New World recoard 8.74@168.5mph

[Paylay]

Originally Posted by SnakeSkinner

Because you cant use a Stainless Steel O-Ring with a Steal Head Gasket, something has got to give.

Actually you can and I do, Shep is actually the one who reccomended it to me. Downside is to blow a headgasket this way you end up melting the head as the weak point.

[SnakeSkinner]

Originally Posted by Paylay

Actually you can and I do, Shep is actually the one who reccomended it to me. Downside is to blow a headgasket this way you end up melting the head as the weak point.

I could see it on a car like Shep's that does not have a cooling system, but how are you getting your water passages to seal with a steel O-ring and a steel head gasket? are you only having the O-ring stick out of the block 2/1000 or somthing?

[SnakeSkinner]

Originally Posted by Devilmightcry

matt. running 7s is the only way to beat the 6 speed supra now, but with 1300-1400awhp you should be able to beat it with traction. it would have been better if you had 6 speed. then you could beat vipers and supras and the same time. i belive if you get the new SCE's center diff, it'll allow you to run larger and wider tires on the back. SCE is looking for two people with high HP drag car and road racing car so they might get you a good deal. the supra is not full weight anymore. i think it weights somewhere around 3180lbs with the driver.

prity dam sweet I must say. That thing is really moving.

[Apache]

Originally Posted by SnakeSkinner

prity dam sweet I must say. That thing is really moving.

And what's to say that you can't beat it? MINUS that nitrous BULLSHIT.

[zelstin]

Originally Posted by Apache

And what's to say that you can't beat it? MINUS that nitrous BULLSHIT.

What's wrong with nitrous? Matt can go a lot faster than 8.6X but adding power isn't going to solve everything. Look at Shep's 7.70 run. It gets damn scary at the end and i'm just watching, not in the car.


Matt, your VCU is welded so the power is split 50/50 front and rear correct?
With the 300m axles do you think the rear end/ tcase is strong enough to hold a higher power ratio? Your 60' would love some weight transfer

[Paylay]

Shep was doing this when he was on gas and is why he reccomended it when we where having HG problems. Its hasn't pushed any coolant since. The head is what is oringed by the way. SS oring in the head and mitsu MLS headgaket. A1 headstuds. We also rung copper orings in the block on MLS gaskets on some of the cars as well though. Both seem to work just as well. My brian is not woring this morning let me wake up and I can tell you how far it protrudes above the surface.

[SHiVeR-91VR4]

Originally Posted by Paylay

Shep was doing this when he was on gas and is why he reccomended it when we where having HG problems. Its hasn't pushed any coolant since. The head is what is oringed by the way. SS oring in the head and mitsu MLS headgaket. A1 headstuds. We also rung copper orings in the block on MLS gaskets on some of the cars as well though. Both seem to work just as well. My brian is not woring this morning let me wake up and I can tell you how far it protrudes above the surface.

His heads are definitely plugged though, which is another plus for not lifting the heads. The heads were o-ringed definitely, not sure about the block, saw them at the shop he does all of his heads at.

Nothing special I saw other than that.

[DoctorDex]

Paylay: Thanks for the info. Its good to know there are other ways to get the job done. I recently had my heads o-ringed with SS rings that protrude 3 - 4 thousandths of an inch. I had been debating about whether or not to go with copper/SS rings and I eventually settled on the SS rings. However, after reading Matt's post, I started second guessing my decision.

[neverenoughhp]

i know matt has a welded diff, the same guy that welded his welded mine. I was responding to the guy who suggested a taller tire out back with a SCE diff. If it could handle it that would help substantially b/c it would also shift the weight distribution to the front helping keep traction in the front.

Originally Posted by Devilmightcry

he has a welded center diff so if the tires be different by small amount the diff will blow up. that's why the Torsen torque-sensing made by SCE would let him to run different tire size on the back. he can run much wider and a little taller tires on the back with that. it will not be like our stock vcu that has clutches that can worn out, so it'll last for ever.

[92 Stealth R/T-TT]

Thats great i would like to see that video to, maybe next you will get there on time and you will get more passes. congrats