WSID 8/2/06 Update

[MYV8]

Just spoke to Wade (Lowride260) at WSID.
He has a new PB 12.905 @105, 1.799 60'. (BA XR8 Ute Manual)
It is still early so there should be more to come when it cools down later.
Rich (Hot460) set a new PB with a 13.48. (BA XR8 Ute Auto)

Go Team BluePower.........

There's a Herrod cammed BA XR8 out there as well, doing 13.8's

[rodderz]

Well done wade!

The way you chirp the tyres out the hole, it's no wonder you can rip off a 1.79 60', thats brilliant launching....

Just hope there isnt a crack with the chirp!

[xr8gn3]

Good on ya Wade, Im cheerin for ya.....keep it up...


Id be down there with ya but no new mods yet....

[Craig]

Way to go Lowrider arms and legs going everywhere no doubt... well done man. God i wish we had a championship racing surface down here in melbourne.

[MYV8]

Originally Posted by MYV8

Just spoke to Wade (Lowride260) at WSID.
He has a new PB 12.905 @105, 1.799 60'. (BA XR8 Ute Manual)
It is still early so there should be more to come when it cools down later.
Rich (Hot460) set a new PB with a 13.48. (BA XR8 Ute Auto)

Go Team BluePower.........

There's a Herrod cammed BA XR8 out there as well, doing 13.8's

My bad, Rich's PB was 13.408, not 13.48 as quoted above. Sorry mate.
You wanna sharpen up on your reaction times too. LoL.

[Stav]

Congrats mate...I cant imagine how big your smile is right now!!

[XRQTOR]

Well done Wade another Pb and it's not even the colder weather yet. That cammed Herrod car, would be good to see a timeslip and a dyno sheet to compare with wade's.

[Quadcams]

Always good doing a PB, heres my times for the night.

13.173@104.71 1.90 60'

12.905@105.18 1.79 60' 8.251@86.49mph 660' PB

13.017@106.55 1.85 60'

12.932@105.61 1.81 60'

13.025@105.78 1.84 60'

Was a bummer when I did my PB as I cliped the limiter in first could have got me into the 12.8's.

Also well done Rich on your PB and thanks for your help to mate.

[Quadcams]

Originally Posted by XRQTOR

Well done Wade another Pb and it's not even the colder weather yet. That cammed Herrod car, would be good to see a timeslip and a dyno sheet to compare with wade's.

I think he said it had 280rwkw (105mph) mmmmm..... interesting.

Anyway he was scratching his head a bit but made me turn around to get a phone number off the back of my BPR shirt.

[Bluepower]

Change your sig's boys, well done, hope it was fun all the way down.

[rodderz]

Great time for the mph and weight too wade, the rest of us running 105mph are still well into 13's!

[X ORSMXR]

Dude top stuff still getting those pb's

Mate l am pretty sure that cammed 260 has your back mesmerised LOL...

Keep up the good work........

Richard you will get there mate well done to you too.....

[hot460]

Originally Posted by MYV8

Sorry mate.
You wanna sharpen up on your reaction times too. LoL.

Hmmm Nothing worse than 2 weeks in a row red lighting with a .002 and then a .001 tonight! bugger :
Anyway times for the night were
13.409 @ 103.02
13.573 @ 102.30 bloody rev limiter...
13.506 @ 102.47
13.393 @ 104.46 pb
13.397 @ 104.71

Thanks Chris at Bluepower for the edit. The car feels awesome for the amount of klms. :

[PhantomXR8]

Well done Wade and Rich, PB's all round, keep up the great work!

[GT 8888]

well done fellas

[dute]

A big well done boys, it can only get better from here......It only goes to show that Blue Power is every where :

[Stav]

Originally Posted by Lowride260

Was a bummer when I did my PB as I cliped the limiter in first could have got me into the 12.8's.

Why not raise the limiter a little if its safe? I am certain youll do better times.The limiter may be limiting the car.

[Bluepower]

Originally Posted by useless

Why not raise the limiter a little if its safe? I am certain youll do better times.The limiter may be limiting the car.

A very valid point - one i'd like to address.

shifting 700-1000 past the peak power in any BOSS will yield the best time - but in our mind raises a question mark in reliability.

Being realistic, if they were Race cars, I would set the limiter to 7000. However because so many of my guys have to rely on the cars for daily work duties, the tunes must remain a compromise. Better to be a little on the safe side.

If these guys can run numbers with realistic rev limiters and keep the car reliable, what more could you ask for.

Chris

[Bluepower]

Also, regarding the cammed car, take note of his 1/2 track mph and 330 times. On average I find cammed 260's a tenth slower in the 330 and at least 2mph down to half track.

If the qtr was 100m longer, we would see these cammed 260's start to come into their own - but its only 400m, thats all we have to work with.

[DABOSS]

Originally Posted by Bluepower

Also, regarding the cammed car, take note of his 1/2 track mph and 330 times. On average I find cammed 260's a tenth slower in the 330 and at least 2mph down to half track.

If the qtr was 100m longer, we would see these cammed 260's start to come into their own - but its only 400m, thats all we have to work with.

HUME HWY :evil3: :evil3:

[XRQTOR]

Originally Posted by Lowride260

I think he said it had 280rwkw (105mph) mmmmm..... interesting.

Anyway he was scratching his head a bit but made me turn around to get a phone number off the back of my BPR shirt.

Must be missing alot of low down grunt, or he cant drive for ИИИИ.

[SLY XR8]

Nice work their Wade.

[Stav]

Originally Posted by Bluepower

A very valid point - one i'd like to address.

shifting 700-1000 past the peak power in any BOSS will yield the best time - but in our mind raises a question mark in reliability.

Being realistic, if they were Race cars, I would set the limiter to 7000. However because so many of my guys have to rely on the cars for daily work duties, the tunes must remain a compromise. Better to be a little on the safe side.

If these guys can run numbers with realistic rev limiters and keep the car reliable, what more could you ask for.

Chris

I had mine raised to 6000 rpm...its not too bad and gives me a slightly wider power band for usage with the higher stall.It was originally hardwired to 5700 rpm..and you are right "greed kills."

[Quadcams]

Originally Posted by XRQTOR

Must be missing alot of low down grunt, or he cant drive for ????.

He was disapointed with his times, I think the boss in std state where its a very peaky motor makes it hard to launch (ie: either bog or blow the tyres away) but with these cams it makes it even harder, even finer line between the two so with street tyres you have buckleys of do a good time 2.30 60' was about the best he could get also Ive noticed others have the same problem.

[Quadcams]

Originally Posted by useless

I had mine raised to 6000 rpm...its not too bad and gives me a slightly wider power band for usage with the higher stall.It was originally hardwired to 5700 rpm..and you are right "greed kills."

About limiters Stav, mate mine is set at 6200rpm (was at 6000rpm) due to the 4.1 diff gears we raised it as 1st comes up real quick but as Chris said reliability is the big issue mate my rule is 6000rpm is my limit but the extra 200rpm helps if Im not on the ball, only realy can be a problem in 1st. Mate that 60' i did last night was the best Ive done sofar I think it caught me by suprise.

[Stav]

Its good stuff man!!!

[SpoolMan]

Well done Wade you keep trying and keep the Ford flag flying, ripper ET...
Rich 13.4 from a Ute that has done a million klm's is a mighty good effort....
What was the temp there on Wednesday night.

[xr8ute]

Thats a ripper 60', must feel nice to be running 12.9's again...and with 12.8's oh so close.

Are you still running the same clutch you where on the V8Owners track day?

[Quadcams]

Originally Posted by xr8ute

Thats a ripper 60', must feel nice to be running 12.9's again...and with 12.8's oh so close.

Are you still running the same clutch you where on the V8Owners track day?

Cheers mate, yeh same clutch shes hanging in quiet well on the first pass I have to get a little bit of heat into it before launch, then its fine from then on.

Mark the air temp was 25c when i did my PB, the RA was 1514ft.