My 408 Vtss

[CRAIG 408]

ENGINE
iron block
eagle 6.125 h beam rods
diamond forged pistons
arp head and main stud kit
KEC ls6 cnc ported heads
comp cams 26921 valve springs
yella terra 1.7 roller rockers
240/242 comp cam
cold fusion adjustable wet kit :nos:

INDUCTION/FUEL SYSTEM
G&D orcai
starr 84 mil throttle body
ls6 manifold
60lb siemens decker injectors
044 pump
surge tank/regulator

DRIVELINE
RVO built 4l60
b&m pro ratchet shifter
3500 pro convertor, none lock up
3.7 lsd

EXHAUST
diffillipo 1 7/8 th 4 into 1
diffillipo 3 inch high flow cats
twin 3 inch stainless system

CAR
vtss
graphite pearl custom paint job
19 inch advanti wheels,15 by 10 inch interceptors with 28/9 hoosiers,
king ssl springs in street trim and vt calais struts springs shocks for track.

POWER/PBS
currently the car has done an 11.01 at 124 mph N/A, was not happy with the tune at the time or with the convertor, have since had it retuned and a new convertor fitted,have also had it tuned to run a small 75hp shot of gas for extra fun,was ment to run on saturday after tuning on friday but for the 6 week end in a row it rained so hopefully this week end,hope you guys like, it is not over the top just wanted her neat and tidy cheers...

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/Picture123.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/Picture113_avatar.jpg

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[saj]

Very nice mate. The sleeper look and packing a stroker, just the way I like them. :thumbs:

[CRAIG 408]

Thanks saj now all i need is it to run some numbers like that weapon of yours, LOL keep dreaming........

[DaveHAT]

Very tidy gadget Craig.

Any under bonnet shots?

:cheers:

[CRAIG 408]

Will get some and post them up soon as i get chance..cheers.

[ghz28]

Very neat, love it.

gh

[MID02K]

Well done mate, that is a very VERY tidy lookin peice of kit right there!
Wheels look fabulous, really suit the car!

[Delft Maloo]

Sweet, go the cubes:woohoo: .

[bok1]

nice looking vt there.

phil

[CRAIG 408]

Thanks for the comments guys i all so have touring car bar for it but am not real happy with it think i like the sleeper look better, cheers.

[Kyle]

Not very sleeper-style plates.. haha

But i love it none the less :D

[boyley]

Welcome aboard Seato, shame about the rain last week. See you out there Saturday;)

[CRAIG 408]

Hey guys had a pretty action packed saturday first run
sixty 1.639
et 10.789
mph 129.87
air bags blew on 2nd to 3rd shift not much fun but managed to hold full pass.


run2
sixty 1.615
et 10.852
mph 128.57


run3
sixty 1.539
et 10.766
mph 127.84


Was a pretty interesting day run one, air bags to the helmet lol, run two smashed a drive shaft, run three and four enjoyed, did not have much luck though if i hooked up with vht spat drive shaft if i used no vht had wheel spin imagine the fun i will have when i up the 75 gas to 250hp lol. got some photos coming of out there to put up soon as i get them too.. cheers

[saj]

Well done mate, must of been a hard shift to deploy the air bags. :yike: Did you get any video of the runs.

[Kyle]

With love, from circlework!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/_DSC7423.jpg

[boyley]

Good to see the car out there Craig, sensational PB first run out, including the airbag incident:shock: :bravo:

[CRAIG 408]

I like this one from circle work......thanks luxo6l you were on fire too...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/_DSC8233.jpg

[CRAIG 408]

Hey there saj i did get footage of the runs, will get them up soon as i can couple of funny moments i tell ya, first run air bags, second run drive shaft smashed,what a day all in good fun...

[boyley]

I still have not a clue regarding embedding

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=TU6sKMJC5RU

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=EKeYJWOegt0

[ghz28]

Having watched those videos....that sure is not lacking for Grunt....

Very tough.

Garry

[CRAIG 408]

Thanks rob for puting those up i abit computer retarded, noticed had fair bit of wheel spin in that one off the line, also that the ute runs a 9.1 at 146mph so no wonder i felt like reverse more gas i say lol.....

[saj]

Thanks rob for puting those up i abit computer retarded, noticed had fair bit of wheel spin in that one off the line, also that the ute runs a 9.1 at 146mph so no wonder i felt like reverse more gas i say lol.....
Good video mate, it looked pretty loose to well after the 60" mark. Your not wrong about running faster cars, i ran a 7.9@179mph car heads up in qualifying and felt like i was driving a Hyundai.

[CRAIG 408]

Thanks saj, any suggestions on getting it to hook up better?? i have gone a 28 by 9 inch slick cant fit any bigger under there i think?? got tassie nats down here this week end two day event hope all goes well would be nice not to be dealing with drive shafts and air bags lol i am still laughing at that one. going to try a 26 inch slick to get it back up in the revs really need to change diff gears to 3.9 instead of 3.7 for the 28 inch slick, time will tell with a 130mph it should IF hooks up get into a low 10 as i was only crossing the line at 5800rpm..

[saj]

I run a 26x10 MT slick at 10 psi and at 132 mph it crosses the line at 7000rpm with 3.9 gears. I see you did a 1.53 60" which is getting close to where you want. My best 60" is only 1.49 so i need to work out how get of the line better as well. I checked how far my car was squatting then wheel aligned the rear at that height for 0 degrees camber and 0 tow at launch height to get the maximum tyre on the track leaving the line as when i wheel aligned it at its normal ride height it was rolling onto the inner edge of the tyre and reducing its foot print on launch.

[saj]

Looking at our cars side by side it looks like yours is rolling over on the tyre more.


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g24/saj_01/_DSC8233.jpg



http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g24/saj_01/20081226-AM1A4139.jpg

The other thing i did was spaced up the bump stops 2cm, if you go to a kart shop and get the 2cm high polyurethane seat mount spacers they fit perfectly under the bottom bump stop rubber.
All this is new to me as well so I'm just trying different shit to see if it works, some seems to and some doesn't. :)

[SS346]

your on the money saj, craigs tyre pressure is way to low, i reckon its at about 8-10psi in that photo, low pressure wont do any drag racer any favours.

rule of thumb, start with ridiculous pressure, about 19psi (full slick) and work your way down in 1/2 psi increments,until optimum traction is achieved this is for cars 3000lbs and heavier using under 30" diameter slick.

if you dont have 90/10's yet, i suggest to get some with extra heavy duty springs which are also heavily energised.

Get that front end up!!!!

[CRAIG 408]

Yer for sure on the roll over theory saj do you think i would fit a 26/10 under mine if it has 28/9 on it now??

[CRAIG 408]

Have fitted the spacers 18mil each side see how we go with that SAL got a couple of extras but see how she behaves....

[saj]

Yer for sure on the roll over theory saj do you think i would fit a 26/10 under mine if it has 28/9 on it now??

I haven't tried them on a sedan but i cant get a 28x10 under the rear of mine but the 26x10 on a 15x10 rim fits without rubbing with rolled guards.
The part # for the tyre i run is 3053, all the measurements are here http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/strip.php?item=ETDrag
Trying to read the tyre from your video it looks like a Hoosier and i'm guessing it part # 18140 from https://www.hoosiertire.com/Drtire.htm
If that's the case the difference in sidewall width is 13mm and that where it will rub if anywhere. If you look at part # 18131 on that Hoosier site there 26x10 is narrower in the sidewall than there 28x9 so that may be an option.

[CRAIG 408]

Awesome thanks saj will look into it have got a set of 26 8.5 for this week end dont think it will be much good but will see with mph were i am at.. might be easier to change diff gears and leave the 28/9 under her see how we go hoping not to be fixing drive shafts this week end over those bloody things surely holden could of built them standard to suit our application lol.....

[saj]

Any updates, how did you go this week end??

[CRAIG 408]

Backwards saj best of a 10.82, actually three of them then i ran out of gas, must of had a leek some were and could not hear it due to having the pipes off and other cars around when it was parked so ended up running her n/a for the rest of the day, ran consistant 11.3x all day i got knocked out in the semis by a guy that did a 10.23 on a 10.20 dial in with a .420 reaction (tassie lights are a .400 perfect light) so was pretty hard to beet lol.. least that prooved to some that i was running a genuine 75hp gas..best n/a run is an 11.0 but with the ratios the car is running at the minute 11.3 is pretty good, bit over it at the minute might just put her back in street stance for a few months whilest i move house joy joy NOT!!! or maybe i should just throw a 150 pill in her and that will hopefully sort everything out including my undies i reckon.. any ways thanks for checking up a 10.3 for you at 125 mph with the breaks on that is just mind blowing well done to you...

[blown408chev]

Backwards saj best of a 10.82, actually three of them then i ran out of gas, must of had a leek some were and could not hear it due to having the pipes off and other cars around when it was parked so ended up running her n/a for the rest of the day, ran consistant 11.3x all day i got knocked out in the semis by a guy that did a 10.23 on a 10.20 dial in with a .420 reaction (tassie lights are a .400 perfect light) so was pretty hard to beet lol.. least that prooved to some that i was running a genuine 75hp gas..best n/a run is an 11.0 but with the ratios the car is running at the minute 11.3 is pretty good, bit over it at the minute might just put her back in street stance for a few months whilest i move house joy joy NOT!!! or maybe i should just throw a 150 pill in her and that will hopefully sort everything out including my undies i reckon.. any ways thanks for checking up a 10.3 for you at 125 mph with the breaks on that is just mind blowing well done to you...

Craig , dont be sad with a 10.82,that is an awsome time,only a couple of years ago this was almost unheard of from a street car,.400 is the reaction time in darwin too , i thought this was standard accros australia,chucking more gas is not always the best option , we tryed that a few times and went backwards,keep up the good work.
Cheers

[saj]

Craig, how was it leaving the line,any better and how did it go MPH wise? They have run .000 as a perfect light here for years, i think because its easier for the crowd to understand. I've been at that point of being over it heaps of times but after a few days start thinking what i can do to go faster and then get keen again. :)
11.0 na is nothing to sneeze at, remember mine weighs 1546 kgs so yours is probably a hell of lot heavier.

[Delft Maloo]

Craig, how was it leaving the line,any better and how did it go MPH wise? They have run .000 as a perfect light here for years, i think because its easier for the crowd to understand. I've been at that point of being over it heaps of times but after a few days start thinking what i can do to go faster and then get keen again. :)
11.0 na is nothing to sneeze at, remember mine weighs 1546 kgs so yours is probably a hell of lot heavier.

are you serious 1546kgs, my maloo is over 1820kg in street trim, so im playing on the more power than weight idear of getting it down the track quick.

[CRAIG 408]

It went backwards saj with the 26 inch slicks i did a best of 10.840 with a 1.668 60 with 130.31 mph another interesting fact is that i was in the 1.6xx 60 fts with out the gas running 11.3xx, so compared to meet before with the 28 inch slicks i lost mph lost 60 ft aswell as lost time from the 10.7, does not make sence really with the ratios i am running it should definately of picked up ?? think alot of it is in the rear end there is another guy here who runs consistant 1.4xxx 60ft for a slower et and mph?? after watching a few vids and seeing some photos he is not squating any were near were mine does, thinking i may be going to far as you suggested with your pic against mine..Also looking at girshs (ss346) calais off the line he is not down as far as mine either..that might be the next port of call aswell as put her on a diet dont think the subs and boxes are probably helping , will go weigh it this week for interest sake, they say every 100kg is probably a 10th dont know if thats true but with mine probably pushing 1900kg could not help lol..

[CRAIG 408]

Hey guys here are some pics of the mishap lol last week end at the track,

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/oops004.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/oops003.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/oops002.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/oops001.jpg

time for a new one what ya think....

[Delft Maloo]

My wife said thats f#cked.

[boyley]

My wife said thats f#cked.

Thats a very astute woman you have there Troy:)

Craigs car was on fire last saturday running a 10.68 NA, theres a very low 10 waiting there for you mate:up2sum:

[Delft Maloo]

Thats a very astute woman you have there Troy:)

Craigs car was on fire last saturday running a 10.68 NA, theres a very low 10 waiting there for you mate:up2sum:

My wife is a car fan aswell, all though she doesnt quite share my passion with my maloo as much as me:dunno: .

ps, my names tim, robin;) .

[GTS Listy]

WOW. Impressive to do that. I thought my clutch being cracked in several places was a failure. It was noting on that.

[HSV271]

That was exactly what happend to my old HJ Monaro, tore the shit out of the bellhousing, destroyed the clutch... but mine was due to a bolt that ground the flywheel centre out and weakend it until it just went... BANG!!!

Glad to see that there was not much other damage.

[CRAIG 408]

http://www.csr-performance.com/Merchant2/m...ategory_Code=af

Found this one rating over 1000hp they claim, have sent a few questions off about this as well as a few others dont want to risk this mishap again, next time i might not be lucky enough to keep my feet!!!!!!!have had a look at the log run of when i ran the 10.65 @132mph it turns out it was slower from 160 to 200 n/a than it was on the street (private road) by quite a bit turns out that the gas did not work after approximately the 40ft mark?? have found a few errors in the wiring as well as the bottle pressures. so am over all pretty stoked with the time considering it has 6 degrees less timimg as well as extra fuel with no gas, wish i had got a n/a run in with it on the n/a tune rather the gas tune with out gas..next time i guess, only problem being that we dont have meets again until september might have to hop on the boat and come to the big island, cheers.

[saj]

Ouch, not good at all. This is the one i run http://www.tciauto.com/Products/Flywheels/.

[CRAIG 408]

I have tried to call at two in the morning i have sent e mails do you have the know how to get me that unit i am dying with it sitting in the shed on a long week end with beautiful weather, plus the fact of how nice it is running on the street now...pm or ph 0427874467 if you can help me saj..

[saj]

PM sent Craig

[SS346]

ouch! could have been worse, lucky it wasnt. i have a tci flex plate, been going strong. I have them in stock now, give me a ring if your interested.

[taztassio]

i hear of people ruining after markets, while being fine on the STOCKER

is that a stock one?

[CRAIG 408]

Bit late on a update, but have been doing to much driving, i ended up going a tci flex plate from john at sqp (thanks saj) they are definately a nice looking bit of gear, have not been able to go for a run, feels real strong on the street really want to beat my 10.65 n/a before turning the gas on.. might be a bit hard as the track is now closed and for sale, hope some one buys it or on the boat to the big island for a play i will be any ways thanks for the advise and pm guys she is alive and well cant say the same for my tires though.......

[boyley]

Hows it going Craig. How much for the track mate, have you got anything we can raffle:lmao:

Seriously though theres no money in it is there? They'd be very lucky to get a buyer.

[CRAIG 408]

Thats for sure rob it would need to be some one who has an interest/love for the sport rather than trying to screw every dollar out of it instantly with out puting anything in to it, i think with the rite management the rite owner/money aswell as maintenance it could be a rewarding investment, i think the biggest problem is the price for one aswell as the financial uncertainty, which makes people dubious of big risk investments..fingers crossed something happens but at 600k i am not holding my breath especially with it being on a restricted title, not much else can be done in the off months to make it viable whilest there is no racing.......maybe you should empty your ash tray rob and buy the place...

[CRAIG 408]

Hey guys here is a link to a dino comp i won on the week end, with a 100 shot she made 393rwkw/529rwhp, so over all i was pretty happy with that as gear box man believes i probably lost 30 to 40 rwkw through the convertor, i am gettind a lock up plate added and switch so i can run it lock up or non lock up which will be nice for high way driving as well as dino days, hoping to have it done and a 200 pill on board for the next one, cheers let me know what you think?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOOnX6cRry0

[Rattler]

Very nice mate! Congrats on the win :bow:

[boyley]

Awesome machine this:cool:

[Rattler]

Hey Craig... you entering the Holden Nats at Heathcote in October mate?

Scotty

[CRAIG 408]

I would love to just have to see how things are goin have just bought a big ass block of land and about to get the house building under way (and shed) so depending on were i am at with that as well as the old hand brake $$$$$.

[CRAIG 408]

Hey guys just a bit of an update i have fitted a nos atomiser plate looks like a pretty good bit of gear and with the 75 hp jet s made 524 rwhp with the dino not having a correction, it was worked out from alot of the cars that run on it often it was down about 10% due to the heat sink in the room, so overall i was pretty happy with that!Have not had chance to have a run to get that 10.65 n/a time knocked over before the gas is turned on..Looks like our track has survived and we have a meet planned for the 1 of november so hanging out for that.. here are a couple of pics of the new gas plate cheers....
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/cannnonpics076.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/cannnonpics077.jpg

[CRAIG 408]

Hey guys just an up date had our first run for the year today and i had a ball!! after dropping the exhaust yesterday ready for today found a colapsed and there for pretty much blocked cat, i was worried about the tune being off dew to it, so did a couple of n/a runs watching/logging the afr and everything looked great, of course in typical tas drag way style the lights and the timing gear was not working...they ended up sorting the timing gear and lights out so we through a 50 hp shot in her heap of wheel spin and a 10.9 at ?? mph as the printer was not working, any way thought it was good enough excuse for a 75hp shot when i heard the timing gear lights and printer were all working..(unbelievable) It was a stinking hot day on a very poor track (as it has not had a car down it or any maintenance in at a guess i would say close to 12 months) but still managed to run a 10.68 @ 138.42mph off a 1.619 60ft with a second to top change that sent me straight at the wall lol managed to get her to the line with a mph i am very happy with as i new she had more in her and therefor more to come with that mph on a cooler day and better track. Also picked up two trophies for fastest n/a over 5 litre and one for fastest force inducted so over all i am stoked, will get some pics up asap...big thanks to steve for looking over the log files i took to make sure all was still aok with the tune especially on a sunday ..cheers.
[/COLOR]Here is a pic of a ment to be warming the tires that i got a bit carried away with
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/tassietour045.jpg
Here are my trophies for the day STOKED!
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[saj]

Well done mate.
You really need to put your car on a boat and ship it over here so you can run on our track, theres enough MPH there for a 9. :)

[CRAIG 408]

Thanks shane i dont think the fat ol taxi will ever get near that machine of yours, its an absoloute animal. I hope to get over there again soon and hear it in the flesh, last time we stayed in rockingham? was a beautiful place and loved eating/drinking at the pink pig, i think thats what it was called great feed thats for sure! looking like a cage this week bit late i know, but with all the interior out to fit the cage thinking i might leave it out for the next meet (14/11) throw a 150 shot in with a run on the dino to double check and pray they have the track sorted, after watching the footage the mrs took even the comentator was stressing at the wall viewing, all in good fun until connection i say.. thanks again.

[CRAIG 408]

Hey guys here is a link to one of the runs on the week end cheers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJUriJaYs1c

[Justin]

Haha, that's an awesome clip! :drivin:

[saj]

Hey guys here is a link to one of the runs on the week end cheers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJUriJaYs1c

Baa haa haa, you really need to bring your car to our track.
We have this novel way of starting a race over here, there called lights.
I haven't seen a race started like that since i rented American Graffiti. :lol:

In all seriousness well done mate. :)

[Justin]

Yeah, it was a pain in the ass until they got the lights working later on in the day!

[CRAIG 408]

Baa haa haa, you really need to bring your car to our track.
We have this novel way of starting a race over here, there called lights.
I haven't seen a race started like that since i rented American Graffiti. :lol:

In all seriousness well done mate. :)

LOL yer any one would think TASSIE was a bit backwards... any way it was just a short break in transmission, the lights and timers were soon fixed, hopefuly a bit more work will go in to the track for the 14/11 for round 1, the supercharged outlaws are running as well so a track like last week end will not be to popular thats for sure, especially with there grunt. My car is going through a bit of a transformation at the minute so hoping for 1 it will be finished and 2 be better than last meet?????????

[CRAIG 408]

I thnk i found the ratte in my exhaust dead diffilipo!!!!
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/tassietour.jpg

[CRAIG 408]

Hey guys just thought i would bring you up to date with the latest progress, here are a couple of pics of the roll cage install decided to go through the parcel shelf and mount to the rear rails to try stiffen the car up a bit..
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/seatonsrollcage4.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/seatonsrollcage2.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/seatonsrollcage3.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/seatonsrollcage1.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/seatonsrollcage.jpg

[CRAIG 408]

Bit of an up date guys i had a miss hap with a convertor neck snapping, and well we all know how the rest goes, pulled it all out to get box repaired and thought might as well frehen the engine,after some chat decided a new engine might be more fun..lol here are a couple of pics will get some of the cage all finished and new interior up soon too cheers.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/cid_520.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/craig408_bucket/oops002-1.jpg