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Shiny is Good! => Your Pintos/Bobcats & Racers => Topic started by: Pinturbo75 on November 11, 2012, 11:04:56 AM

Title: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: Pinturbo75 on November 11, 2012, 11:04:56 AM
this is a 2.3 turbo c4 combo.... stock shortblock, big valve head on megasquirt.... . ill post the video as soon as i find it.....heres a wheels up pic
 
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/374523_10151110322936333_9549675_n.jpg (https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/374523_10151110322936333_9549675_n.jpg)
 
http://youtu.be/sbbY3bEOTFM (http://youtu.be/sbbY3bEOTFM)
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: Srt on November 12, 2012, 03:08:36 AM
as they say in "Facebook"; LIKE
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: racer99 on November 12, 2012, 11:11:45 AM
Its about time,the old man sure aint getting any younger.

Next thing we know,Timmy might actually make a pass with his car.
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: DreamBean on November 12, 2012, 05:11:09 PM
Was this Curtis???
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: DreamBean on November 12, 2012, 05:12:30 PM
I have got to get back down to Greenwood to see Curtis. That is SWEEEEETT!!!
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: johnbigman2011 on November 12, 2012, 05:47:37 PM
Sure would be nice to have a copy of his megasquirt programming!!
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: Scott Hamilton on November 19, 2012, 01:58:26 PM
Curtis,

Love to see any pics you can upload... Great stuff!
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: Curtis Hensley Sr on November 25, 2012, 10:29:45 AM
Thank's Scott, I will try to get some new ones uploaded soon. For the folks that don't know, this is the same old Turbo Toy that I have had all along and has been my daily driver since I built the car seven years ago. The only thing that turned it into a race car this year, was a C4 with a brake, a 5300  convertor, a set of slicks and the lettering on the side of the car. It's still the same motor and rear with the 4.62 gear and still has the full interior. Since I ran the 10, I have turned the driving over to Curtis Jr. We went to our local 1/8th mile track yesterday and he ran a 6.81 at 101.26 MPH. There's more in the tune, but we are easing into it to keep it conservative and safe. It's going on the dyno in January for Wes Kiser to finish the tuning and I still have to dial in the cam. We "hope" to roll it out at the beginning of next race season and run some mid 10's in the 1/4 mile. All of this is without any nitrous. Once we have it where we want it on the motor, I'm going to throw a 75 shot at it (can't help, it's eating at me) and see where that takes us. After a few nitrous passes, the system is coming back out of it, then just do some bracket racing and  have FUN.
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: cannonball on November 25, 2012, 12:36:11 PM
very credible performance fella, what rpms do you pull shifts and big end..
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: Curtis Hensley Sr on November 25, 2012, 04:02:49 PM
Quote from: cannonball on November 25, 2012, 12:36:11 PM
very credible performance fella, what rpms do you pull shifts and big end..

Thank you sir. We're leaving the line off the transbrake at 4800 and the second and third gear shifts are at 7200. Car goes through the lights at around 6800 in the eigth and 76-7700 in the quarter. It still pulls good at the 7700, but the car is quicker with the short shifts between the gears. According to the calculators, the 6.81 @ 101.26 should be around a 10.70 @125 in the quarter, but until we actually run it, I'm not going to speculate.
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: cannonball on November 26, 2012, 05:07:48 PM


thanks for your reply, tell you what over here at our muscle car drags it would piss some people of... brilliant well done
Title: Re: curtis finally broke into the 10s
Post by: zokie on August 04, 2013, 10:21:02 PM
Nice car has anyone heard from Joe morgan lately, I'm n old friend and would like to get back in touch with him. Hauled him back from Carlsbad back in the day he melted a piston.