Peewee goes to the Drags

[Peewee]

And does pathetic times

Run #1 - 14.353 @ 97.71
Run #2 - 14.301 @ 96.25
Run #3 - 14.360 @ 96.67
Run #4 - 14.328 @ 97.61

If there was a prize for consistancy, it would be mine. Not bad for a manual eh!

Going to go and weigh the car on the weekend if I can, its obviously heavier than the 1400kg with me that I thought it would be.

Clutch was slipping on the way home (not majorly) so maybe that played a factor.
I need to raise the rear and make it stiffer too.

 

[Peewee]

Oh, that last run was against a VZ R8 Maloo 297, he ran a 14.229 then, and I saw him do a 14.1 later, so maybe it was just a slow night (woulda been about 15-18deg)

 

[xirforever]

wow when i ran my LS at mid 15's i was getting 98 mph trap speed. You must have awsome launching i guess. Do you know your 60' time? I guess its the manual part... stock LS torque converter doesnt do me too much. Then again that was with my very heavy 19's on. With tyers they weigh in at 54 lbs each! Great job on consistancy, if you guys were bracket racing im sure you would have taken them all!

 

[Peewee]

60' times were in the 2.2 to 2.3 second range.
Nothing to impressive.
I have too much -ve camber on the rear and the track was too cold to do a decent launch.

 

[elhsupra]

About time you got out to the track
Your numbers look pretty good to me, but then again I'm only running 14.7 @ 94.3 mph

 

[xirforever]

hmmm maybe my memory doesnt serve me too well, lol. I went to the track about a full year ago, so maybe it was not a 98 trap speed. Ill have to see if i can dig up my old tickets or just go to the strip again, wahoo!

 

[The Witzl]

my corolla did a 14.1 @ 94mph..... heehee... that was fun beating that worked Vz maloo ute.

now im just being mean to poor old peewee here! Dude your car aint as light as you really think it is, and you also probably drive like a girl... HAHA!!

although i know my crown wouldnt be anywhere near that ET.

 

[JBrady]

Its that damn dual TB setup... j/k

Not bad times but not as quick/fast as expected.

I would be surprised if my car is making 240rwhp and my race weight is right at 4000lbs / 1818kg. My times were in perfect air. Typically I run 14.4x @ 97mph in 80F temps.

Alignment could be one reason. Tires fighting each other will eat up power.

Did you remember to release the emergency brake? hahaha

 

[Peewee]

Alignment was done a few weeks ago.
But I only have 205 tyres on the rear, and with about -5 deg camber.
So launching hard was an issue.

 

[elhsupra]

Got any pics of you smoke'n those 205's??

 

[Peewee]

Friends have a couple of vids.
I didnt really smoke em up, only was doing 2000-2500rpm launches.
Anymore and yeah, would have been smoke central

 

[Peewee]

Just got back from weighing the car.

It would have been about 1525kg while dragging.
Or 3355lbs.

So she's a bit heavier than I anticipated.

 

[fugly]

Peewee, have you got any photo's of your car in any other thread?
I'm interested to see what a UZX73 is.

 

[Peewee]

Its a 1UZ Powered MX73 Cressida (1986)

Build site
http://www.conceptual.net.au/~peewee/1uz.html

Pic
http://www.conceptual.net.au/~peewee/trailer.jpg

vids
http://www.conceptual.net.au/~peewee/uz/
(plex is the drag vid)

 

[fugly]

Thanks for that, was it an easy conversion?
I am surprised to read how heavy your Cressida is.

 

[Peewee]

I was surprised just how heavy it was too.

I was expecting at least 100kg lighter, especially with the manual 1uz.

Conversion was easy, being Toyota into Toyota, a lot of thing just 'fit'

 

[Pro]

i've only just seen this thread - sorry Andrew.

that conversion is hell neat - and i'll bet it was awesome fun keeping up with that ute for less than half the price....!

 

[Gazzasore]

Well done man

Ill be taking mine down too once supercharger goes on

 

[Peewee]

Hehe, this was almost a year ago Pro.

I'll be heading down in the Soarer in 4-6 weeks.
Going for a mid 13