Originally Posted by GatorLCA
So today was the first day that I was able to run with the new pulley and tune and I have to say that I'm quite impressed by the results. I couldn't have asked for a better day to run. 60*F and 30% humidity (so the sun was hot to heat the track but the air was cold for the engine), also our track was prepped last week for a national event so the track was hooking (for me at least).
This is the first prelim run I'm doing with this setup because I received a used Code3 Pulley from Brandon so I could get my car tuned by Jerry while the new pulleys come in. I'm receiving a newly designed pulley from Code3 in the next few weeks and I'm going to test that one out as well at the track, along with a dyno. Brandon claims it'll be more responsive than the older one and Jerry said it should give me a little more power since it's lighter, but we'll have to see.
Specs on the car are in the signature, I'm still running my Continental All-Seasons that have just hit the 2/32 nub and I have not re-gapped my plugs after the new tune. I might just get a some new silver plated ones Code3's selling but I'll see.
First run was the worst of the day since I wasn't used to the new power but it got better every run after until the last few which flip-flopped.
Run____1st_____2nd_____3rd_____4th_____5th_____6th
60':___2.054___1.968___1.826___1.832___1.867___1.857
1/8:___8.150___8.048___7.908___7.894___7.924___7.916
MPH:__89.52___89.36___89.19___89.57___89.05___89.91
1/4:___12.48___12.38___12.24___12.22___12.26___12.23
MPH:___NT____113.00__113.06__113.43__113.09__114.27
DA: -252 (via dragtimes and known conditions)
So, overall the 4th run was my best. I don't think I could have done any better today. I might be able to squeeze out a faster time if the temp was in the 50's, but the new pulley and tune dropped my best times .72 seconds similar conditions. There's a possibility with DR's, the newly designed pulley and a lower temp that I could be the first Roadster in the 11s (maybe). There's a lot of variables but Bradenton is one of the best (if not the best) prepped tracks in the state.
Nice runs and thanks for checking DA. I would kill for some DA like that. I did some comparisons on the times since I have never ran in DA even remotely close to that. My runs with almost identical times were all about 3000' DA. I'd have to speculate someone with my setup at your track would be hitting 11.7's or high 11.6's. That's saying 1800' lower DA difference from my 11.89 would only yield .2 tenths. Sea level puts the run around 11.66 of these are only bench racing numbers.
Also why would you need to regap your plugs? Mine are stock and have never been touched.