4.88 @ 151

Wow... I really don't know what to say other than, our 3rd outing on radials, and this was the result of our 13th run down the track on the radial in WCHRA's X275 final.

Next stop... Valdosta for some leaf spring 275 action. "Contact Us" if you'd like to help.

O85TTFMF

For those of you that have not seen it, we started a new page to keep track of Outlaw 8.5 racers and times across the country. At the moment, we're carrying the flag for Mickey Thompson and are hoping to bump them further up the page in our next 8.5 outing. Wish us luck!

Check out the site at Outlaw85.com

Quiet but not gone...

It's been a while since the last update. April was a crazy month but since then, the West Coast racing scene has been a bit quiet for the hot months and with Fontana closing some associations had to make quick changes or cancel races altogether.

What have we been up to?


Making changes like:

• Trying a few converters with the help of Hughes.
• Changing the water setup with the help of Dad's.
• Modifying the shocks with some much needed insight from AFCO Racing.
• Bullhorns (yeh I know...)

• Testing on a larger 28x10.5S tire.

• Trying out the new Mickey Thompson 275 radial for WCHRA racing

Who's the QUICKEST & FASTEST IN THE COUNTRY on a M/T 26x8.5

Just to name a few...

ATI Procharger

Chassisworks

Dad's Custom Tanks

and...

The AfroMaro Racing Team's 1968 Outlaw 8.5 Camaro

This weekend was the inaugural event at Nevada's Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the PSCA 2012 racing season. This year, the PSCA decided to add Outlaw 8.5 to their class lineup and we just had to make a showing. Much like SCSN, we started the weekend a little bumpy with tuning issues. In the end,  we came out of quals with a 5.69, 5.68 and a terrifying 5.57 where the tires lost it at 130.

The SCSN similarities stopped there...

After spending the entire night trying to figure out why the car kept dying off the line, we made one very, very small... change and blasted off to a national record breaking 5.22 at a national speed record shattering 141.75 in the first round of elims. We were hoping for a high 5.30 and were completely blown away at the low 20. The next pass we backed down the dials a bit but not so much as to risk not backing the records up. From there it was just about staying focused and not giving anything away. That Procharged Camaro drove its little heart out through the finals topping both Washington's and Brandt to take home the trophy.

This race was a fun and big step in the learning curve but we have a lot more to do. We know Manny F. has been almost as fast with a N20 SBF, Mike O. has some mystery magic propelling him into the 20's with that N20 BBC and Rob M. will be going crazy with his new turbo inspired combo.

With PSCA, WCHRA and NMCA, 2012 is shaping up to be a great year of Outlaw 8.5 racing on the West Coast.

F2 or F3 for 2012?

To be continued...

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.