Perth Motor Plex Today

[Xtreme F6]

Had a phone call from Eddie from Active Autos inviting me to a private test day at the plex for today, Was able to take a coupe of cars so I asked Phil Watson and Daniel Otway to come join me.

Phil first launch, blows a CV (Stock CV's). Back to Xtreme for a new billet set, Time was against us so we replaced the broken 1 with a billet 1.

Back out, By the third pass Phil reset his own record by running a 11.13 @ 126 MPH with a 1.66 60 ft. Followed by a strings of mid and low 11 second passes. Grats mate, good job.

Daniel Otway's 4.6 litres mod engined AU with a Kenne Belle 2.8 H Has a go next, his prior one only pass of a 11.51 was the time we wanted to beat. Beat he did with a 10.98 @ 130 with his times ranging from mid to low 11's and an 11.0 just before his 10.98. MPH as high as 133.

Well done guys you have done myself and my shop proud with your mean machines.

Now the sad part. Against all my common sence and my brains telling me not to do it I thought I would take my F6 for a run or 2 with just the street tyres for a bit of fun....... Idea of the street tyres was thinking it wouldnt be able to break anything would it..... man I was wrong. With a detune on the dyno before hand pulling power back to 560 rwkw's off we went.

Now the turbo size limits the car to not getting boost in 1st gear so my 60 was always going to be bad. 2.6 bad actually.............. hit second gear and the car buzzed straight to the limiter so I pretty much just drove it down the track nwoing I had stuffed the run. It still ran over 100 mph to the 660 even with the lift off which amazed me a little.

Second go..... now the bad part. same 60 but this time I just squeezed my foot down and not even getting it to the floor before changing gears, all was well until I had to use 5th gear with about 100 metres and it just went B A N G and zipped straight to the limiter... No drive no gears no nothing. So until I pull the box tomorrow I dont know for sure but I would think its snapped the input shaft of the gearbox.......... Wonder if I will can get warranty hahahahhahahha. So no pass for me....... Not that I can really blame the car, that much power trying to get down a darg strip was always a stupid idea. The power delivery of the thing is not for the faint hearted and really was a stupid mistake on my behalf to even try. I never built it for it and I should have knowen better.

In reality though, I had a great time and it was great day, Thanks Eddie Tassone and the Greens for letting us play today.

Well done guys.

Simon XFT.

[Under-Pants]

Gonna need to update you're signature now buddy

Sorry to hear about the gearbox too

Looks like the 6060 can handle what twin-turbo 8.3 litre Dodge Viper's can throw at them but not you're F6

Edited 05/04/09 11:56 AM by Man-Pants

[PHANTMXR6]

With the limited power that you ran ,Simon, what sort of torque would you reckon would have been going through the box when it went bang?

[lil_bodes]

.......... Wonder if I will can get warranty .

Just dont tell them its been tinkered with

[Under-Pants]

Theres no way to tell it's had a little tickle

I can't tell you what Simon was running today as I don't know...

I can tell you that the previous generation Tremec box (which the 6060 is supposedly stronger than) stands up to this kind of punishment even in stock form...

[CAT600]

You dont want to know how many times I have watched that Viper Vid on youtube.

Fricking awesome!

Daniel

[Under-Pants]

You gotta update you're signature too mate...

I think "Fastest modular engined & Fastest AU in Australia" would do quite nicely

[CAT600]

Yeah, should do.

BTW, it's not the fastest Modular overall, just the fastest Manual trans one.

Thanks for an awesome day Simon, the AU was running super-strong and never missed a beat all day.

My 10.98 and Phils 11.13 has cemented a few records for ya mate:

Quickest Manual F6/XR6T

Quickest Manual Modular/Boss

Quickest AU

That's to go on top of the numerous other accolades and records you have.

Well Done mate, your class is shining through again.

Daniel

Edited 05/04/09 11:49 PM by Dagabond

[Xtreme F6]

With the limited power that you ran ,Simon, what sort of torque would you reckon would have been going through the box when it went bang?

Hey mate, When I detuned it yesturday it was still making over 900 nm, I think the problem is I had to use 5th. Once I get it apart tomorrow I will know more and try and figure out what happened... Needles to say it felt like somthing else trying to peddle it down that track on street tyres... It was just out there .

[bcl]

Bad luck Simon, but that's racing.

These cars are certainly a handful with big power.

5th gear is be avoided under very hard load.

5th & 6th gear run off the secondary mainshaft in the gearbox, and is the weak point.

From memory the load rating of the gearbox is based on what 6th gear can handle.

4th runs off the primary mainshaft as 1:1, and is much stronger, so I'd suggest that you stick with that down the quarter, even though it means going to the redline in 4th.

My geabox eventually became stuffed after 5th gear dyno runs, so now they are done in 4th.

Good luck get it sorted out.

Brian