lsr mike
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« on: August 19, 2009, 02:02:25 PM » |
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Well Guys,
Speedweek 09 is over, My Mitsubishi Mighty Max is now the Class Record Holder for a 2.0-3.0L Blown Modified Mini-Pickup at 137.400MPH.
Why so Slow they say.... My first run I aborted after the 2 mile mark at 141.799 MPH because my Lower Radiator hose came off. Self inflicted wound, The clamp was never tightened. But It still qualifed me for a return run to get the 2 way average and set the record. Off to impound for the night.
Up at 4:45 the next morning to ready the car for the return, those runs are made at first light before the regular qualifying begins. I make my return run, pulling hard in 5th gear in the 2 mile( out of 3) and bang! no more 5th gear!, pull it back down to 4th and wind it out to 7200RPM. for a 133.001 MPH run(gears). averaged together, New record at 137.400 MPH.
back in the Pits I discover there isn't 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th or reverse. You Transmission guys know what that means, stripped the teeth of the input shaft gear. Confirmed by the long flat thin metal pieces in the tranny drain oil. No exchange Tranny's in Salt Lake City, no parts for a Rebuild, bummer... on the trailer with a soft record. 1,800 miles back to Ohio
So the next weakest link is found, driveshaft, rear gears and axleshafts are the next candidate's for breakage... Motor has a monster midrange pull, I almost got sideways in 3rd on the second run, salt is a little slippery, got to watch the power application.
I'm using a Eclipse AEM and have converted the 4G64 motor to "look like an eclipse" 4G63 by removing the distributor, and keeping the CAS built into the base of the stock distributor, and robbing a junkyard eclipse of it's Dual Coil and Throttlebody. Lots of research and wire splicing, but really not that bad.
Mike Meierle
#847 F/BMMP
SCTA-BNI/Gear Grinders/Sidewinders/ECTA
ECTA Record Holder/Bonneville Record Holder
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