Chicago half-mile private runway shootout!

http://www.wannagofast.com/chicago.php
http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/chicago-half-mile-shootout-2013/126178-wannagofast-presents-chicago-half-mile-shootout-june-1st-2nd.html

Like it says, it's a half mile long drag race on a private runway for two days.
I'm planning to register for this event later this week to take the turtle.

Anyone else want to try to make it?
Also what would you all be doing prep-wise for this?

Thanks for posting! 1/2 mile isn't much space really. Accel and brakes are really important. This is probably a 0-120-0 run. I probably won't make this event, but for prep, here are my 2¢:

AAA Gold (premium) membership: the tow home won't cost as much

Tires: new w/ fresh balance, Z/Y/W rated

Brakes: new front rotors, high friction track pad (EBC blue/Hawk DTC), fresh DOT 4

Engine: KR at zero WOT 1-3 gear,

Trans: cooler install, recent fluid change

A-Force Gauge: set alarms for temp & KR limits

Should be good to go. Oh, most important thing: video, video, video!

If you sign up, I might drive up to meet and document your run(s). Just bought a GoPro Hero 3, and have several mounts + 2 other cams and an iphone. We could remake the The World's Fastest Indian, but with a Riv!

Are you going to take the hood off your car? I would go just to see the Turtle in action.

Hope he keeps the hood on. Higher top speed that way.

I'd put some 100 octane race fuel in to ward off any KR. Turtleman of course has E85, so that KR is covered, but for anyone else, some race gas.

Turtle, is there some info on here where I can find out more about your E85 conversion?

And what have you done to your transmission to make it able to withstand the sheer amount of power you are going to destroy it with in Chicago?

charlieRobinson wrote:

Turtle, is there some info on here where I can find out more about your E85 conversion?

And what have you done to your transmission to make it able to withstand the sheer amount of power you are going to destroy it with in Chicago?

I didn't really write-up the E85 conversion as I didn't think there was that much to say about it. I installed 80lb/hr fuel injectors a couple weeks advance - wanted to make sure they worked fine with normal gas which they do, multiplied my injector flow rate table by 30% for a baseline tuning point after literally emptying the tank of gas so to start with pretty much pure E85 and then spent about 2-3 hours MAF-tuning to get fuel trims on point although it was perfectly drivable right off the bat. Nothing else except I changed the fuel filter after a few months per recommendation of other E85 people. Another thing to consider with E85 is that if you're at a significantly higher power level (say 350hp - maybe less than that even) you also have to worry about if the fuel pump can supply this extra fuel. The factory pump is pretty damn good and the riv (unlike the w-bodys) has reasonably good wiring for the fuel system but I don't officially know what it can support. I replaced & rewired my fuel pump long before the conversion with a racetronix pump and voltage booster on top of that.

For me, this is really going to be a trap speed event. My transmission isn't built to handle the power so I'm not going to be running slicks or DR's or doing any serious burnouts. I want to see how fast I can get it, see if it's making power up top. I will have two 10lb nitrous bottles with me as well which I'll be spraying in 2nd & 3rd as much as I can get away with. Half mile is pretty good for that. It's actually getting kinda hard to tune top end/ nitrous because it takes no time at all before you're going idiotic speeds. I can't get a lot of scan data if I'm already going twice as fast as traffic in a few seconds while spraying lol.

Thank you for the info. Do you plan on going for just one day or are going the 1st and the 2nd?

charlieRobinson wrote:

Thank you for the info. Do you plan on going for just one day or are going the 1st and the 2nd?

I'll get back to you on that once I am registered. It's definitely gonna be one day though

Thanks for sharing guys! Would love to have many of your members out on the runway!!

Saturday is all booked up already. I'm registered for Sunday!

turtleman wrote:

Saturday is all booked up already. I'm registered for Sunday!

I might be there just to see the Turtle run!

charlieRobinson wrote:

turtleman wrote:

Saturday is all booked up already. I'm registered for Sunday!

I might be there just to see the Turtle run!

Any chance you have a trailer with a winch on it? lol

turtleman wrote:

Any chance you have a trailer with a winch on it? lol

too bad I'm not closer. I'd be all over that!

I can bring the trailer, but no winch. My advice: sign up for AAA premium. I had them tow me 250+ miles from the track last year, didn't cost me that much at all.

AA wrote:

I can bring the trailer, but no winch. My advice: sign up for AAA premium. I had them tow me 250+ miles from the track last year, didn't cost me that much at all.

How much does that cost?
I see $57,$89,$119 on the website but what is that a monthly amount?

Yearly. $89 gets you a 100 mile free tow, $119 gets you a 200 mile free tow. You can do it once per year. For every mile over it's a few bucks per mile.

Any results?

I think the shootout is scheduled for June.

Who is all going to this? I am 90% sure I am going. Cannot wait to see the Turtle in action!

I will try. Will depend on vacation plans.

Hey guys I'm from the chicagoland area area and needed to get that pulley swapped. I'm going to be ordering the pulley. Is anyone willing to do my swap? Ill pay. I just don't wanna rent the tool from the internet . Ive got the snout off ill drive to u. Pleez?

Codith, are you still planning on this? Will the Turtle be able to make it?

charlieRobinson wrote:

Codith, are you still planning on this? Will the Turtle be able to make it?

If the car is drivable, I'm gonna be there. I already paid the $195 registration lol
I'm also probably going to go there and spectate on the 1st (saturday) since the chicago people I wanna see run are registered for that day.

Please keep me updated! if you are still running I might come out and meet you!