ECS NOVI 1500, GFORCE TUNED-Houston Half Mile Results and Videos!
05-12-2012, 11:22 PM
#1
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ECS NOVI 1500, GFORCE TUNED-Houston Half Mile Results and Videos!
*Gearflicks and Hightechcorvette* will also have videos, so I'll update as I see them.
Had a good time today. Weather was not ideal, very hot and humid. I ran the fastest vette MPH of the day that I know of. I really didn't know what to expect out of the car. What cost me 1-3mph, IMO, is that I was bouncing off the rev limiter at the top of 4th. I was only about 100-200 yards(thought it was further) from the finish, so shifting in to 5th gear would have killed the run(MPH wise). I feel that with a half inch taller tire, I could have hit 173-174mph. Nitrous runs failed, I missed 5th on the first pass, quick shifted the 2nd run to get the car in 5th soon, IAT's were in the 190's and the car fell flat on it's face and didn't pass 171.5. It also wasn't fully tuned for nitrous, we just dumped 4* of timing out of the car and ran it.
So with a good tune from GFORCE Motorsports, full street trim, 295/45-17's in the back(the way I drive it daily), 402 with an ECS Novi 1500 kit on a 6 rib belt, these were the results.
171.5mph, 170.5mph, back to back. 2nd video is still uploading.
What I have learned is that base C6's are not setup to run the half mile with my tire, gearing and power. Nitrous cars might be different on a different size tire. Also, I am ditching the nitrous for now, and going to put the bigger Novi 2200 on and put in a C16 race tune for this event. I think that 180mph is doable with better weather and just a blower.
Big thanks to ECS and GForce Motorsports in Pearland. Great group of guys, awesome tuning and knowledge, and you guys laid down a great 203+mph half mile pass.
Had a good time today. Weather was not ideal, very hot and humid. I ran the fastest vette MPH of the day that I know of. I really didn't know what to expect out of the car. What cost me 1-3mph, IMO, is that I was bouncing off the rev limiter at the top of 4th. I was only about 100-200 yards(thought it was further) from the finish, so shifting in to 5th gear would have killed the run(MPH wise). I feel that with a half inch taller tire, I could have hit 173-174mph. Nitrous runs failed, I missed 5th on the first pass, quick shifted the 2nd run to get the car in 5th soon, IAT's were in the 190's and the car fell flat on it's face and didn't pass 171.5. It also wasn't fully tuned for nitrous, we just dumped 4* of timing out of the car and ran it.
So with a good tune from GFORCE Motorsports, full street trim, 295/45-17's in the back(the way I drive it daily), 402 with an ECS Novi 1500 kit on a 6 rib belt, these were the results.
171.5mph, 170.5mph, back to back. 2nd video is still uploading.
What I have learned is that base C6's are not setup to run the half mile with my tire, gearing and power. Nitrous cars might be different on a different size tire. Also, I am ditching the nitrous for now, and going to put the bigger Novi 2200 on and put in a C16 race tune for this event. I think that 180mph is doable with better weather and just a blower.
Big thanks to ECS and GForce Motorsports in Pearland. Great group of guys, awesome tuning and knowledge, and you guys laid down a great 203+mph half mile pass.
05-16-2012, 06:58 PM
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The car has done 243mph at the Texas Mile, but this was by far the fastest half mile the car has run. The F1X blower kicks the donkey ***** out of the old F2 they had in the car. Pretty awesome to watch Mikey from Gforce tuning that thing after every pass and making it go faster, and faster each time with minimal to no cool down.
05-21-2012, 01:01 AM
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Found this on youtube. Nothing special, but somebody at the line got the car on video.
You can here how loud the tial blow off valve is with the -3 spring in it.
You can here how loud the tial blow off valve is with the -3 spring in it.
