Calling Alan Minga... or someone who knows him

[TexasT]

https://youtu.be/LzvTq5jaYRk

https://youtu.be/8UTK3PRZyxk

We were looking at these and wondered if there was a time slip. It launches so smooooooth, and with a 93 mph it is movin pretty good. We were wondering about the 60' time and other splits. any suspension work?

TIA

[Steve Wood]

Alan said he would pop in when he had a chance.  Eibach springs, ATR bar, boxed lower arms, urethane bushings

[TexasT]

Good info. Jim is kinda working on getting his to launch better. We wanted something to pattern after and his looks slick.

[Steve Wood]

He did say the track was very well prepped.

[TexasT]

And people wonder why I like the atr bar. It is "less expensive" and looks like it works to me.

[Steve Wood]

Well, I have two cars with the ATR bar...too bad, it's not turbular because I need to eat my Wheaties putting it in place.

Reality is that to run ten and eleven second cars, all this tech is largely not needed.

[TexasT]

Plants the tires with all that weight I guess.

[aminga]

I felt my ears burning.

Like Steve said.  Car is Basic, nothing fancy.

Boxed stock lower control arms. I used the H&R precut plates and we added a washer around the bolt holes (All the bolt holes including the sway bar bolts). 

ATR Sway bar. Funny story the ATR bar was free, it was back in the death throws of ATR and they sent me 2 by accident. 

Prothane Poly Bushings in all 4 links.

Bilstein Shocks. 

And Not that matters the car has Eibach lowering springs on it.  That probably makes it worse.

The incrementals are

Reaction time 0.978
60ft: 1.579
330 4.641
ET 7.256
MPI 93.61

And

RT: .969
60 FT:  1.677
330: 4.777
ET: 7.41
MPH 92.99

As  you can see by the RT I'm not trying to kill the tree.  I just let go of the brake when the boost hits around 10 PSI.

Since then I've added a TR6 ignition with a 2-step and the game is now

RT: .497
60ft 1.503
330FT: 4.498
ET: 7.016
MPH 97.78

The real secret is that the guys at the track know their radial tire prep and are generous with the stick-icky

Here's another one With the 2-step.  It hit the limiter pretty hard in first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo5MsZh-LD8&list=PL3EC08B6F6FF8C9E3&index=26

Different track so no 330timer
Reaction 1.190
60ft 1.5716
594 ft: 6.618
ET 7.075
MPH: 98.6

[aminga]

Alan said he would pop in when he had a chance.  Eibach springs, ATR bar, boxed lower arms, urethane bushings

Both upper and lower are boxed.

[TexasT]

First off I want to welcome you over to the site. We are kinda obscure over here but I'm sure you will fit in nicely.

Thanks for stropping by and being free with your info. I really like how your car digs in and just goes. No bouncing around. Just forward motion like a pro stock car. I looks real good.

It must have some wheaties under the hood with the 93 mph then and Five more mph now. You need some new vids up on the YouTube. Car looks great.

[Scoobum]

Knockin' on 6's. 

[aminga]

I haven't been to the track in over a year.  The trans don't particularly like the motor which is a Hogeland built Twisted 6 motor.  30 over, 206./210 Roller cam, Hand ported stock heads.  Tooks us a while to get it to quit spraying oil out the breathers and get the boost to come up to where it needed to be.  The 7.2 was on 23 PSU and the 7.01 was on 25.  All of this is On 93 and alky.  The datalogs say it's spraying enough fuel for 570 HP but it's only dynoed at 440.

Lots of Photo's here

http://s406.photobucket.com/user/aminga_photos/library/Regal?sort=2&page=22

And some more video here

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3EC08B6F6FF8C9E3

[Scoobum]

Alan, what convertor is in the car...and is it LU or NLU?

[aminga]

Here's the 7.07 pass from a gopro on the front fender looking back.  It unloads the front pretty well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN0JM5ad4sU&list=PL3EC08B6F6FF8C9E3&index=28

[TexasT]

NIce!