Some of you may have noticed that The Dumpster has been absent for the past two years. It fell victim to something most self employed business owners are familiar with. I started working on it in February last year, but while waiting for some parts, I got busy and covered up to the point that I couldn't even think about working on it. I got a few big long term projects turned out of the shop in the past few months, and I now don't feel so bad about pulling my own long term project in even if I do have some customer jobs I could be working on. The NHRDA world finals is coming up in a few weeks, and I'm hoping to have it all together and ready to race for that event. Here's what will be new/changed:
1. Before it got totally pushed to the back of the line last year, I moved the motor back about 7" from the factory location. This should help a lot with traction off the line and weight transfer. I just have to get the transmission back together and get the trans crossmember mounted.
2. I'm going back through the transmission to make sure it is in good shape for the new changes. There are a few upgrades I would like to do, but I may just wait until winter for that. One of the things I was waiting on last year was a refreshed and slightly higher stall converter I had Dave at Goerend put together for me.
3. Another upgrade I was working on last year before I ran out of time was a new turbo. The van doghouse leaves little room for a turbo to be mounted in the factory location, but the relocation of the motor further back leaves quite a bit more room in front of the motor. In preparation for this, I will be front mounting an S472 that I got from HTT. I'll still have the nitrous on it, but this should really up the fuel only power.
4. Also last year, I purchased a lightly used Exergy 12mm CP3 pump. I had been buying up parts to piece together my own dual CP3 kit, but when I came across a deal on an upgraded pump, the weight savings and simplicity of a single pump was too much for me to ignore. I'm hoping this will supply me with enough fuel to run deep into the 10s or maybe even high 9s once I finally build the motor and get a proper chassis under this thing.
4. The last major upgrade I'll be doing is some bigger injectors. I'll be sending my injectors off to F1 Diesel to have Don work up some 100% over nozzles for me. Most people have probably forgotten about F1, but they are still turning out good injectors at good prices.
I'm considering a few other possible changes, but for now, that is all I have planned. I'm excited to see what it does at the track. I'm sure it will take a little learning to get it as dialed in as it was with the old tried and true setup.
1. Before it got totally pushed to the back of the line last year, I moved the motor back about 7" from the factory location. This should help a lot with traction off the line and weight transfer. I just have to get the transmission back together and get the trans crossmember mounted.
2. I'm going back through the transmission to make sure it is in good shape for the new changes. There are a few upgrades I would like to do, but I may just wait until winter for that. One of the things I was waiting on last year was a refreshed and slightly higher stall converter I had Dave at Goerend put together for me.
3. Another upgrade I was working on last year before I ran out of time was a new turbo. The van doghouse leaves little room for a turbo to be mounted in the factory location, but the relocation of the motor further back leaves quite a bit more room in front of the motor. In preparation for this, I will be front mounting an S472 that I got from HTT. I'll still have the nitrous on it, but this should really up the fuel only power.
4. Also last year, I purchased a lightly used Exergy 12mm CP3 pump. I had been buying up parts to piece together my own dual CP3 kit, but when I came across a deal on an upgraded pump, the weight savings and simplicity of a single pump was too much for me to ignore. I'm hoping this will supply me with enough fuel to run deep into the 10s or maybe even high 9s once I finally build the motor and get a proper chassis under this thing.
4. The last major upgrade I'll be doing is some bigger injectors. I'll be sending my injectors off to F1 Diesel to have Don work up some 100% over nozzles for me. Most people have probably forgotten about F1, but they are still turning out good injectors at good prices.
I'm considering a few other possible changes, but for now, that is all I have planned. I'm excited to see what it does at the track. I'm sure it will take a little learning to get it as dialed in as it was with the old tried and true setup.
