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V1 Josh's City Goblin - 10 XFE Donor
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jirwin
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- jirwin Goblin Guru
Yesterday we got rained out almost immediately. Everyone got to the track and it looked like we were going to run one and done. The track was 10 minutes from being glued. Then it rained again so they called it. We didn't get stuck in too much rain, but we did drive through some. The waterproofing I did worked! The stupid little hand crank wiper did too haha
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ah.b.normal
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- ah.b.normal Goblin Guru
Yesterday we got rained out almost immediately.
You are Brave(but damp) Souls! Keep On Keepin' On!
jirwin
Goblin Guru
- jirwin Goblin Guru
Figured things out today! I got the 2 step working and that really helped my launch. I set it to 4000RPM and i built between 0.5 to 1psi boost on the line. I went 7.4@99. Still not as fast as I want, but we're getting somewhere. Tomorrow after the stop home I'm Bay City I'm going to find a way to load the slicks on the roof rack. The head of tech ordered me to go get them . Hopefully that plus more RPM on the leave could get me my 6 lol.
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Bonus capture of the Mighty Mac. If you zoom waaaaaay in you can see the little Goblin
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Bonus capture of the Mighty Mac. If you zoom waaaaaay in you can see the little Goblin
jirwin
Goblin Guru
- jirwin Goblin Guru
OK, correction. The wot box did not work. It was still 3000. I ordered an MSD alternative because I'm done with that windows BS.
Anyway day 4 was a drive day down from da yoop. Went mostly smooth except I missed one E85 stop in Alpena. We got some E85 from another race who had to drop out thankfully. Stayed the night at home in Bay City.
The next morning we went to Ubly, but with slicks! I got it up on two step and launched. 7.5@96. It bogged a bit.
Next day we drove back to Detroit and checked out Woodward a bit, but mostly just had a relaxing day.
Final day at Milan I got the wotbox to work and we got er wicked up. We even were able to line up with @TravMac for the first time!
I got it on the two step, and dumped it and...
Broken axle lol. ****. Well, we broke the beams so that counts! We completed Michigan Miles! I'm a bit bummed we didn't get to see it run at full tilt, but I'm happier that I didn't get the wotbox to work up north where I didn't have a trailer!
Anyway day 4 was a drive day down from da yoop. Went mostly smooth except I missed one E85 stop in Alpena. We got some E85 from another race who had to drop out thankfully. Stayed the night at home in Bay City.
The next morning we went to Ubly, but with slicks! I got it up on two step and launched. 7.5@96. It bogged a bit.
Next day we drove back to Detroit and checked out Woodward a bit, but mostly just had a relaxing day.
Final day at Milan I got the wotbox to work and we got er wicked up. We even were able to line up with @TravMac for the first time!
I got it on the two step, and dumped it and...
Broken axle lol. ****. Well, we broke the beams so that counts! We completed Michigan Miles! I'm a bit bummed we didn't get to see it run at full tilt, but I'm happier that I didn't get the wotbox to work up north where I didn't have a trailer!
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comegetjoe
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- comegetjoe Goblin Guru
Whelp! Time for an upgrade. At the very least it didnt sling grease violently.
jirwin
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- jirwin Goblin Guru
DSS quoted me at $1800 for axles 
. Probably more economical for the time being to get a slipper setup for now. Even spreading that load over a half second would probably limit the drivetrain shock enough to get me going. The idea is just to stay in boost as much as possible instead of letting it bog
. Probably more economical for the time being to get a slipper setup for now. Even spreading that load over a half second would probably limit the drivetrain shock enough to get me going. The idea is just to stay in boost as much as possible instead of letting it bog
Rttoys
Smokin' Goblin
- Rttoys Smokin' Goblin
I came to that conclusion on my old high school/college car (79 Camaro). The first time I ran at the drag strip (old Houston raceway park), I was on regular normal size wheels and sears nothing special tires. i spun off the line and all, but ran mid 14’s. Fast forward and my buddy let me borrow his “cheater slicks”. No spin, just hook and go. I ran slower by a couple of tenths. 
I figure it was the wheel spin that made the ranging rev faster instead having to power its way through. At least that’s my theory. 
my next car was a LT1 based trans am. After mods I ran low 13’s, then switched to cheater slicks and ran a 13 flat. So just the opposite
I figure it was the wheel spin that made the ranging rev faster instead having to power its way through. At least that’s my theory. my next car was a LT1 based trans am. After mods I ran low 13’s, then switched to cheater slicks and ran a 13 flat. So just the opposite
Desert Sasqwatch
Bigfoot Goblin
- Desert Sasqwatch Bigfoot Goblin
Cheater slicks - vintage style!
That’s a chunk of metal snapping there.
jirwin
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- jirwin Goblin Guru
It looks like the shaft tapers down at that point so I'm not sure if its meant to break there or not. These are supposedly the "Stage 1" ZZP axles. Upon further research I think these are just old Grand Am axles or similar. They are a little thicker, but still. I'm surprised it broke there, but I guess its the skinniest point of the whole axle
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