Fastest Excursion - Diesel Forum

GTO_TT · 08-12-2003, 08:00 AM

Just a question, I have tried searching for info but I cant find much.
I was wondering if anyone had the answer.

What does the fastest excursion run in the quarter???

The drivetrain does not matter, but who has the fastest one out there????

Mine runs 14.42 @ 92.7 mph (elev. 3600ft.)

Are there any faster ones out there??? What do you guys run???

jogiba · 08-12-2003, 01:41 PM

You have the fastest one I have seen since this one. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]

llcustom · 08-12-2003, 02:31 PM

Ryan,
There was this guy up in Roswell that I think ran better that that on his first run, OH WAIT that was YOU!!!!!! You have the fastest that I have heard about, Faster than mine, HECK it was faster than my mustang that night.
You guys and gals should have seen the DROPED jaws after his run that night

shamuex2000 · 08-12-2003, 04:08 PM

Was that in FWD? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif[/img]

llcustom · 08-12-2003, 07:22 PM

I ASSUME you meant 4WD not FWD as in Front Wheel Drive
He launched in 4WD
I have to tell you I was one of the shocked and awed
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GTO_TT · 08-13-2003, 05:22 AM

Yeah I remember that Excursion from awhile back. It was pretty fast.

I want to dip down well into the 13's. I am just waiting on a compressor wheel upgrade or something like that. Dont want to add propane just yet, I think the egt's are high enough as it is. I need more air (nitrous is a thought). But I want it all the time.

I guess ill just wait awhile since the 6.0 is a pretty new platform and all...

jogiba · 08-13-2003, 09:02 AM

Here is a 7.3 with 1000 ft lb tq .
http://www.fourwheeler.com/featuredvehicles/66306/

shamuex2000 · 08-13-2003, 09:22 AM

That's what I thought, 4WD launch. Probably better than having a full tank of fuel and using 2WD. What a blast, I would have loved seeing the looks on the faces of the crowd when your ET came up in lights! The Hypermax website Excursion knocked about a second off the 1/4 et by using 4WD, and I think it was somewhere around 14.3. Holding the brakes and allowing the boost to build would help also. I'm planning to run the 1/4 some time this fall. Dale

GTO_TT · 08-13-2003, 03:15 PM

Yes, even with more weight on the rear with a full tank, it is pretty much useless without slicks or something like that. And I was holding (standing) on the brakes and building about 20-21 ponds of boost at the line. I could have built more but the truck would just start lurching forward. It still was spinning all four tires for about the first 8-10 feet. Geez I guess im only a 1/10th away from having the fastest. I had no idea. I hope to get some better times before the track closes for the winter months though.

Nick Gerard · 08-13-2003, 06:38 PM

Those are old numbers on the Hypermax Excursion. It has run 13.99. I believe 14.1 is the norm.

GTO_TT · 08-14-2003, 06:22 AM

hopefully I will beable to beat that here in the next few months.

I will post time slips and video when I do!!

llcustom · 08-14-2003, 08:56 AM

Rayn,
When are you going back up?? I wanted to get some times on 64 GTO before the EOY. I also want to run the X.

jogiba · 08-14-2003, 03:20 PM

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hopefully I will beable to beat that here in the next few months.

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If you ran it in the same conditions like Englishtown NJ when Greg Anderson set the NHRA Pro Stock record of 6.670 207.18 in May you should run 13.90's . Greg Anderson set track records at the NHRA Mile-High Nationals in Morrison CO last month with a 7.205 191.38.

GTO_TT · 08-14-2003, 03:20 PM

Probably in a few weeks, I have been real busy lately. Got a shop full of cars and I am trying to get em all done. Got a tdy to Sheppard and I leave on monday so I am thinking about going when I get back.

I dont know if there is a track out around there but if the elevation is a lot lower, I would like to see what it would run out there.

Ill let you know when I get some people together and we all go up there again.

llcustom · 08-15-2003, 12:28 PM

There is a strip and a dirt track right out from the base. Look in the Phone Book. I just got back from JEMI class and was given the rental car the go round.
You should be about 1 sec faster there all thing being equaled.
Ryan is going to run the wagon up in Maryland tonight.