The Agro 10.75@138mph UPDATE

**Bluepower** · 10-05-2010, 04:21 PM

The Agro finally ran a good number on the weekend in the AGRO8 farm ute, with a 10.81 at 133mph in his manual XR8 ute.

This is a great time considering the car is a full weight 2000 plus, pump fuel, 15psi and DRIVEN to the track.

The spare was even fitted underneath the rear............

mods are

BPR Kenne bell full intercooled kit
BPR R spec built engine
BPR Custom tune
AAV industries fuel system
Kenne Bell boost a spark
Kenne Bell dual channel boost a pump

Nice one mate, and good driving. Cant wait to add some more boost!!

Well done to all the other BPR customers who had a bunch of fun on the weekend also!!

Quadcams · 10-05-2010, 05:13 PM

Well done Agro, awesome time, especially being a manual.

What was the 60' Chris?

And is that a manual record of some sort?

Wade

WiggyMK2 · 10-05-2010, 05:15 PM

crazy times there! congratulations! Is it using the 2.6 or the 2.8 blower?

FPV8U · 10-05-2010, 05:48 PM

Any Vids Crisso?

galaxy xr8 · 10-05-2010, 07:16 PM

Well done , awsome result, good to see some great fiqures from the bent 8.

JOSH · 10-05-2010, 07:25 PM

it was a 1.62 60ft, i have the run on vid cam, its loading now

Quadcams · 11-05-2010, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JOSH

it was a 1.62 60ft, i have the run on vid cam, its loading now

Someone correct me if Im wrong but that would be the best 60' in a manual BA, BF, FG too date, some solid launching.
Well done again Agro.

SpoolMan · 11-05-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Quadcams

Someone correct me if Im wrong but that would be the best 60' in a manual BA, BF, FG too date, some solid launching.
Well done again Agro.

Yeah the 60 foot is good.
Its not the same type of manual your used to banging though the gears, dont need to use the clutch on this one..

**Bluepower** · 12-05-2010, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SpoolMan

Yeah the 60 foot is good.
Its not the same type of manual your used to banging though the gears, dont need to use the clutch on this one..

Yes spooly, but the exception is that the box is designed for 7500-8800 rpm changes, the changes below that rpm are very clunky and not as good as what you will get with a T56 and a RIP shifter.

People would have heard the shifts as being slow, however I can assure you paul would have been more busy in the cabin than on a roo shoot.

When we can RPM the thing it will be interesting to see the potential, considering the car is on pump fuel and only running baby boost. When we use E85 and at least 20psi and 7000plus rpm, low tens in street trim should be achieveable, and the shifts will be machine gun like.

The problem with Paul is that he is a perfectionist and although the 8 rib drive is only necessary for 2% of potential Kenne Bell clients, he is determined to get it right. And if it is anything like the base kit that Paul designed from scratch, it's sure to be a winner.

Nice to have another 10sec boss in the stable. Cant wait to get mine ready, and with Josh and Agro, my black ute can come out to play

tweeked · 02-08-2010, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Quadcams

Someone correct me if Im wrong but that would be the best 60' in a manual BA, BF, FG too date, some solid launching.
Well done again Agro.

Got me by .06

Loved watching this head down the track - even though wheelspin was an issue, it just seemed to do it sooooooo easily.

JOSH · 10-05-2010, 07:44 PM

enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOUdNbwo19o

FPV8U · 10-05-2010, 08:30 PM

Thanks JOSH, Damn that thing moves out off the line!

Redrum · 10-05-2010, 08:49 PM

Well done! Good stuff!

DBL15 · 11-05-2010, 07:52 AM

now thats an impressive farm ute

great vidoe Josh and congrats to the BPR team well done

more info Chris please 2.6 kit or bigger ?

tweeked · 11-05-2010, 10:23 AM

Great time - impressive stuff

AGRO · 11-05-2010, 11:57 AM

Hi guys.
It was a long weekend for those of us who stayed at the track.
As usual, plenty of laughs on the Friday night.
As mentioned, I drove the car to the track Friday arvo, and fitted the slicks and front runners at the track. The car was on the hoist for the last week in preparation for this event. It didn't come off the hoist till 3.30 Friday arvo, so I was cutting it fine.
All the car had to do, was back up my talk to beat CAT600 from Perth in his twin turbo!
I was having trouble with my clutch spacing air gap, and a quick shim got me within tolerance, but the down fall was, I ended up with way too much peddle travel. I'm working on a stop as we speak, to limit this travel, and will also be removing the box to check clutch wear.
The Friday night saw consistant flat 11's, but I wasn't reving it to redline for fear of a few issues I was having. The car was consistant, but the gear changes were not (my fault). I was shifting at 5000rpm. It's the first time I have driven this car and got all the power down to the ground. It was a little different to tell you the least!!!!
Come Saturday, Chris said " Agro, just rev it a little higher" to which I did, and took it to approx 5500-6000rpm. The reason I was so nervous, is I'm trying a custom belt setup on my car, and everytime I hit the rev limiter, it would break the belt! So I couldn't take it anywhere near the limiter. Unfortunately because of this and the clutch travel, I had too much on my mind to just sit back, relax and drive! Soooo, with a slightly harder launch, the outcome was the 10.8 @ 133.
I got excited and said "that was easy, let me try a little more revs". I staged again and took it to 6000rpm, but unfortunately, buzzed the limiter in second I think, and there went the belt. I was down to my last one, so the day was over.
Back at the pits later on, we discovered the water pump pulley had spun along the shaft, and the pulley was jumping the belt on the crank. Too late however, we had depleted our stocks of belts, and really had no way of fixing it to keep racing. I decided to call it a day. We put the stocki rims back on, ready for the drive home.
My car is "yes Chris" a farm ute. I have some property, and it gets used to move stuff around, tow trailers, carry motorbikes, fire wood etc (hence the scratches all over it). That reminds me, I must one day vacumn the inside!!!
It was raced with my everyday tune on pump fuel, spare, tow bar. It has the 2.8L series supercharger on it. The power and torque is the same as Josh's car with 15lb boost. There is NO advantage in using a 2.8 over a 2.6 at this boost level. A 2.6 will do the same job on my car as the 2.8 done!
When I get some time over the next month, I'm going to try set this car up with 20+psi and see what it does. By then, I should have everything sorted, so the outcome should be rewarding! Bring on the Nationals.......

Regards
AGRO.

PS: Thankyou to all who helped work on my car over the weekend. It is much appreciated.

big.glenn · 11-05-2010, 01:50 PM

Congratulations Agro ...

Thats an awsome time for a manual..

See you soon

Big Glenn

FPV8U · 11-05-2010, 02:22 PM

AGRO unless i have missed it i can't find a build thread for your ute, anychance of you making one?

Super impressive times for the conditions you have mentioned.

CFOUR · 11-05-2010, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by FPV8U

AGRO unless i have missed it i can't find a build thread for your ute, anychance of you making one?

Super impressive times for the conditions you have mentioned.

+1
atleast throw up some pics. Engine bay for example.

JOSH · 11-05-2010, 03:06 PM

i got a few pics from the weekend i can put up for him

SpoolMan · 11-05-2010, 03:19 PM

Good stuff Agro, that run was almost as hot as your sausages..
Theo's power steering service was innovative.
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Road Games · 11-05-2010, 04:05 PM

"Australias fastest farm ute " ???

Haha well done all concerned ...Daz..xxx..

**Bluepower** · 11-05-2010, 04:56 PM

Here is a pic of ther engine bay before it was finished.

Its missing the twin throttle body and side entry to the blower.. i will let agro do more up tp date pics..

FPV8U · 12-05-2010, 04:21 PM

What sort of box is in this thing chris?

Bout time that Black ute of yours came out to play..

AGRO · 12-05-2010, 05:35 PM

The car uses a G-Force GF4A 4 speed Clutchless transmission.
The drive to this box is via a McLeod Soft Lok clutch.
The clutch is what is doing all the work on the start line.
I had to use the clutch over the weekend during shift changes, cause the revs weren't high enough for the box to work 100%. This took up time.
When this box shifts like it's supposed to, the gear changes are so quick, you can't even hear them!

Regards
AGRO.

Quadcams · 13-05-2010, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AGRO

The car uses a G-Force GF4A 4 speed Clutchless transmission.
The drive to this box is via a McLeod Soft Lok clutch.
The clutch is what is doing all the work on the start line.
I had to use the clutch over the weekend during shift changes, cause the revs weren't high enough for the box to work 100%. This took up time.
When this box shifts like it's supposed to, the gear changes are so quick, you can't even hear them!

Regards
AGRO.

So your saying its not a manual like we all know, you cheat, nah only joking mate.

Wade

AGRO · 13-05-2010, 07:14 PM

Wade brother......
It's a manual shift, and the car has a clutch = manual transmission.

Can't get any more manual than that.
Na really mate, I got sick of frying clutches and wreaking the 5/6 speed boxes. It's gets very expensive in the end.
Al Papitto (USA) put the idea in my head to run this gearbox/clutch setup.
I just bit the bullet and bought this box and clutch, so hopefully it can be abussed and I don't have to worry about it! I don't think I got much change out of 10k in the end!
Chris said this gearbox setup was no good and I wasted my money when it first turned up, but me thinks the tall great man might have to soon swallow his own words............

Regards
AGRO.

**CAT600** · 13-05-2010, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AGRO

Wade brother......
It's a manual shift, and the car has a clutch = manual transmission.

Can't get any more manual than that.
Na really mate, I got sick of frying clutches and wreaking the 5/6 speed boxes. It's gets very expensive in the end.
Al Papitto (USA) put the idea in my head to run this gearbox/clutch setup.
I just bit the bullet and bought this box and clutch, so hopefully it can be abussed and I don't have to worry about it! I don't think I got much change out of 10k in the end!
Chris said this gearbox setup was no good and I wasted my money when it first turned up, but me thinks the tall great man might have to soon swallow his own words............

Regards
AGRO.

So when you putting it on the truck for me to "trial" it in the AU????

I got the 9" already, just send the 'box and clutch, with the slicks, frontrunners and 90/10's in the crate in kit form and i'll go run your 9 second pass for ya

So did you get the manual modular record in the end or not?

Daniel

Quadcams · 14-05-2010, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by AGRO

Wade brother......
It's a manual shift, and the car has a clutch = manual transmission.

Can't get any more manual than that.
Na really mate, I got sick of frying clutches and wreaking the 5/6 speed boxes. It's gets very expensive in the end.
Al Papitto (USA) put the idea in my head to run this gearbox/clutch setup.
I just bit the bullet and bought this box and clutch, so hopefully it can be abussed and I don't have to worry about it! I don't think I got much change out of 10k in the end!
Chris said this gearbox setup was no good and I wasted my money when it first turned up, but me thinks the tall great man might have to soon swallow his own words............

Regards
AGRO.

So your saying if I drove it my left leg would be kicking the firewall on the hunt for a CLUTCH PEDAL mmmmmm........... sound like something auto fishy going on there.

Wade

**Bluepower** · 14-05-2010, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by AGRO

Chris said this gearbox setup was no good and I wasted my money when it first turned up, but me thinks the tall great man might have to soon swallow his own words............

Regards
AGRO.

A 3spd with the right converter will always be 1.5 - 3 tenths better than the manual box Paul in a 3800lb car with a long wheelbase such as the ford ute has.

Daniels AU would find itself nicely in the 10.5 region with a C10 in it. I think you find your car will be the same.

In an NA application the box will really prove its worth.

I dont mind swallowing my words, as long as i keep away from your sausages, dont need a sick day here, got too much work to do