Well the last test runs were not that god to be honest ??

The first pass on Saturday was with the nitrous settings I had last week with the 1 second delay and the slower build time. This gave me a 10.01 pass at 137mph. So I put the boost and nitrous setup back to normal for a 9.6 pass, and then added another 20% to the nitrous launch power and dropped the build time from 1.2 seconds to 0.8 of a second. On paper this should have been able to see a low 9 or a high 8 second pass. But I had a head gasket blow off the line and ran a 9.9 pass. Bummer!!

You can see in the vid that the launch was lazy and the run was not too dramatic. So I'm off next Sunday to a mates workshop with some friends to pull the engine down and fit new gaskets and do some clean up work and fit a new inlet gasket as well. I'm going to glue the head gaskets on this time. Even though i know the converter is slipping I should still be able to run back down close to my old 9.6's from last season as I'm now saving for a new toirque converter to match the engine.

I'm pissed at not running the 9.59 I wanted, but as my friends pointed out yesterday when i got my 9.9 ticket, then screwed it up and threw it in the car. It wasnt that long ago that I as doing a victory dance in the pits when I finally got my first 10.99 ticket ?
They also brought me back to earth when they told me that running ANY 9 is a big deal for most cars. Especially one with a rover V8 engine..

So I will get back in the workshop next Sunday and do a top end rebuild and try again soon..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsCY...tfRrjw&index=2