SVS Turbo
Enthusiast
Our goal was to set-up the car to go 200mph. With our gearing calculations (3.54) and stock trans we knew that 850rwhp w/ 960 rwftlbs @ 7psi would take us to just about 200.
We also knew that if there was no need to push the car, then we wouldn’t. See, we didn’t run around and shoot our mouths off about kicking everybody’s ass. (or should I say kicking SVS’s ass). We are not trying to lead everybody to the promise land and finding out they are being led into quicksand. Some people need to look and see how many bullet holes are in their feet from shooting themselves so many times. I think certain types of people have a hard time being responsible for their actions, so they go through life creating one huge mess after another…….anyway…….
If we wanted to we could have changed the springs in the wastegates, increased the boost and placed a different map in the Motec in 15 minutes. We discussed after the 2nd run if we should do all these things. We got all the numbers of our competition as soon as they finished their run. All you had to do was ask and we were given the numbers…..imagine that!.... After our competition made their 2nd run, we realized that 8-9mph wasn’t going to happen. So we cranked on what was left in the springs (on the wastegates) and went with that. When I use the reference “we did this or we did that” “we” stands for “SVS” that means my father and the guys who work in the shop. I’m just the driver. If you knew me real well you would know that almost all of the time I get the information LAST. And it just so happens that I’m also the person who has always tried to write things about what we do. I make sure that before I write something like this I get the facts straight. I enjoy recalling the events and writing all this replay. Hope you enjoy some of it.
The funny thing about how this whole event played out is that before we left for the sandhills, I was saying “give it all its got” and “I will push 230…. just jack it up” I was totally in line with how everyone on this board thought about “why we didn’t push it all the way” and “bringing a pellet gun when you got a cannon” I wanted to rocket but my father kept telling me “maybe we don’t have to”. I was to busy to know exactly what my father had planned in the Stryker. Since we got back I have told him so many times how brilliant he is and congratulate his wiseness.
When we came late to the 1 mile shootout event I was rushing to get dressed and didn’t have time to discuss anything. I told the guys in the crew to put the chutes on, because I believed in my mind that I was possibly going to be running 220 to 230. I honestly didn’t know. I seen the S.O.R.C. staff walking down towards us and I new they were going to tell us we had to hurry. I heard my father say “you’re not going to need them” and I yelled out of the Stryker saying “If this thing goes in the air I sure in the #@ck will to”. The SVS crew was rushing to put the chutes on as the S.O.R.C. staff came to the car and told us “WE HAD TO COME TO THE LINE NOW”! My father leaned in the car and said “they don’t have time to put the chutes on”, and I said “Forget it then”. As he walked away from the Stryker he told me “You’re not going to need them”. I didn’t pay attention to him as I rushed to the line. I got last in line with a few cars to go. !bam! I was at the front with not much time to think. I wimpled out off the line and then ran it to redline in every gear. It ran flawlessly and so smooth. When they told me the 195.5 mph I was bummed out and actually thought I had been beat. I don’t think I found out someone had ran a 191 until after the second run. I didn’t ask what or why about anything. The only thing I tried to figure out was what everyone else ran and analyzing the Motec data to analyze my driving.
The first two runs felt pretty much the same and the third I decided to short shift 1st and then run through the gears. The only problem when I short shifted 1st was how quick the power came on in 2nd gear. I burned forty foot of rubber going into 3rd and mashed the pedal in all the gears. 5th seemed to go on for ever. Every time I was at the line the S.O.R.C. safety crew egged me on how much they wanted to see 200mph. It was a great rush to hear how excited everybody got in the stands when we hit 200. I loved making the return trip and getting everybody pumped up by swinging fist out the window. It was great for the people.
On the third run we were at 152.6 Kpa which equates to 7.67lbs of boost and the engine temp. was 191 degrees. I remember sitting in line and watching the ADL Motec dash. When the temp is below 187 degrees it is in WARM UP mode and it only reads up to 3000 rpm. If just sitting the Stryker would stay at 179 degrees. I had to constantly be revving the engine to get the ADL in RACE MODE so I could see the entire rpm range. Quite FN awesome.
Going to work on getting some pictures and video up soon.
Jr.
We also knew that if there was no need to push the car, then we wouldn’t. See, we didn’t run around and shoot our mouths off about kicking everybody’s ass. (or should I say kicking SVS’s ass). We are not trying to lead everybody to the promise land and finding out they are being led into quicksand. Some people need to look and see how many bullet holes are in their feet from shooting themselves so many times. I think certain types of people have a hard time being responsible for their actions, so they go through life creating one huge mess after another…….anyway…….
If we wanted to we could have changed the springs in the wastegates, increased the boost and placed a different map in the Motec in 15 minutes. We discussed after the 2nd run if we should do all these things. We got all the numbers of our competition as soon as they finished their run. All you had to do was ask and we were given the numbers…..imagine that!.... After our competition made their 2nd run, we realized that 8-9mph wasn’t going to happen. So we cranked on what was left in the springs (on the wastegates) and went with that. When I use the reference “we did this or we did that” “we” stands for “SVS” that means my father and the guys who work in the shop. I’m just the driver. If you knew me real well you would know that almost all of the time I get the information LAST. And it just so happens that I’m also the person who has always tried to write things about what we do. I make sure that before I write something like this I get the facts straight. I enjoy recalling the events and writing all this replay. Hope you enjoy some of it.
The funny thing about how this whole event played out is that before we left for the sandhills, I was saying “give it all its got” and “I will push 230…. just jack it up” I was totally in line with how everyone on this board thought about “why we didn’t push it all the way” and “bringing a pellet gun when you got a cannon” I wanted to rocket but my father kept telling me “maybe we don’t have to”. I was to busy to know exactly what my father had planned in the Stryker. Since we got back I have told him so many times how brilliant he is and congratulate his wiseness.
When we came late to the 1 mile shootout event I was rushing to get dressed and didn’t have time to discuss anything. I told the guys in the crew to put the chutes on, because I believed in my mind that I was possibly going to be running 220 to 230. I honestly didn’t know. I seen the S.O.R.C. staff walking down towards us and I new they were going to tell us we had to hurry. I heard my father say “you’re not going to need them” and I yelled out of the Stryker saying “If this thing goes in the air I sure in the #@ck will to”. The SVS crew was rushing to put the chutes on as the S.O.R.C. staff came to the car and told us “WE HAD TO COME TO THE LINE NOW”! My father leaned in the car and said “they don’t have time to put the chutes on”, and I said “Forget it then”. As he walked away from the Stryker he told me “You’re not going to need them”. I didn’t pay attention to him as I rushed to the line. I got last in line with a few cars to go. !bam! I was at the front with not much time to think. I wimpled out off the line and then ran it to redline in every gear. It ran flawlessly and so smooth. When they told me the 195.5 mph I was bummed out and actually thought I had been beat. I don’t think I found out someone had ran a 191 until after the second run. I didn’t ask what or why about anything. The only thing I tried to figure out was what everyone else ran and analyzing the Motec data to analyze my driving.
The first two runs felt pretty much the same and the third I decided to short shift 1st and then run through the gears. The only problem when I short shifted 1st was how quick the power came on in 2nd gear. I burned forty foot of rubber going into 3rd and mashed the pedal in all the gears. 5th seemed to go on for ever. Every time I was at the line the S.O.R.C. safety crew egged me on how much they wanted to see 200mph. It was a great rush to hear how excited everybody got in the stands when we hit 200. I loved making the return trip and getting everybody pumped up by swinging fist out the window. It was great for the people.
On the third run we were at 152.6 Kpa which equates to 7.67lbs of boost and the engine temp. was 191 degrees. I remember sitting in line and watching the ADL Motec dash. When the temp is below 187 degrees it is in WARM UP mode and it only reads up to 3000 rpm. If just sitting the Stryker would stay at 179 degrees. I had to constantly be revving the engine to get the ADL in RACE MODE so I could see the entire rpm range. Quite FN awesome.
Going to work on getting some pictures and video up soon.
Jr.
