Bill, Since your's is a turbo build and our's is supercharged, I guess it would depend on how much boost you build and how much boost your brakes can handle on the line.
While we were waiting on the custom 4000 stall converter we threw in a stock converter to get some tuning time in. While attempting a launch, the rear tires started spinning before the engine went into boost and talk about a slug off the line once the brakes were released.
With the 4000 stall in place and a couple test lauches under the belt (still felt we needed more converter) we went to a TnT day at the track. On the very first shake down pass, Denny left the line from an idle. The car went a high 1.7x 60' 12.10 @ 112, but the front cover on the converter cracked, oiling down the track at the turn off so we were done racing for the day.
While the converter was in for repair, the stall was upped to 5000 rpm. A couple test launches later and we were off to our local 1/8 for testing again. By the end of the day the best 60' was a 1.61, in boost with the car pushing to break the beams and ran a 7.19 @ 98mph. I still think we need a looser converter cause our data logs showed it took 1.4 seconds of the 1.61 60' before it was on the converter. The car simply needs more rpm at the launch, but the Weldwood brakes on all 4 corner's can't hold it.
Heres a few option's we've talked about.
1. A transbrake would help, but would put the car in Super Pro/electronic's.
2. Play around with different converter stalls, but would be costly and timely to find the right combo.
3. Think about keeping the package we have right now and give her a small shot of n2o off the line.
WWBD? (What would Bill do?) Vote now. :yawinkle:
