AS far as weight, don't think I'm lighter than you probably equal.
More power actually decreased MPH and increased E.T.
There is a sweet spot between trans slip and power at the moment 129 mph traps is all that trans can handle with headwind. Maybe 131 without a head wind.
Just seeing your video, the prep has to be good. Nothing like what we have here I'd bet a lot of money on that.
Normally the track I went to this weekend is good. But the temps made the glue slippery at one point I thought my trans was shot, that's how much I spun. didn't hear the squeal from the tire.
But it was not the case.
I will get 1.6s if I can a little luck and good track prep. But one thing I don't have and you had is the cable mod or suspension mods.
That is holding me back a little but track prep is #1 of my problems at the moment. 2nd is trans slip.
Either one removed and I'm 10s all day. My trans takes over 1 full second to shift into 3rd while I lost a lot of acceleration.
The new turbo is pretty challenging to launch.
Since I have a stock converter I have trouble building boost off the line.
I have to spool for at least 3 seconds to get decent boost 8-9 psi I launch or else I just light up the slicks and then I lose 2 tenths right there.
The other turbo made is easier to modulate power as it responded instantly. I also made less power.
If I ever go back again I will go with a progressive boost off the line, and then get into full power 200 feet out.
Track prep isn't the worst.. but not the best. The last time out there when I got the 1.56 it rained right before we got there at open. And they said
they were not gonna glue or clean as it looked like more rain was coming. Which didn't. I had to lower the slicks down to ~10psi, and launch at 10psi
to get any hook. Still spins some but started to finally feel good.
PRJ has my timing table for a "anti-lag" setup ... timing is around 1* during launch and jumps back up to full timing right as you roll out. So don't bust the
tires out instantly roll just a tad then gets going. That helped a lot. My best runs were with the boost mapping turned off. It also dumps in more fuel
during the staging to give the turbo a "kick" ... seems to work decently well. Takes some tweaking to get right. Screw it up and it bogs off the line, or
just roast the tires off. This was only way could keep the car from lurching badly during launch as before hand could only do 1psi maybe while standing
on the brakes.
As for weight, what do you think your at? PRJ weighed it in at i think 3010lbs without driver.. That was before the fuel cell and cage went in. We chopped a little
metal here and there, but still guess car is still in the 3000-3050lb range with out driver as cage was 75lbs. Still has power windows/locks/heat/blah. Once the 8pt
has to become a 10pt, the dash will come out for a custom one probably or stock dash shell hacked up. Save a lot of weight under there. Then do the stock style
VFW fiberglass hood I have sitting, lexan glass, blah... be nice to get down to at least 2900lbs without driver. I want the car stock looking as possible inside and out.
But have to see how much of a pain that is with a 10pt cage.