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2 stages

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:22 pm
by dcw9360
Was wondering if most people leave on big kit then bring in a smaller kit...or the other way around????
Big tire car and can handle 350 now.....but want to add 200 for 2nd kit...
Any input????

Thanks... :scratch:

Re: 2 stages

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:57 am
by John_Heard
Depends on what the car wants, but in general the goal is to get it all in as fast as you can. So if it's taking a 350 off the bat, sounds like adding the 200 as a 2nd kit would be the way to go like within the first .7 to 1.0 second range.

Re: 2 stages

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:43 am
by dcw9360
That is what i was thinking!!!
thanks

Re: 2 stages

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:29 am
by Chevyfireball
If your second stage is on a timer you might be better to bring it in sooner rather than add hp.

I run 400 hp off the line and another 300 on a timer which I vary from .4 of a sec up to 1 second depending on the conditions

Re: 2 stages

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:34 am
by wikd69
Chevyfireball wrote:If your second stage is on a timer you might be better to bring it in sooner rather than add hp.

I run 400 hp off the line and another 300 on a timer which I vary from .4 of a sec up to 1 second depending on the conditions
You add 700 HP worth of N02 to your ride ? Is that where the 'Chevyfireball' nickname comes from ? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Geez louise, that's gotta be like hitching a ride on the space shuttle at liftoff. :shock:

If you don't mind my asking, how much are you making on motor and what sort of times are you turning ? Is this 1/8 or 1/4 mile ?

Re: 2 stages

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:58 pm
by Chevyfireball
I run a 634ci with two 1150 dominators flowing 1220cfm. Dart Block, Big Chief Heads, two speedtech systems & glide with Chance aluminum converter. 9 1/2 inch diff with 4.1 gears.
Car weighs 2490 lbs with me in it.
Total hp is around 2050
We run heads up 1/4 mile here. (Top Doorslammer).
ET 6.84 at 198mph. (1.04 60', 4.4 sec 1/8)

Re: 2 stages

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:13 pm
by wikd69
Yep, I was right. It's *exactly* like the space shuttle except without all the orbital insertion stuff.

2050 hp. Wow.

Re: 2 stages

Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 11:26 am
by mink127
Ok holy stromboli that's a lot of power. I was 16 when I first joined a group of adults who were racing. I was in it for three years, and our first year we used a 1970 challenger r/t with a 426 and a supercharger. Ran into the low eights. I'm trying to get back into it, but it's been so long, I need to refresh a bit. When you have two stages of nitrous, are they both built into the tune? Or is the first one in the tune and the second one manual?