cooling system issue... and both runs werent wonderful, so there may still be a little more left in it with some fine tuning. Absolutely stoked!!! car performed like a dream.

AzzuraA: No worries mate, pm any questions you have..

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