Went to the track!! Now I'm going Automatic!!

PLstang · 05-12-2008, 08:05 PM

So I went to the track again Friday. I have been having a hard time getting traction so I did a little work on the car this last week.
Installed new LCA bushings (Kept splitting the bushings last two trips). Added a BMR extreme roll control bar and LCA relocation brackets.

Well that solved my traction issues! The car is dead hooking now!!

We made 2 passes on motor to get the launch right. Then we decided to go for it and spray out of the whole! The car does not yet have a roll cage so we new this would be the last trip for the night! WRONG!! Had a great launch and dropped my 330' by 4 tenths. However, when I shifted to 3rd I missed the shift!!!! AAArrrggghhh!!!

We decided to make one more pass and try it again. The same thing!!! 3rd was gone!!!

Turns out a stock Cobra twin disk clutch just can"t handle launching 660 rwhp on a 5 grand dump with slicks and bogarts (surprising huh

). I would have thought the Ford engineers would have planned for this!! LOL

Well this is what the clutch looked like this morning when we pulled it!

It's toast!! But I got a solution for it!!!

That's right we're going to an automatic!! I'll keep you guys updated on the transformation!

blueherd02gt · 05-12-2008, 08:18 PM

damnit.. I want a BMR extreme roll control bar and i think you just sold me on it.

blueherd02gt · 05-12-2008, 08:20 PM

I just noticed you didn't post ET's...I won't tell [:-]

PLstang · 05-12-2008, 08:27 PM

Couldn't make a clean pass![:@][:@] We were making 1/8th mile hits to get the launch right. When we went to run it out, spraying out of the whole, it was too much for it!!

The best we've done on the car so far is 11.2 at 127 but we were spinning bad on launch and only spraying in 3rd and 4th.

We will see what the car can really do this weekend with the new trans!

PLstang · 05-12-2008, 08:34 PM

Oooh and that clutch only has 500 miles on it!!![:@][:@]

I'll be it they were hard ones!![8D]

Ruffnuts · 05-13-2008, 01:40 AM

Dont go with a girl-o-matic.. makes driving on the street dead boring.

alloutt · 05-13-2008, 04:07 AM

why the automatic?

eric6913 · 05-13-2008, 05:24 AM

you mean you went to the drag stip. a track has curves in it............

forensicsteve · 05-13-2008, 06:02 AM

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why the automatic?

Are you going with a full manual valve body and transbrake? That's the way my car is setup for bracket racing, along with a 2-step. It's like a manual without a clutch and you can't miss a gear. Last time at the track (almost a month ago), car made six passes with 0.098 of a second separating slowest from fastest times. Automatic is helpful for competitive consistency.

mygt500 · 05-13-2008, 06:27 AM

Plain and simple the auto is much quicker (shifting) and consistent for the track IMHO and the stick is fun for DD and street racing. Ask almost any truly serious track racer and they will say the same!

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ORIGINAL: alloutt

why the automatic?