Very resourceful idea, with the hood vents. Was the water on the hood from rain, or were you testing to see where the water lands in the engine?

 

I rinsed off the grit and slag after cutting it. Everything seems to work well. I did some more ducting and moved my oil cooler a little for better airflow. It was still getting a little warmer than I would like.

 

3 inch V-band adapter has been welded to the exhaust housing of the GTX2867R by a pro welder. Time to install on manifold and see if exhaust still fits. It looks to be over very slightly from the Chinese 2870.









The bolts and screw were just to hold it until it was welded.

 

 

 

Chevy LSx truck coils to replace the failing stock coilpacks. These put out a huge amount of energy compared to stock. I still need to adjust the spark plug wire length and sleeve the low tension wires but the car runs fine.

 

Went to the dragstrip for fun just to see what the car could do. I kept having trouble getting the shift from 3rd to 4th. I don't know if it was trouble finding the gate or synchro issues. I was told my trans fluid was not as thin as it could be for optimal shifting, but it works well for the road course. Even on my best run of the night, it was very notchy and didn't readily want to go into 4th. This was on old Hoosier SM6 road race tires I have been driving on the street because it is warm (74ish degrees at the track at 9pm) and seldom rains in Florida in the winter.

Overall, I had a fun time but wouldn't want to abuse my drivetrain like that again. Troy (Miata2fast) and my buddy Gary came down to offer some coaching to me. Troy rode with me and Gary brought his turbo 350z (425whp) to put in some runs. Kjrage from the local forum showed up in his Miata to hang out for the evening, too, but he didn't run his car.

On to the videos.


Lined up against Mustang of some sort with a big hood bulge:



Lined up against Mustang Cobra thingee:



No video of run three. It was a single lane pass with a missed shift to 4th and a 13.7 ET.


Fourth run had me lined up against Volvo S60R:


If I was a better driver or willing to launch a little harder I'm sure it would be better.