140.3 & 141.5 @ SCSN means...

We just might have the 26x8.5 MPH record in the books, backed up and sewed up tight. What are they going to do when we turn up the power? Thanks Chassisworks, Procharger and Dad's!

More to come...

SCSN Outlaw 8.5... the good, the bad,the ugly!

Our SCSN experience started on Tuesday night with an 11 hour tow down to Vegas and right into test and tune. Our first hit off the trailer was a very soft leave but netted our best short time on the tiny 26x8.5 ever, a 1.37, sweet! Next pass, a 1.36, even better! But... the MPH was way way off. We broke the blower and we broke it bad.

With no options and no idea what to do, we took it to the internet. Within 20 minutes the phone was ringing and we had a new blower en route from New Mexixo from 275 racer Frank Valera by way of Joel Orme. 20 MINUTES!!! These two really stepped up in a big way and by Saturday morning we were back up and ready for battle.

On Saturday we had our first hit and it quickly became apparent that the MPH was still WAY off, 5.55 @ 129. A little panic, a bit of thinking and then a phone call to none other than Steve Morris from Steve Morris Engines. Steve asked a few question, pondered a bit and then gave us some advice that eventually ended up netting us 11 MPH!!! We were hands down, the fastest in the class.

While MPH helps, it doesn't win races. We were able to slip by round one with a horrible 60' that was made up on the back end allowing us to slip by for a narrow win. Coming back to the pits we knew there was something awry in the bottom tune but with no time to analyze and a final call to the lanes on the PA, we simply tossed some numbers at the tune and prayed. Unfortunately we didn't pray hard enough as the car failed to come up on the transbrake, fell out of the beams, almost shut off and then work up some time later to a 2.7 60' and a busted weekend.

We had a great time, horrible luck... great luck and learned a TON at this race. Y'all better look out come next season.

Thanks again to:

Eric Kvilhaug

Kevin Keller

Frank Valera

Joel Orme

Steve Morris

Dave W.

UPDATE

Looking at logs and figured out part of what happened.  Last couple passes, I changed the MSD file to have a -12 degree gradual timing ramp over a couple secs. Problem is... I was in such a rush, I forgot to put the first 0.0 dot in at -0 degrees and the second at 0.01 with -12, instead I just put the first dot in at 0.01 for -12. 

This means, we were trying to come up on the brake with 12 degrees out! I remembered the first -0 dot in the first few files... just forgot it in the elims where it counted. That said, the launch tune is still way off, but at least we were pulling 1.3x 60's with it that way.


The Good

We set high MPH for the meet and bested our 26x8.5 short time by almost a tenth.

The Bad

Something about me and blowers is like oil and water. We had to travel through all of Las Vegas to get the necessary components to mate Frank's blower to our existing system.

The Ugly

It just hurts to watch. My goal is to get this BS3 dialed or bail on it and get a Holley... I'm just not quite sure yet.

It's ugly!!! ...but it'll work.

Craigslist... $200

When it rains it pours...

Unfortunately we had a mishap with the wall Friday which shut down our racing glory hopes for the weekend. With the engine repaired and the blower tuned up, we knew the car would make a bit more power so we stepped the tune-up back in anticipation of the power. Well... even stepping back from our 5.80 tuneup, we had a lot more than a 5.80 tuneup in it.  At launch, the car got up on the tire and stayed on the tire until our timing curve kicked in and the car kicked out. I'm fine, the car, not so much.

A broken blower, a broken motor and now a broken car, all in a matter of months. When it rains it pours!

It's OK, chin up and we'll be back out to a track near you soon.

THANKS S&S

Dave, Rick, George and Jeff at S&S Machine in San Leandro worked thier asses off to get the bullet back together in time for the race this weekend. We got it yesterday, are dropping it in today and hope to be racing tonight!

NO TIME! NO TIME! 

Off to go get this sucker in and make trouble for Outlaw 8.5.

New sponsors!

Afromaro Racing Team is proud to welcome aboard ATI Procharger and Dad's Custom Tanks!

Both of these companies have been unofficially helping us for a while now so we thought it would make sense to get things official and get these guys some press.

Dave W. and Procharger have been awesome to work with and are there when you need help with service, repairs and tech.

Donny at Dad's Custom Intercooler Tanks & Fuel Cells has been here with us since day 1 and has always filled our intercooling tank needs. Donny has decided to make his support official as well. Thanks Donny!

Down but not out...

After the first race we had a small problem with clearances on the new blower setup. As a result we hurt the crank real bad, destroyed the main caps, hurt the lifters and killed the brand new GRP rods.

OUCH!!!

As a result, we missed the June race where it took a 6.07 to win the race and a 6.003 to re-set the record. For those of you paying attention, we were able shake down a few 5.80's (minus 20 degrees of timing) the previous night and in qualifying before we realized the motor was eating itself. It hurts to know you have the tools but not the luck... that's racing.

 After the blower mishap, the new gear drive and a wedding, this season is turning out to be an expensive one be we haven't quit yet. We've got the block repaired, the lifters replaced, the crank is due to be repaired by the end of this week, and new rods are only a few days away.