Brought the SHO to New England dragway

Enjoy the clinic ShoNoff and I put on.  New England Dragway 8/10/18

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jlCNsuhFuyM&feature=youtu.be

 
FoMoCoSHO said:
802SHO said:
That's even better !
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Very Impressive.

Have Brad get you a few more ponies to get that DA corrected 11.99.

Then drive to sea level track for your 11 second glory!
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You read my mind!  I'm so close.  I will be thrilled to join the 11 second gang!  The launch seems so touchy.  My instinct is to brake boost as long as possible yet my best 60fts happen when I consciously brake boost for less time, about when the tree falls.  As is if I can get into the 1.7's for 60ft I'm right there.  My best 60ft is a 1.809.
 
802SHO said:
FoMoCoSHO said:
802SHO said:
That's even better !
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Very Impressive.

Have Brad get you a few more ponies to get that DA corrected 11.99.

Then drive to sea level track for your 11 second glory!
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You read my mind!  I'm so close.  I will be thrilled to join the 11 second gang!  The launch seems so touchy.  My instinct is to brake boost as long as possible yet my best 60fts happen when I consciously brake boost for less time, about when the tree falls.  As is if I can get into the 1.7's for 60ft I'm right there.  My best 60ft is a 1.809.
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It is an elite club. Pretty sure you would be Brads first.

My 2015 was difficult to launch at a DA corrected 12.2x so I was wondering about your technique.



 
I asked Brad his thoughts prior to going about brake boosting and he told me to try brake boosting for only a few seconds, he said if I brake boost too long I can actually miss my boost target.  He said in his fusion it really messed his launch up if he brake boosted too long.  My third and fourth run I purposely waited for all the staging lights to be lit before I started my brake boosting.  Appeared to have helped. 
 
SHOdded said:
Dont want to heat up the torque converter or trans fluid unnecessarily either.
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So the last time I took the Lincoln out for some abuse (logging) the trans temp max was 134.

50/50 unknown(oem?)/Amsoil mix.

 
Andrew I can tell you a few tips from being behind your car on a few of your passes. A few times when you stagged your car you were actually crooked and not entirely in the traction groove. You want to make sure you are a straight as possible and lined up in the traction groove for the best launch results. It’s a bit of a pain in the ass to line up straight after going around the water box. We can get into shallow staging later for those few extra .01’s lol. I mean I was 1.81-1.84 all night. You should easily be in the 1.75 range. Also I can tell you my car hates it when I brake boost. I usually sit like I said at about 2200 or so and I kind of slide the brake out while I’m giving it gas so it builds a little boost as it’s starting to move.
 
FoMoCoSHO said:
SHOdded said:
Dont want to heat up the torque converter or trans fluid unnecessarily either.
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So the last time I took the Lincoln out for some abuse (logging) the trans temp max was 134.

50/50 unknown(oem?)/Amsoil mix.
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I’ve never checked mine maybe I should log it next time. I run factory ford fluid wonder if there is any benefit to swapping out to amsoil.
 
shoNoff said:
Andrew I can tell you a few tips from being behind your car on a few of your passes. A few times when you stagged your car you were actually crooked and not entirely in the traction groove. You want to make sure you are a straight as possible and lined up in the traction groove for the best launch results. It’s a bit of a pain in the ass to line up straight after going around the water box. We can get into shallow staging later for those few extra .01’s lol. I mean I was 1.81-1.84 all night. You should easily be in the 1.75 range. Also I can tell you my car hates it when I brake boost. I usually sit like I said at about 2200 or so and I kind of slide the brake out while I’m giving it gas so it builds a little boost as it’s starting to move.
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I never thought of or considered the track groove.  I will definitely be mindful of this next time.  I mean, I just need another .18 seconds to tip over into an 11.  I'm really just getting my feet wet with the dragstrip.  This is my first time as of a few weeks ago.

I want to say I do what you're saying, with the brake boosting.  I hold the brake with my left foot and give it gas to where my rpms are above 2, then I let off the brake simultaneously as my right foot burries the accelerator. 

I need more practice!  Lol.  And I think I should be in the 1.75-1.78 range all day too.  I know this also falls on me as the driver.  :/
 
shoNoff said:
FoMoCoSHO said:
SHOdded said:
Dont want to heat up the torque converter or trans fluid unnecessarily either.
Click to expand...
So the last time I took the Lincoln out for some abuse (logging) the trans temp max was 134.

50/50 unknown(oem?)/Amsoil mix.
Click to expand...

I’ve never checked mine maybe I should log it next time. I run factory ford fluid wonder if there is any benefit to swapping out to amsoil.
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If nothing else, fresh fluid is better, however I'm a believer when it comes to running the best synthetics. I'm planning to drain/top mine in 5k miles when it hits 60k. (Coolant as well, keeping that OEM tho)
 
I had ford flush my fluid at 44k I’m at 49k now. I may switch to amsoil next time since I’m running that in engine. Next ptu change will go to amsoil too.
 
shoNoff said:
I had ford flush my fluid at 44k I’m at 49k now. I may switch to amsoil next time since I’m running that in engine. Next ptu change will go to amsoil too.
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Already did 1 PTU, and planning another at 60k. I still need to do the RDU.

That...and grow the nuts to drill/tap/plug the PTU for full flush/fills instead of partial, lol

I pretty much run all Amsoil lubricants except coolant. Even then I do in some vehicles.
 
The day I hit the track I did the PTU, got 9 oz out of it...it needed a change, overall I was expecting the fluid to be worse, and I changed the RDU, got out 24-26 oz.  Replaced all fluid with Royal Purple.  So is Amsoil better than Royal Purple?  I thought I was putting the best in it. 

Tom, when you do the RDU, only back out the fill plug a little bit and do the rest by hand, I backed it out too much and pinned my ratchet.  That was fun.
 
Hah, thanks for the heads up!

I know a lot of people that swear by it. I like Amsoil more because I know it's a Group 4 oil. I've also done oil analysis to confirm that it holds up. (Other vehicles.) The only thing I've ever seen bad about RP was back in the day they had a bad batch of bike oils and a few guys running high HP sport bikes popped their motors. But it was enough for me to not even try. I pretty much run Amsoil or Mobil 1 if I'm in a pinch, and that's it.
 
Royal Purple is great oil I ran that in my big block racecars for years and in my 500whp turbo neon. I never had a problem running royal purple. I never tried amsoil until this car. So I cant really speak of it being good or bad for the sho. I just put it in the engine this past oil change. In my PTU I used Lucas. I get it cheap at work and I wasn't really planning on changing it the day I did and it was all I could get my hands on. Seems to work well and it holds up to the heat. I can tell you at 48K my PTU fluid looked like crap. No metal but almost sludge. I have yet to touch my RDU, I'll most likely tackle that after the winter.
 
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