We had a photoshoot on Sunday so Derek's sister came by to detail the
car. This was the first time the car had been detailed and needed to be
clay'ed as there was a lot of contaminants in the paint. When she was
finished I was amazed as car looked sick. She took some awesome pics
for us as well. Enjoy and be on the lookout for pics of the
photoshoot!! You guys are gonna love it. :drool:
Another great night at the track. The Lethal Performance 2010
GT500 made its way deeper into the 9's cracking off a 9.66@146.19mph.
The weather was in the 60's with a little bit of moisture in the air.
Jeremy Martorella of UPR Products pulled the car up to the line for our
first run of the evening. With the 2 step set at 2100 he made the
launch. First gear looked awesome and so did the 1-2 shift.. However
after the shift the car broke loose and started going sideways but
Jeremy's professional race experience got the car back in the groove
and down the rest of the track shifting as fast as an automatic could.
As he passes the traps the board lit up with a 9.66@146.19mph. The car
ran 114.14mph through the 1/8th. This is still using a 4" pulley on the
4.0L Whipple which produces 21.5psi. We were using C16 with no methanol
and this is blower only. We're going to continue working on the
suspension and once it's dialed in we'll turn up the boost. Our goal is
to make an 8 second pass with the 6 speed making it the first GT500 in
the 8's with a manual transmission.
Big thanks to everyone
involved. UPR Products, Whipple Superchargers, Boss330 Racing, Kris@
Champion Racing Heads, Power By the Hour, Jon Lund, Revan Racing,
Shelby Performance, Steeda, Autosports, BMR Fabrication, SCT, Fore
Precision Works, Reische Performance, Mustang Racing Performance,
Bogart, Mcleod Clutches, Moroso Performance, The Driveshaft Shop and
lastly all of our families, friends and customers for all of their
support.
Well we finally got to make it out again last night. The weather was
nice with air temps in the upper 60's. We had our minds set on that 9
second pass. Our driver Jeremy Martorella from UPR had the car prepped
and ready to go. After the burnout box Jeremy pulled the car up the the
line. With a very nice launch and an awesome 1-2 shift it looked like a
great run until the car for some reason nosed over for a second about
100ft after the 1-2 shift. It looked like the car stalled from behind
and at that point we all thought that the run was junk. Jeremy stayed
in it and the car looked like it moved out real nice down the rest of
the track. We expected to see a 10.40 or so flash up on the board but
instead it flashed a 9.97@143.98mph. I was amazed that we still managed
the 9 with the "stall" issue. Had we not experienced that I believe we
would have seen a low 9.80 pass. Not the best run but indeed the first
time a 2010 GT500 has ever been in the nines making the Lethal
Performance 2010 GT500 the fastest 2010 GT500 in the country.
Unfortunately we weren't able to make another run because it started
raining and got nasty. So with a nine under our belts next stop for us
is 9.60-9.70's with the current setup. Then we're going to do a pulley
change and work our way below 9.50.
None the less is was an awesome night out with family and friends. Huge
thanks goes out to Jeremy Martorella from UPR Products for not only
propelling our car into the 9's but for everything else he does for us.
Thanks bro!
I also want to thank everyone else for coming out and helping with the car. Derek, Jessica and Chris. You guys are the best.
Last but not least a big thanks to all of the companies that provide us
with the high performance parts that it takes to make this car go fast.
Whipple Superchargers, Al Papitto of Boss330 Racing, Fore Precision
Works, UPR Products, Jon Lund of Lund Racing, BMR Fabrication, Revan
Racing, American Racing Headers, Steeda, Driveshaft Shop, Bogart Racing
Wheels, Project 321, Mcleod Clutches, Moroso Performance, Thump RRR
Racing. Thanks guys!!
Check out the 9 second pass on our new GoPro HD Wide Lens Camera (Thanks to Meister @ Torq for hooking it up)
