Team DOA - 98 Neon SRT Drag Car -New Track Time 11.7@117mph!

silversport · Post by **silversport** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:21 pm

2k2rt wrote:dude...I'll be IN the pits at CSCS on the 31st. Tracie is showing the R/T and I'm going to race the ACR. Look forward to seeing you guys there.

nice! are you doing TT or entering a class? depending on how she performs this weekend we might be entering the street wars class.

farmboy · Post by **farmboy** » Tue May 12, 2009 8:20 pm

i was thinking of competing in the bracket class as it's the only thing that I might have a chance at. No way could I compete in Street Wars. It all depends on how the car performs. I'm gonna try, (again), to get some runs in this Friday at Sparta. Last 2 times I tried to go it got rained out.

silversport · Post by **silversport** » Tue May 12, 2009 10:44 pm

2k2rt wrote:i was thinking of competing in the bracket class as it's the only thing that I might have a chance at. No way could I compete in Street Wars. It all depends on how the car performs. I'm gonna try, (again), to get some runs in this Friday at Sparta. Last 2 times I tried to go it got rained out.

ya, sucks about CNN! anyway cya on the 31st!

Post by **Canada** » Mon May 18, 2009 6:10 pm

Went to the track yesterday...

The title says it all, We also broke 2 (yes TWO) driver's side axles...

Balls.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:48 pm

you need to break 10's to be impressive, you need to hit 9's to start scaring people...if you hit the 8's, you will be dominant for a street car!

Post by **racer12306** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:11 pm

And to think with that MPH in a RWD car you would be sitting right around an 11.10

SOKADAO954 · Post by **SOKADAO954** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:27 pm

u guys rock...
i love the 1gn swaps.
sucks to hear about the axles.

Post by **Canada** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:44 pm

Meh, stock axles are cheap. Too bad they only last two launches lol.

Post by **Canada** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:44 pm

Pictures from the day... Video to follow as soon as I upload it!

Racing daytonas

Slick Wrinkle

Bye bye stock axle #1

Exploding CV joints

Working hard to fix her

One more time??

silversport · Post by **silversport** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:41 pm

racer12306 wrote:And to think with that MPH in a RWD car you would be sitting right around an 11.10

ya i agree u need more MPH for FWD then RWD but this was also with a moderate launch and not using the 2step or flatshifting. when we can actually launch hard the times should get a fair bit better...

Jigga255 · Post by **Jigga255** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:24 pm

Video as promised!!!

http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p56/ ... _FINAL.flv

- Jeff

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:52 pm

not bad for granny shifting

you need an atx to fix the drivers errors....

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:15 pm

That is fast really fast everybody who says it isnt probably keeps their 10 second in the mental garage.

From what I remember GM J-body(Grand Am I think) u-joints can be made to work and are just strong enough to last without transferring undue stress to harder to change at the track parts. That is with turbo dodge axles they may or may not work for neon axles.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:47 pm

I actually keep my ten second monster in my pants...

Jigga255 · Post by **Jigga255** » Wed May 20, 2009 10:04 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:I actually keep my ten second monster in my pants...

Zing!!

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:22 pm

There is the PT/Shadow axle upgrade, and the 2gn neon axle upgrade. You have to get 2gn neon spindles pressed into the 1gn hub. It works fairly well. How much PSI is in your tires? Also, seems like your burnouts aren't getting hot enough, I'm not seeing much smoke come from the tires.

silversport · Post by **silversport** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:39 pm

BlackRoseRacing wrote:you need to break 10's to be impressive, you need to hit 9's to start scaring people...if you hit the 8's, you will be dominant for a street car!

ya 10-9's would be nice but im really happy with mid 11's! trust me when ur doing almost 120 at the end of the track still getting pulled into the seat its a nice feeling!! as far as 8's lol DCR couldnt even do 8's with a street car i dont think we ever could. I wish but I think we will leave the world records to the big guys lol

BlackRoseRacing wrote:not bad for granny shifting
you need an atx to fix the drivers errors....

ya should be able to get alot better times when we can start beating on it and not having to worry about axles. as far as driver errors. this was the first time out with a basically totally different car. perfection after driving the car once isnt going to happen and if it did i dont think drag racing would be nearly as much fun as it is

bone-yard-racing wrote:That is fast really fast everybody who says it isnt probably keeps their 10 second in the mental garage.

From what I remember GM J-body(Grand Am I think) u-joints can be made to work and are just strong enough to last without transferring undue stress to harder to change at the track parts. That is with turbo dodge axles they may or may not work for neon axles.

thanks man! I think people seeing 8 even 7 second cars on TV have made people think that a mid 11 second car is slow when in reality most people havent even gone into the 15's. heck the first time i hit 14's my hands were shaking because of how fast it felt compared to all the other cars ive driven ie my 16 second 2gen lol ya theres a couple options we have as far as axles. I think we are going to pick up some DSS stage 5s and call it a day. weith stage 5s we wont have to worry about breaking them even down the road when we go big turbo

invujerry wrote:There is the PT/Shadow axle upgrade, and the 2gn neon axle upgrade. You have to get 2gn neon spindles pressed into the 1gn hub. It works fairly well. How much PSI is in your tires? Also, seems like your burnouts aren't getting hot enough, I'm not seeing much smoke come from the tires.

about 10-12 psi in the tires. we only did small burnout because asoon as we did fairly good ones we broke an axle...

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:01 am

I'm only raggin on ya

I'm actually quite impressed with how the car came out.I should have not gotten rid of the 1GN I had a few weeks back I may have taken my R/T off the road and done something drastic to it......ok, maybe not......
Keep up the good work

As for the burnout before launch, I think you guys were doning fine since you were not spinning the tires off the line, which means the slicks were sticky enough for you and you did not need to smoke them up....

silversport · Post by **silversport** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:25 am

BlackRoseRacing wrote:I'm only raggin on ya
I'm actually quite impressed with how the car came out.I should have not gotten rid of the 1GN I had a few weeks back I may have taken my R/T off the road and done something drastic to it......ok, maybe not......
Keep up the good work

As for the burnout before launch, I think you guys were doning fine since you were not spinning the tires off the line, which means the slicks were sticky enough for you and you did not need to smoke them up....

ya dont worry man, I was referring to other people with my comment. Actually im pretty sure on the 11.7 run you can even hear some guy in the background churping our car. 11.7 shut him up quick lol and without you this car probably wouldnt even be done!

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:05 pm

without you this car probably wouldnt even be done

Really?

03blackrt · Post by **03blackrt** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:06 pm

Not bad times.

Makes me want to swap my TIII motor into an Omni.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:57 pm

Wow guys, that is a great car! I'm so happy for you...bad-ass! You'll have to drive that monster down to get those wheels and take me for a spin!

silversport · Post by **silversport** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:19 pm

BlackRoseRacing wrote:
without you this car probably wouldnt even be done
Really?

ya man! all those parts that we couldnt get shipped to canada and you helped us out! not only did it save us some money but it allowed us to get parts we couldnt get any other way

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Fri May 22, 2009 5:21 am

Sweet, glad I could help

sullivan · Post by **sullivan** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:55 am

well as a fellow and fairly local canadian. i am really impressed gentleman. im loving the entire car, and i cant wait to see you all at the track!

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:29 am

Watch it with the really strong axles you will start to break expensive things and more to the point things you cant change in 10 minutes

silversport · Post by **silversport** » Fri May 22, 2009 11:31 pm

bone-yard-racing wrote:Watch it with the really strong axles you will start to break expensive things and more to the point things you cant change in 10 minutes

ya for sure. although the axles we are getting are the DSS stage 5's which cost $1800 new (we arent buying them new) so now the axles are the expensive parts lol

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Fri May 22, 2009 11:58 pm

W000000t!

Post by **Canada** » Sat May 23, 2009 3:03 pm

Thanks Nate

silversport · Post by **silversport** » Mon May 17, 2010 10:27 am

NEW MOD. Front splitter/ spoiler. I think it makes the car looks a lot meaner and this combined with holes we cut in the rear bumper gave us 2-3 MPH more on our first time out this season!