Next up was buying a .32 Jet for a 50 shot, also a bottle pressure gauge. In speaking with Jordan, he suggested I swap my tire/wheel set up around to try and get a better 60ft. I had never thought of that. I have 245/40 front and 275/35 rear. So I put the 275's up front and the 245's in the rear. I left the spacers on, and the 275's up front looked tough! Did some datalogs with 50, looked good. Brad liked that my spark was 18-20 with big turbo, meth and nitrous.
Took the SHO back to the track Oct 5th. My friend joined in the fun starting at 5am that Saturday. For being such a trooper I offered him a chance to drive, he accepted. I had high hopes for him, being about 50 lbs lighter than me. He never drive my car before, let alone a SHO.
At the track we hoped to buy ice but they were all out. We took turns me going first. Weighed the car as well with my friend in it, weighed in at 4450. So that's 4500 with me in it.
First out I ran an 11.63. Very loud exhaust backfire into 3rd. Never heard that before. My freind was next up, he ran an 11.70 and more backfiring. Hmmm. I didn't bring my laptop to datalog. We swapped jets to a .38 Jet I assumed was a 75 shot, it wasn't, that's a .40 Jet. So maybe it was a 65 shot? I ran an 11.52 being the 3rd person to break the longest standing record of 11.54 by the one and only BPD 1151 and he did it with stock IC, fuel pump and all motor. Ryan Spencer first beat it with an 11.525. Jordan was the 2nd man to beat it with an 11.38. I was one hundredth slower than Ryan at an 11.526. Still, monumental goal accomplished and the car felt like she stopped pulling just shy of the finish line, still running but not pulling and I crossed the finish lime at 118, the slowest of all my runs for the day. The backfiring, the car losing power...my miles to Empty was 6 after that run. No longer worried about how it was acting, I realized "I'm out of fuel, literally".
I purchased two gallons of 105 at the fuel shack. My friend gave it a go and ran an 11.57! He was having a blast. Then I said, "Let's go for it!"
We took my seats out and weighed it again, this time with me sitting in it, 4350. Let her cool down, (hood open) then took a crack at Jordan's first Record 11.38, by now he had already beat that with an 11.21?
All of my runs were against no one. The last one I did, the 11.52 I sat there for 6 seconds...just really wanted a good launch. I did the same again. Took my time and let her rip to an 11.39 @ 123! Man she was running! After that I decided lets call it a day, drove home happier than a pig in $hit. Of course still wishing I did better. Lol!
Video from that day.
https://youtu.be/J7HGWRYmp74