Famoso Results...My best day ever!

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Famoso Results...My best day ever! 11.631 !

Well we got rained out Saturday, but they let the test and tune people come back on Sunday during a Summit Points meet and let us make runs between elimination rounds. Boy am I glad I went back. My previous best ET was 11.669 and 4 out of 5 runs beat that!:rock: I set a new personal best ET for both the 1/4 mile and the 1/8th mile. I am having trouble with the DRAG TIMES DA Calculator , so I can't provide DA info or temps, maybe someone can get theirs to work. I will provide the time I made each run. Here are my 5 runs in order:

Run 1: 9:36 am, 60' 1.572 (personal best), 1/8th mile 7.416 (personal best) @ 94.53 mph, 1/4 mile 11.648 @ 116.72 mph.

Run 2: 9:59 am, 60' 1.609, 1/8th mile 7.454 @ 94.31 mph, 1/4 mile 11.696 @ 116.12 mph (slowest of the day).

Run 3: 11:36 am, 60' 1.587, 1/8th mile 7.440 @ 94.40 mph, 1/4 mile 11.664 @ 117.08 mph.

Run 4: 12.55 pm, 60' 1.609, 1/8th mile 7.436 @ 91.82 mph, 1/4 mile 11.631 (personnal best) @ 117.99 mph.:rock: My new ET record!:burnout:

Run 5: 2:51 pm, 60' 1.635, 1/8th mile 4.818 @ 92.14 mph, 1/4 mile 11.665 @ 117.50 mph.

I was really pleased with the VP MS109 fuel. I called Chris from DC Performance and we will be re-tuning for the hotter fuel to take full advantage of the 109 octane. Right now my race tune is for a 50/50 mix of 91 and 100 octane......and today I was running probably a 75-80/ 25-20 mix of 109 to 91 and the truck seemed to like it. I also will be looking into installing some electric fans and eliminating the factory hydraulic fan , and then running a short belt to bypass the power steering pump on race day. Results to follow.
 
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Great times! The powersteering pump went out on my last truck. Trying to turn the wheel is next to impossible without it. I am however interested electric fans instead of the hydraulic one. I'm sure that coupled with an underdrive pulley and aluminum flywheel would really wake up the way this engine revs.
 
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It amazes me that you are able to consistently able to set personal bests, every time out. Great job!

I think you should forget about bypassing the power steering pump. Just skip ahead to new heads and cam.
 
I made a mistake on run 5, the 1/8th mile ET was 7.457 , not 4.818 (that was the 330' time). Sorry......and thanks guys for all the compliments. With a new tune and the short belt I hope to gain a little more....its getting interesting. I'm saving my money, talking with Greg Good about my options on heads and a cam.
 
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