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FJ Land speed racer

Started by fj1289, July 20, 2015, 07:24:30 PM

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56 CHEVY

Good luck Chris. Looking forward to hearing how you do this year.

I am confident all your hard work will pay off.

Dan

aviationfred

Good Luck Chris......


I know you have worked extremely hard to get to this point...... A 200MPH run would cap things off wonderfully.


Fred
I'm not the fastest FJ rider, I am 'half-fast', the fastest slow guy....

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2008 VFR800 RC46 Vtec
1996 VFR750 RC36/2
1990 FJ1300 (1297cc) Casper
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1985 VF500F RC31 Interceptor

jscgdunn

Good luck and Godspeed!  We await the successful report. (popcorn)
92 FJ1200 2008 ZX14 Forks, wheels, 2008 cbr 600 RR swingarm
92 FJ1200 2009 R1 Swinger, Forks, Wheels, 2013 CBR 1000 Shock
90 FJ 1200 (Son # 2), Stock
89 FJ 1200 Built from parts: (Brother bought it) mostly 92 parts inc. motor
84 FJ 1100 (Son #1), 89 forks wheels, blue spots

Firehawk068

I'll look forward to hearing how the event went.
Best of luck to you!
Alan H.
Denver, CO
'90 FJ1200

fj1289

Thanks guys!   :drinks:

We got thru tech with no issues, pit area set up, and the drivers meeting is in a few minutes.   Feels good to feel ready this time!

racerrad8

Randy - RPM

fj1289

Quote from: racerrad8 on September 01, 2016, 09:38:39 PM


Randy - RPM

Hell yeah!

I figure by the end on Sunday we'll have one of three outcomes:
1. A 200 mph time slip
2. A busted engine - hopefully a head gasket vice a rod or crank!
3. At some point the engine just won't make any more power despite increasing the nitrous load - this "street" head just may not be able to flow enough to be able to use that much nitrous

No matter how it turns out - we'll have a much higher starting point for next year!

Headed out to the airport now - if the rain holds off we may have a fairly cool day!

rktmanfj

Quote from: fj1289 on September 02, 2016, 11:08:36 AM

I figure by the end on Sunday we'll have one of three outcomes:
1. A 200 mph time slip
2. A busted engine - hopefully a head gasket vice a rod or crank!
3. At some point the engine just won't make any more power despite increasing the nitrous load - this "street" head just may not be able to flow enough to be able to use that much nitrous


Chris,

Obviously, I hope it's #1, but either way, it's been fun watching your progress with this.
Good luck!  :good2:
Randy T
Indy

Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
Psalms 144:1

'89 FJ1200
'90 FJ1200
'78 XT500
'88 XT350


fj1289

Well, 2 runs down.  First was a bit slow - tune was a bit fat and lazy on the timing (especially for the race fuel) and I was short shifting a little.   135 for the first run. 

Took about 4% fuel out at WOT across the board and added 1 degree of timing. Speed now 144.  That gets me the B license.   Now time to swap the rear sprocket for a 35 and pull the baffle out of the pipe.   This will be a 59 shot of nitrous all in on the shift to second. 

fj1289

Run#6(2ND today)

75shot tuned rich


fj1289

100 HP shot 186 with a kicking quartering headwind

PaulG

Quote from: fj1289 on September 03, 2016, 03:56:25 PM
Run#6(2ND today)

75shot tuned rich



I don't understand 90% of the stuff you talk about on this thread.  But THIS one item I do.  Very impressive.  Good luck on the 200mph goal.   :drinks:


1992 FJ1200 ABS
YouTube Channel Paul G


fj1289

Thanks!

It's cool having people stop by the pits and talk about their old FJ stories.  Steep learning curve but we keep on climbing.  Tweaked the tune for the 100 HP nitrous shot for the last run of the day - 187.7 mph!

We are starting with a 125 HP shot tomorrow.  Hopefully will be a bit cooler tomorrow and we'll get rid of the darn head winds.  Winds were bad enough the really fast bikes (220+ !!) weren't running. 

Here's hoping 50 more HP from the nitrous plus a bit of tuning will get us 13 mph or more!! 

The big hurdle we had to get across today to get us out of the 150s was to finally figure out the FJ tach was lying to us BADLY at higher RPMs and to simply ignore it and rely totally on the shift light.  He'll of a leap of faith to make!  We were running 18/35 gears today - put the 19 tooth on the front tonight along with the 125 HP nitrous jet.   

Pics and videos to follow - just finished up the tune for tomorrow and time to get to bed - we start early tomorrow!

racerrad8

That's bad ass.

Check your email please.

Randy - RPM
Randy - RPM

Bearly Flying

Good Luck on your run tomorrow,

I have been following your thread, very best wishes and luck for you tomorrow.
Don

85 FJ1100  1250 big bore kit, ported, cammed.... Hooligan Bike
05 FJR 1300  Aux Fuel Tank, Russel Seat  Long Distance Bike
And a whole whack of RC Aircraft