For Immediate Release: April 13, 2010
The crew at T1 has been hard at work making some improvements to the car after the 2009 racing season. The NSCRA finals in Dec. marked the end of the 2009 racing season and the T1 crew again set personal bests with an 8.80 at 169mph. Spending most of the off season catching up on work and planning out some changes on the car kept everyone busy.
Dallas Raceway was the host of the Import Face Off event on April 11th and marked T1's first race of the 2010 season. With a rough guess at what the new setup would want, the crew lined up for the first qualifying round. The board lit up with success, an 8.78 at only 163mph right off the trailer. That time was followed up with an 8.90 at 169, an 8.72 at 166 marking a new best ET, an 8.91 at 171, and an 8.80 at 175 marking a new best MPH.
One of the biggest changes/improvements made to the car was getting rid of the Mark Williams axle setup and spool and going to the new Drive Shaft Shop Pro axle kit with a custom DSS/Quaife differential. Anyone who's driven a FWD car with a spool can attest to how much of a pain it is to maneuver and deal with. The limited slip differential being back in the car is a godsend, the car feels like it has power steering in comparison! The DSS axles took a beating all weekend long without blinking an eye. This Pro Level axle kit uses custom inner gears to accept a bigger spline, which is generally the weak link in using an LSD.
Precision Turbo supplied one of their bad boy 72mm billet compressor turbochargers and it proved it's power capabilities this weekend with a 175mph trap speed and 138mph 1/8th mile trap! This turbo just keeps going where others have run out of breath, we're excited about being able to further dial it in!
Mike and the crew at T1 also spent some time working on the aerodynamics of the race car. The new wing and bellypan definitely made an improvement as the car feels like it's glued to the track on the big end now, no more ‘hoping for the best' when slowing down. The car used to get really light in the rear and dance around when trying to get it slowed down after a pass.
A huge thanks goes out to everyone who has helped get the car where it is today. Without the support of these companies both with the car and in our industry, we wouldn't be here. Support those who support the sport!
T1 Race Development, Injector Dynamics, Drive Shaft Shop, PPG Gearbox, Web Camshafts, Watts Racing Engines, Full Race, Golden Eagle MFG, Skunk 2, M&W Ignitions, MoTeC, Omni Power, RLZ Engineering, Bullhead Gears, Clutchmasters, MB Racing, ERL Performance, EFI University, The Sign Lab, WSIsearch.com
