Oh So Close - Stock Heads/Cam ......

**RobAGD** · 11-26-2007, 03:39 PM

Well a great morring of air and getting to the track silly early and actually beat HemiC to the track ( thats a first ).

Changed out the DR's and pumped up the front tires to 60# and got everything ready to race beforethe gates opened.

Got through tech as Chris made his first pass, and I zip over to the pits pull the passneger seat and empty out the back of the car and hit the lanes and Chris is a few cars in front of me. I seem him lay down his 12.04 and I know its going to be a good day.

I get a solid burn out, stage up and Drill a 1.79 60' and this is as strong as the car has left in months it seems, and teh shift felt solid and I cross the beams and I couldn't catch my et.

I pull up get my slip and I see the 1.79 then I see the 13.07 @ 104.11 mph and I was very happy. I run over the scales at 4235# and I have.

So, the rest of the day is spent chasing that damn 12.99

The rest of the day I was having traction issues, from people draging water up, breaking on the line, yadda yadda.

So unless something falls into place I am done for the year and by the next outting I should have Heads and Cam in the car.

I am also looking into some Trans/Converter/tuning small issues that have plauged me for the last few months. I think that is part of what is holding the car back because after that first pass, the car was a turd on shifts and out of the hole ( if I wasnt spinning the tires off it ).

I am hoping to have some TCM controls from Diablo soon.

I would like to thank the following for my accomplishments to date :

Hemi31, BrilliantBlackHemi, Hemi~C, James & Dave @ ProMotion, Tony Shippan, HHP for various Parts, Rev.Hammer for the Kick ass Air Hammer, RunninRs & Johan @ Diablo and for the guys that have been on the bleeding edge on these cars for the last 3 years to get where we are now.

Ill have scans of the Slip tonight when I get home.

-Robert

**Super T** · 11-26-2007, 03:51 PM

Good run, congrats!

**PaCharger** · 11-26-2007, 03:55 PM

you bastard! I heard you ran a 13.0x.....was just waiting to hear/see this post. I can't put my drag radials away now....two more shots at cecil. I won't catch you...unless maybe...hmmmm...I don't need sleep I guess.....[goes to get wrenches and ramps]

Great job Rob! Get her dialed in for next year...and the 12 second club is yours in March!

**mcshocks** · 11-26-2007, 03:56 PM

Nice work Rob!

**CplDaugherty** · 11-26-2007, 03:57 PM

Congrats Rob! I thought you could do it man.

God I wish I could get a 1.79 60'...

**bklynmag** · 11-26-2007, 03:58 PM

Nice runs Rob. That ".07" would torture me.

**Carfinish** · 11-26-2007, 04:00 PM

wow that's awesome Rob....congrats...you are there in the spring for sure

**Hemi31** · 11-26-2007, 04:03 PM

lol....what the hell you thanking me for?All I do is bust your horns.......lol......nice run buddy!

**crhemi** · 11-26-2007, 04:05 PM

Well done my friend!

**HEMI~C~** · 11-26-2007, 04:34 PM

Killer run rob, I know you were craving that 12.99 so bad you could taste it. If its any consolation I believe that is the quickest any NA 5.7 has gone with stock heads/cam. Even my super freak of a car could only squeak out a 13.15 @ 106
before I couldn't take it any more and dropped in the Comp 260.

**RobAGD** · 11-26-2007, 04:59 PM

Damn Chris that MPH is disgusting

Thanks guys, and yes I was close enough to taste that damn 12.9999999 :/ Oh well if the fates work it in my favor something may chance and get me out to the track again this year.

-R

**MAGNUM8R** · 11-26-2007, 05:10 PM

Cool!
Can't wait for Friday!
Gonna be hanging at the track with CAM, Trojan and a few other LX'ers.
I'll have to see what I can do on street tires!

Maybe I'll 'borrow CAM's DR's when he isn't looking!!