Soo, the goblin will do a wheelie.

[BSinvestments]

This was my first time taking the goblin to the dragway, and I wasnt expecting it to do that. The clutch (that needs to be replaced) was not happy about pulling the fronts at all. I was able to turn the boost down after and go fairly quick. 11.46 @ 122. We will see what it does next year with a new clutch and lsd.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

So maybe you should be racing the Nova, rather than @Stretch2126?!?

Nova vs Goblin

Alright, so we have a 600 horse nova with a power glide at 3000 pounds and a soon to be 300 horse goblin at 1620.(still working on the leaking pipe but waiting on parts) Nova has a small street tire and I have really old nitto 555g2s at the moment. Place your bets lol.

dfkitcar.com

 

[jirwin]

I see you're city frame too. Did they give you grief about it? Did you have to have arm restraints and all that?

 

[BSinvestments]

I see you're city frame too. Did they give you grief about it? Did you have to have arm restraints and all that?

Nope, it's considered a roadster so until 9s its good. Yes I did wear a jacket, gloves, and arm restraints.

 

[comegetjoe]

So this is an SC build?

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Question: are both front tires off the ground or is the frame twisting enough to lift just the right front tire?

Maybe I looking at this wrong but the shadow on the reflective track surface shows the gap under the right front tire, no gap under each rear tire, and what looks to be no gap under the left front tire. It's hard to make out.

My concern is your city frame is showing a longitudinal twist in this photo.

 

[Ghostknife]

So this is an SC build?

I believe he bought the car SC and did an lsj-t swap.

 

[Sluggonaut]

My concern is your city frame is showing a longitudinal twist in this photo.

Traction at the drag strip does this to most cars. People worry about the drive train with repeated launches, but frame welds should be monitored if the car is launched at the strip on a regular basis.

 

[BSinvestments]

I believe he bought the car SC and did an lsj-t swap.

This is correct LSJ-T

Question: are both front tires off the ground or is the frame twisting enough to lift just the right front tire?

Maybe I looking at this wrong but the shadow on the reflective track surface shows the gap under the right front tire, no gap under each rear tire, and what looks to be no gap under the left front tire. It's hard to make out.

My concern is your city frame is showing a longitudinal twist in this photo.

Both fronts came off the ground in second gear, it actually spun first. I grabbed second and lifted both front. Chopped the throttle and the clutch started to slip badly. I might not be correct here but I believe if it was one tire it would be the left side that would come up. I tried to upload the video but it won't let me.

Traction at the drag strip does this to most cars. People worry about the drive train with repeated launches, but frame welds should be monitored if the car is launched at the strip on a regular basis.

It's definitely not my drag car, was just on a whim.

 

[Ross]

The left tire coming up is a result of having the engine torquing down on right side. Our transverse mounted engines won't have this issue.

 

[95Blitz]

What kindof RPM did you launch at?

 

[BSinvestments]

I wasn't sure so I was testing here, it was set at 4000rpm.

 

[comegetjoe]

What kind of tire? Were they hot from a burnout?

 

[BSinvestments]

What kind of tire? Were they hot from a burnout?

245/45-16 R888R
I did a light burnout, the car spun pretty well through first, then hooked in second and pulled the tires.