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I think it may be a Honda motor??

I'll ask on Saturday as a bunch of us are going to a new drag strip for a day out and to meet some hardcore old skool Rodders

My Torque converter is now definately not happy The more power I put in, the slower I go ! Higher ET and less MPH. Back off around 70hp and she gets better DOH!! And there is no way I can get back into the 9.6's now. High 9.7's was best from last day out. Put in another 70hp and I'm down a tenth and 5mph. And the better the traction off the line the slower I get overall ? I'm guessing better traction = more stress on the converter sooner in the run?

She was hooking really well last Sunday at the Dragstalgia event at Santa Pod.
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Sadly us RWYB guys dont ever get a mention at this event ?
But here she is showing off to the Grandstand. Hell, I even went left lane to be closer to the crowd It was still a 9.8 but way down at 134mph

Sweet pic! Looks like the track was cool and wet that day!

Hi Guys!!
I was allowed to run at the track today at our Mopar Euronational event. There was some seriously cool metal on site today My MG was dwarfed by the cars around me in the pairing lane


I wont go into a long story but suffice to say, by the time I got to run I was flustered. I did my burnout and got almost into stage when I realised I had not turned the rear brakes back on. So I had to quickly undo the harness so I could reach the valve on the floor. By this time the racer in the other lane had fully staged and was already up on the revs on the transbrake before I even got to pre stage. So I got into full stage and for some reason had my left foot on the brake and left the engine at idle instead of pre loading the tranny and rear end on the foot brake?? When I planted my foot she bogged a bit and then back fired as I was already on the spray with low rpm. So she bogged and then backfired just as the car was getting settled into the launch. I backed off the pedal for a split second and then got my foot back in. I set the nitrous ramp time to 0.6 of a second so as I put my foot back in the revs were higher and the whole 150 shot came in full on. To say the car was unsettled is an understatement? As I left the line I could feel a slight shuddering for a couple of seconds. The Slo Mo vid now explains that odd feeling from the rear end as the tyres were not happy. I think I may need to add a couple of psi to the rear tyres for my next visit tomorrow ??
Once the car got settled she ran like a mad thing and still hauled in a 138mph even though I was half a second slower that I should have been. The 60 foot time was 1.9 seconds, so 0.6 of a second slower than it should have been. Which sort of explains the 10.3 instead of a 9.7 which i did on the next pass.
Sorry its a Slo Mo with no sound. Click full screen and watch the rear tyres once the car starts to settle down ??
Regards to all
Perry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJw3...ature=youtu.be

Aha!!
Just found a vid of the second pass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZiA...ature=youtu.be

All things considered.. looks like you had a fun day!

Sounds like a rocky start, but no damage and a good run to follow!

Nice pass on the second one. It definely is hooking well!

And on the Sunday she rolled off the trailer and reeled in a 9.62 pass to get me back on my good numbers from last year after I tweaked the launch settings

I'm still trying to find some pics or vids of the sunday !

Lightin' off 960's with no pic or vids??? OHHHhhh that hurts!

I'm working on it !!

Found some !!!
This was how the first run started straight off the trailer, and then how it ended with a nice smooth cruise to be honest. Its the do drama runs that often produce a pleasant surprise eh? This set the whole day up nicely for me. I was on my own all weekend so no crew to help prep and push. This super run at the start of the day took some pressure off to perform alongside the Mopar guys !
Here are the two picture:

Thanks Pel.. she's a sweetheart for sure!

Having messed with 4 cylinder MG Mdgets and side draft carbs to the point of despair It is refreshing to see a really fast MG!

Best Wishes,
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen roder

Thanks Don
She is a little rough around the edges and she is no way a show car. She is certainly a function over form MG and I'm very happy with what me and the team (family and friends) have managed to achieve with the Rover Engine now. I did a demo run at the Paul Walker tribute day back in January (which nearly ended badly) and from that day out I have two young bloods over here who have moved away from the Hot Jap turbo scene and onto their MGB V8 conversions. When we hit Dragstalgia several weeks ago we got another 3 folk with RV8's in their period rod replica's now asking for advice on engine rebuilds. And since we hit the Mopar Nats I have around 5 folk in contact now asking for engine advice and also how to do the TH350 to RV8 conversion as well as a guy from Switzerland who wants to build an MGB drag car from scratch with a Rover V8 fitted. I didnt even know Switzerland had a drag race scene, but it does ? So I'm going to help him (via email) to get his project off the ground

I'm happy that I found a new tune for the engine to squeeze back into the 9.6's with a slipping converter. It gives me a little more fun time while I'm saving to buy one from the nice man at Coan Racing. I backed the nitrous hit down to 60hp for the launch, and then pulsed the other 140hp in over 2 seconds. I'm going to tame that tune down to 40hp off the line and then bring the rest in over 4-5 seconds next weekend when I race on the old concrete runway again on the 10th. That will give me more info on how to get the power down on that rough old surface

Regards
Perry

Great pics!