ran car on quarter...

[cortina-mk1]

just and update as someone has already asked me about it

ran the car over the weekendits winter here and was a very cold day (7 degrees C)

track was damp from over night rain etc. dryed it as best they could.

managed on pump fuel, full exhaust, street radials 1.2 bar a

12.4 pass

not displeased with result

looking forward to a much warmer day and track for next time

[fanta]

Solid run! What did you trap? 60'?

Can't wait to hear warm track and race fuel results

[Rookie_ca18]

Damn 12.4 thats it...? Only Joking ofcourse:icesangel. Nice run, maybe one day I will be lucky enough to hit the 12's. Whats the highest octane gas that you guys have, florida is 93.

[cortina-mk1]

60 foot was lousy in all my runs 60 footer's 1.9 (have done 1.6)

engine is a bit different to the old one gotta adapt 113 MPH

our shell 'optimax' i think it is 97 ron

[Import_Ant]

our shell 'optimax' i think it is 97 ron

Hey you suck! :-p I'm lucky to find 92 LET ALONE 93 octane.. I'm 1/2 convinced im gonna have to start buying airplane fuel from the local airport and mix my own when i get CA'd and want to time my car.

-Aaron

[boost_boy]

Sounds like a good run to me, man! And if the track was a bit moist, then on a dry track you should do much better.

Dee

[nab911]

We are building a high compression ka24e/de head motor and with 11.7:1 compression it is going to be a constant 100+ octane fuel moster... so i need to find a car that i can "track" out

[pulsar gtr]

WOW, awesome time, well done, what kind of work have you done to the engine, with this kind of time you should be putting at least 400whp.

Good job

PULSAR GTR

[cortina-mk1]

.... then on a dry track you should do much better.

this is what im hoping

[knightrider]

well he did mention that it was 97 RON, most octane rating in usa is (Mon+Ron)/2= octane. second, i wouldnt run airplane fuel, its got lots of additives for better burning at high altitudes, not good for cars. check out this page for octane boostinghttp://noclownz.dnsalias.net/racegas.htm

Hey you suck! :-p I'm lucky to find 92 LET ALONE 93 octane.. I'm 1/2 convinced im gonna have to start buying airplane fuel from the local airport and mix my own when i get CA'd and want to time my car.

-Aaron

[cortina-mk1]

just another updateran car again on riday night 30th July @calderimproved to a 12.3 @117mph still on pump fuel street radials and low boost setting..

still having some shifting problems when trying to get 2nd.. we are pulling out the gearbox to have a look.

[paul_s13]

Hey you suck! :-p I'm lucky to find 92 LET ALONE 93 octane.. I'm 1/2 convinced im gonna have to start buying airplane fuel from the local airport and mix my own when i get CA'd and want to time my car.

-Aaron

IIRC the octane ratings are calculated differently in the US, In the UK ans & AUS they take they calculate it RON + MON / 2 = Pump octane.

Could be wrong about the US octane figures, but if they are calculated the same then that bites!

Go buy some toluene and methanol and stick that in the tank! :ylsuper

[Nismo_Freak]

97 RON = 93 US Octane

[paul_s13]

97 RON = 93 US Octane

There you go!

BTW cortina-mk1 I remember reading in some booklet at a Shell garage that Optimax is 98.6 RON.

[nab911]

5 Bar.... christ....

[cortina-mk1]

paul_s13 you could well be correct...was just quessing

[mackdaddy240]

Damn thats fast, really makes me wanna max out my credit cards for a turbo..

[cortina-mk1]

i havent updated this thread for a while but being that someone else resurrected it hehe

i thought id post

have since run an 11.5 @ 119.9 mphracing this weekend again only eigth mile but still i need to refine my launchswill be fun

best 1/8th 7.31 @ 97.4 mph60 footers 1.62
Modified by cortina-mk1 at 6:24 PM 10/25/2004

[mackdaddy240]

Hey you suck! :-p I'm lucky to find 92 LET ALONE 93 octane.. I'm 1/2 convinced im gonna have to start buying airplane fuel from the local airport and mix my own when i get CA'd and want to time my car.

-Aaron

Thats not a bad idea air plane fuels not that much more then 93 octane and its a lot better. As long as you dont still have your cat I'd go for it. Only problem is the gas will seperate if it sets for a couple days without being driven. I just noticed your in lawrence KS. Im in pittsburg KS not very far away. So if you wanna meet up sometime that'd be cool I go to lawrence to party all the time. I'd like to see a Ca setup

[float_6969]

Guys, DON'T USE AIRPLANE FUEL!!!! It contains tetra-ethyl lead. It will toast your O2 sensors in a few hours of running.

[r34 gtr]

for the record, shell optimax is 98.6 RON. and fuel wise, i prefer the ol' "go to nearst track and spend a fortune to fill up" plan when i need something thatll pack a punch. gotta love that sunoco 104 octane unleaded fuel. usually only have 100 unleaded though.

- tim

[cortina-mk1]

another update ran it on our local 1/8th mile track ran a PB there7.31 @ 97.4 mph

[ISL33P]

well done. i can not wait to see a set of slicks strapped to this thing.

[c-rad]

What turbo are you running on this setup?

[float_6969]

He's got a website w/all the info. Look at is sig. Regardless, here is the link.

[float_6969]

Thanks for using the search button BTW! I love seeing old threads ttt'd! Keep up the good work!

[c-rad]

Thanks for using the search button BTW! I love seeing old threads ttt'd! Keep up the good work!

LOL, thanks. I actually did go to the site in his sig, but I must have overlooked it. BTW, I am not new here. My name on here is boostedS13 but when the site switched from vB to this, something happened and my password doesn't work. Not only that, but the email I registered with a LONG *** time ago, is no longer around so I can't even have it sent to me. So unless an admin wants to reset my password and change my email addy for me, I am stuck!

Back on topic (even though the topic is old...)... a lot of my friends use the 100LL from the airport because it is cheaper than 93. It doesn't really affect heated O2 sensors.

[float_6969]

I'll bet it does effect them, they just haven't noticed yet. I could be wrong though, as I'm not well educated on airplane fuel, but what I was told was that it's OK to use as long as the car doesn't have an O2 sensor. If it does, you'll drastically shorten the life of the sensor.