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] Date Posted:08:46:18 12/12/11 Mon
Finally got the wagon out for some testing Friday night. We almost turned around though. As we were pulling into the track it started to drizzle. But we waited it out and the weather cleared up. Our best pass before in the wagon was a 12.72 @ 106mph. Actually, the wagon ran three back to back passes in the same range. So this time out we swapped out the 3" Flowmaster mufflers for a set of 3" Dynomax Race Bullets. We had success with bullets in the past so we figured we would try them again. We were not disappointed as the wagon ran a 12.51 @ 106mph on it's first pass. That's two tenths faster with just a muffler change. This was at full weight with steel wheels, pump gas and M/T drag radials. The 60ft was a 1.75, best ever. And the 1/8 mile was also good at a 7.93, first time the wagon has been in the 7's. We were pretty excited. I was looking for a high .40 pass and we were on the way. Check out the video below.
Unfortunately, this was last good pass the wagon would make that night. After this pass we noticed the wagon was leaning to the right. I gave it a quick check and didn't see anything so we went ahead with a second pass. On this pass, my son said it spun the tires hard. I didn't see it but the 60ft times dropped to 2.0's. That run resulted in a 12.83 @ 106mph as well. The third and final run was the worst. My son said it shook the tires real hard, almost knocking the camera off the mount. Then he said he felt a vibration at the top end so he lifted. That run resulted in a 12.98 @ 98mph. Below is IN CAR video footage of the last two passes.
Warning: Do not do what we did. Continuing to run a vehicle with something obviously wrong in the suspension was dumb, dumb, dumb! The correct thing would have been for us to call it night. Please, don't do what we did. Safety is and should always be a priority.
We still haven't had a chance to check the suspension. We need to figure out why the wagon is leaning to the right. The total opposite of the torque side. And we also need to figure out where the vibration was coming from. I'm thinking once we find out why it is leaning, we will also find out where the vibration is coming from. Before we connect the nitrous system we are going to have the pinion angle checked and we will also be ordering a new driveshaft just to be on the safe side. If you all have any ideas on what happened, post up. I'm not much a suspension guru so any help will be welcomed.
[> Subject: It happened to me back in the '70's with a 12 bolt 4 speed car. The plug weld that hold the axle tube inside the housing broke and the tube twisted.
Date Posted:06:57:28 12/13/11 Tue
>Finally got
>the wagon out for some testing Friday night. We almost
>turned around though. As we were pulling into the
>track it started to drizzle. But we waited it out and
>the weather cleared up. Our best pass before in the
>wagon was a 12.72 @ 106mph. Actually, the wagon ran
>three back to back passes in the same range. So this
>time out we swapped out the 3" Flowmaster mufflers for
>a set of 3" Dynomax Race Bullets. We had success with
>bullets in the past so we figured we would try them
>again. We were not disappointed as the wagon ran a
>12.51 @ 106mph on it's first pass. That's two tenths
>faster with just a muffler change. This was at full
>weight with steel wheels, pump gas and M/T drag
>radials. The 60ft was a 1.75, best ever. And the 1/8
>mile was also good at a 7.93, first time the wagon has
>been in the 7's. We were pretty excited. I was looking
>for a high .40 pass and we were on the way. Check out
>the video below.
>
>
>
>
>
>Unfortunately, this was last good pass the wagon would
>make that night. After this pass we noticed the wagon
>was leaning to the right. I gave it a quick check and
>didn't see anything so we went ahead with a second
>pass. On this pass, my son said it spun the tires
>hard. I didn't see it but the 60ft times dropped to
>2.0's. That run resulted in a 12.83 @ 106mph as well.
>The third and final run was the worst. My son said it
>shook the tires real hard, almost knocking the camera
>off the mount. Then he said he felt a vibration at the
>top end so he lifted. That run resulted in a 12.98 @
>98mph. Below is IN CAR video footage of the last two
>passes.
>
>Warning: Do not do what we did.
>Continuing to run a vehicle with something obviously
>wrong in the suspension was dumb, dumb, dumb! The
>correct thing would have been for us to call it night.
>Please, don't do what we did. Safety is and should
>always be a priority.
>
>
>
>
>
>We still haven't had a chance to check the suspension.
>We need to figure out why the wagon is leaning to the
>right. The total opposite of the torque side. And we
>also need to figure out where the vibration was coming
>from. I'm thinking once we find out why it is leaning,
>we will also find out where the vibration is coming
>from. Before we connect the nitrous system we are
>going to have the pinion angle checked and we will
>also be ordering a new driveshaft just to be on the
>safe side. If you all have any ideas on what happened,
>post up. I'm not much a suspension guru so any help
>will be welcomed.
>
[> Subject: The wagon has a 12 bolt with fully welded axle tubes, c-clip eliminators and Moser axles. It would suck if we hurt it with a 12 second pass...lol
Date Posted:10:00:54 12/13/11 Tue
>Finally got
>the wagon out for some testing Friday night. We almost
>turned around though. As we were pulling into the
>track it started to drizzle. But we waited it out and
>the weather cleared up. Our best pass before in the
>wagon was a 12.72 @ 106mph. Actually, the wagon ran
>three back to back passes in the same range. So this
>time out we swapped out the 3" Flowmaster mufflers for
>a set of 3" Dynomax Race Bullets. We had success with
>bullets in the past so we figured we would try them
>again. We were not disappointed as the wagon ran a
>12.51 @ 106mph on it's first pass. That's two tenths
>faster with just a muffler change. This was at full
>weight with steel wheels, pump gas and M/T drag
>radials. The 60ft was a 1.75, best ever. And the 1/8
>mile was also good at a 7.93, first time the wagon has
>been in the 7's. We were pretty excited. I was looking
>for a high .40 pass and we were on the way. Check out
>the video below.
>
>
>
>
>
>Unfortunately, this was last good pass the wagon would
>make that night. After this pass we noticed the wagon
>was leaning to the right. I gave it a quick check and
>didn't see anything so we went ahead with a second
>pass. On this pass, my son said it spun the tires
>hard. I didn't see it but the 60ft times dropped to
>2.0's. That run resulted in a 12.83 @ 106mph as well.
>The third and final run was the worst. My son said it
>shook the tires real hard, almost knocking the camera
>off the mount. Then he said he felt a vibration at the
>top end so he lifted. That run resulted in a 12.98 @
>98mph. Below is IN CAR video footage of the last two
>passes.
>
>Warning: Do not do what we did.
>Continuing to run a vehicle with something obviously
>wrong in the suspension was dumb, dumb, dumb! The
>correct thing would have been for us to call it night.
>Please, don't do what we did. Safety is and should
>always be a priority.
>
>
>
>
>
>We still haven't had a chance to check the suspension.
>We need to figure out why the wagon is leaning to the
>right. The total opposite of the torque side. And we
>also need to figure out where the vibration was coming
>from. I'm thinking once we find out why it is leaning,
>we will also find out where the vibration is coming
>from. Before we connect the nitrous system we are
>going to have the pinion angle checked and we will
>also be ordering a new driveshaft just to be on the
>safe side. If you all have any ideas on what happened,
>post up. I'm not much a suspension guru so any help
>will be welcomed.
>
Date Posted:17:54:54 12/13/11 Tue
>Finally got
>the wagon out for some testing Friday night. We almost
>turned around though. As we were pulling into the
>track it started to drizzle. But we waited it out and
>the weather cleared up. Our best pass before in the
>wagon was a 12.72 @ 106mph. Actually, the wagon ran
>three back to back passes in the same range. So this
>time out we swapped out the 3" Flowmaster mufflers for
>a set of 3" Dynomax Race Bullets. We had success with
>bullets in the past so we figured we would try them
>again. We were not disappointed as the wagon ran a
>12.51 @ 106mph on it's first pass. That's two tenths
>faster with just a muffler change. This was at full
>weight with steel wheels, pump gas and M/T drag
>radials. The 60ft was a 1.75, best ever. And the 1/8
>mile was also good at a 7.93, first time the wagon has
>been in the 7's. We were pretty excited. I was looking
>for a high .40 pass and we were on the way. Check out
>the video below.
>
>
>
>
>
>Unfortunately, this was last good pass the wagon would
>make that night. After this pass we noticed the wagon
>was leaning to the right. I gave it a quick check and
>didn't see anything so we went ahead with a second
>pass. On this pass, my son said it spun the tires
>hard. I didn't see it but the 60ft times dropped to
>2.0's. That run resulted in a 12.83 @ 106mph as well.
>The third and final run was the worst. My son said it
>shook the tires real hard, almost knocking the camera
>off the mount. Then he said he felt a vibration at the
>top end so he lifted. That run resulted in a 12.98 @
>98mph. Below is IN CAR video footage of the last two
>passes.
>
>Warning: Do not do what we did.
>Continuing to run a vehicle with something obviously
>wrong in the suspension was dumb, dumb, dumb! The
>correct thing would have been for us to call it night.
>Please, don't do what we did. Safety is and should
>always be a priority.
>
>
>
>
>
>We still haven't had a chance to check the suspension.
>We need to figure out why the wagon is leaning to the
>right. The total opposite of the torque side. And we
>also need to figure out where the vibration was coming
>from. I'm thinking once we find out why it is leaning,
>we will also find out where the vibration is coming
>from. Before we connect the nitrous system we are
>going to have the pinion angle checked and we will
>also be ordering a new driveshaft just to be on the
>safe side. If you all have any ideas on what happened,
>post up. I'm not much a suspension guru so any help
>will be welcomed.
>
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