Dave Napier Report from the National Finals....

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Oct 11, 08 3:38 pm

Dave "Tig" Napier has this report......

Quick (ish) report from the National finals. Weather was good, car was doing wheelies again but not so hi. We ran in the mid to lo 9.7's all weekend and we got to the semi's. One timing ticket told us we had the potential to go 9.60's as we were a whole 1/10th up at the 590 ft marker (strange increment I know but thats the pod for ya). Our .03 light v's the other lanes .50 meant we backed off at the 1/8 th and cruised to the win. Mph was down a tickle and alternator voltage was erratic at hi rpm, though it didn't cause any misfires. Checked it out when we got home and the alternator ground was bad, probably due to the anodised bracketry that holds it on. Anyway we ran a seperate earth from the block to alternator and the gauge showed we picked up 1v at idle, now the gauge reads 14.3 v and doesn't drop when the accessories are started. Also the idle has cleaned up. I've heard that these MSD systems can cause the engine to lose power if the input voltage isn't correct so maybe we could have picked up a bit . Motor and box are coming out for a freshen up and more mods / upgrades as we need to find another 100hp to reach our ET targets. It never ends
Thanks.

paolo_mangusta · Post by **paolo_mangusta** » Sat Oct 11, 08 3:42 pm

Great pic

Ian Z · Post by **Ian Z** » Sat Oct 11, 08 4:09 pm

Thanks Dave and well done Tig n Cath.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Oct 11, 08 5:59 pm

paolo_mangusta wrote:Great pic

here is another one taken at an earlier event.

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Sat Oct 11, 08 6:28 pm

Here's Tig in the semi's

challenger · Post by **challenger** » Sat Oct 11, 08 7:37 pm

a pic of tigs motor and check them manifolds

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Oct 11, 08 8:40 pm

great stuff tigi boy, need to lose the caltracs and get some superstock springs on it to calm the launch n et better, another 100 hp may see the 9.40,s

NaughtyAlan · Post by **NaughtyAlan** » Sun Oct 12, 08 8:39 pm

Great stuff

Keep at it

Send them caltracs this way if you want to get rid

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Mon Nov 24, 08 5:41 pm

Just seen this Christ those headers are the Nuts

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Mon Nov 24, 08 5:53 pm

Cool stuff

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Mon Nov 24, 08 5:59 pm

Just take a look at those rear springs!

Those headers look like titanium! Superb car and a brilliant result, well done Tig and Cath and thanks Dave for posting.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Nov 24, 08 10:36 pm

Ivor wrote:Just take a look at those rear springs!

Those headers look like titanium! Superb car and a brilliant result, well done Tig and Cath and thanks Dave for posting.

They're stainless Ivor built by OJZ, all equal length, make TTI's look cheap tho

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Tue Nov 25, 08 9:40 am

Thanks Marc for that info, I had a feeling you would know!

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Tue Nov 25, 08 10:26 am

Cheers Mark

Look...Top engineering, very cool
Check the other stuff out

http://www.ojzengineering.co.uk/gallery_albums.php

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Nov 25, 08 10:33 am

Very interesting the way the pipes squeeze down into the collector.