Took it to Island Dragway last night, drove it to the track, drove it home, nothing broke: SUCCESS!
seriously, I'd forgotten how much fun it was to just drive a car to the track, row gears, make tuning changes, and enjoy the car regardless of how fast/slow it runs.
Here's the slips in chronological order:. First run was literally just rolling out, second was 5000rpm studderbox launch but really slipped the clutch alot and early 1-2 shift, third run a let it out too quick and it bogged bad , run 4 was pretty decent with a little bit of tire spin in first. Trans goes into all gears well, I hooked up the clutch wire for NLTS (used on last 3 passes). Im pretty happy with it all together. If I wasn't afraid of busting a 3bolt rear axle, I'd have worked on the leave and maybe seen an 11.9 to 12.0 but whatever, there's always a next time.
So....I was running pretty high boost and very low timing...like 26-28psi boost and timing from about 3* up to a measly 6* at 8000. seeing random knock blips..like it might knock only in second gear and be clean in 3-4, then next run clean 1-2-3 and knock in 4th. not a lot of info to go on, so I kinda just left it be.
I think my next mods are going to be:
4bolt rear - I want to be able to confidently push it a little harder off the line and get the 1.60-1.70 short times on street radials and still drive it home at end of night.
Meth kit - I'd like to be able to run it with an everyday tune file and only have to make minor adjustments at the track between passes. Im close to max on the injectors too.
New BOV - car has a crushed 1G valve that's got the "dodge garage mod"...and it doesn't freaking open at all, wonder if it's like bent/jammed closed. all it does is annoyingly squeal on decal.
Cold Air pipe - I have another 90* alum 4" pipe that goes to headlight area and turns forward. a quick "ram air" pipe for track use only..remove air filter & headlight. should help.
I may swap out the knock sensor for a new one Iv got kicking around just to see if it changes the semi-random knock retard behavior in the logs.
other than performance mods..i still have body assembly (rear bumper needs brackets made), wing to wrap and install, and interior repairs to accomplish. I did get the rest of the glass trim, the JDM-YO foglights, and clean rear seats put on. Gotta get VFX-Custom to cut me some vinyl lettering with my partout website and #2403 so they can stop with the shoe polish!
All together...it's coming along nicely.