COPO, Drag-Pak, CJ II, (FX) Secrets

[bigshow2966]

Geoff Turk is really covering the build of his BlackbirdX on Facebook. He hasn't put pedals in it yet, but has started the motor. I would guess his is DBW. They are on a 10.5 tire.

[Keith 944]

i know jack has nothing to hide as i have seen him blow the tires off many times, however i have been watching a blue cobra jet that leaves like a four cyl. and come alive like a banshee going down track, so if its allowed, dbw, percentage is prob. whats happening, it seemed much more likely than just pulling timing, but is more than certain some form of traction control and from what i saw, it was deadly....

[GUMP]

It really doesn't make a lot of sense to take the throttle out. Modern ECU's have almost infinite control of timing. Shocks, tires, and gearing might want to be added into the equation when trying to figure out what makes the supercharged cars work so well?

I can tell you that every COPO that I have campaigned has run without limiting the throttle by anything other than the drivers foot.

[Brett C]

Originally Posted by Keith 944

i know jack has nothing to hide as i have seen him blow the tires off many times, however i have been watching a blue cobra jet that leaves like a four cyl. and come alive like a banshee going down track, so if its allowed, dbw, percentage is prob. whats happening, it seemed much more likely than just pulling timing, but is more than certain some form of traction control and from what i saw, it was deadly....

Timing & fuel.

[Keith 944]

Seems to work very well, maybe some of the other fast cars will take note! I understand you can achieve this with a grid ignition but I know absolutely nothing about ecu’s and how they can be tuned for this. It must be a fine line between a true traction control and pre set parameters. Is tech checking for this? I do know that they can check the grid for an arc module. I have been checked 2xs for that and 2xs for other electronics. I’m glad they did take the time to check. Just wondering if this is done to the new computer cars and drive by wire and the like. I must admit watching an 8 sec car on a small tire leave so soft was very interesting

[Mike Jones]

Originally Posted by bigshow2966

Geoff Turk is really covering the build of his BlackbirdX on Facebook. He hasn't put pedals in it yet, but has started the motor. I would guess his is DBW. They are on a 10.5 tire.

https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=geoff%20turk

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by bigshow2966

Geoff Turk is really covering the build of his BlackbirdX on Facebook. He hasn't put pedals in it yet, but has started the motor. I would guess his is DBW. They are on a 10.5 tire.

Thanks but the new Comp type class is not pertinent here.

They're all FX cars, by definition (Super Stockers)

[Brett C]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Thanks but the new Comp type class is not pertinent here.

They're all FX cars, by definition (Super Stockers)

Your initial post and the thread title says FX, So what is the actual discussion? FX cars, FS, or FSS?
As someone who’s family owns one of each of the manufacturers, the CJ’s directly from Ford use DBW, and they are the only versions that do.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Brett C

Your initial post and the thread title says FX, So what is the actual discussion? FX cars, FS, or FSS?
As someone who’s family owns one of each of the manufacturers, the CJ’s directly from Ford use DBW, and they are the only versions that do.

BC, That would be all the non- showroom, non- emissions certified, no VIN, factory experimental cars that run in Stock Eliminator ;-)

Thanks for that info

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

BC, That would be all the non- showroom, non- emissions certified, no VIN, factory experimental cars that run in Stock Eliminator

So, are you really asking about power management?

Or, is this just one more whiny thread about how bad the FS cars are and how they've ruined your life?