Ruby Makes Her FIRST Drag Passes in Over a YEAR... and It Couldn't Have Gone BETTER!!!

Summary

The video shows Cletus preparing his car 'Ruby' for an upcoming drag racing event where competitors try to get as close to 850 mph as possible without going over. After some initial test runs, the car runs 848 mph, almost perfectly on target. They make adjustments to try to slow Ruby down but she keeps speeding up, running 843 mph. Finally on the third run, after adjusting the timing, Ruby runs 853 mph, just 3 mph over the goal. Overall a successful shakedown for Ruby after over a year off, as Cletus gets seat time and dials the car into the desired speed range.

Takeaways

• 😀 The video features two guys testing a race car called Ruby before an upcoming race event
• 🚗 They do test runs to dial in the perfect leave time of 0.850 seconds for the upcoming bracket races
• ⚙️ They start with an 11 lbs test bump on asphalt to check the transbrake
• ⏱️ The first test run results in a very close 0.848 leave time by slightly miscalculating the tune
• 🔧 They make small tweaks to the timing and boost between runs to try to slow Ruby down to 0.850
• 😅 Even minor tweaks have an unexpected impact on Ruby's performance surprising the team
• 🏎️ After multiple runs, they finally hit a 0.853 leave time almost perfectly dialed in
• 👍 Ruby performs extremely consistently even after sitting for over a year
• 💪 The successful test day leaves them feeling ready and excited for the upcoming bracket races
• 👋 The video concludes on a positive note after shaking down Ruby and getting some test runs

Q & A

What kind of car is Ruby?

Ruby is a drag racing car.

What is the goal time for Ruby to run at Sig Week?

The goal time for Ruby at Sig Week is 850.

Why do they need to test the transbrake and bump button before Sig Week?

They need to test the transbrake and bump button to make sure Ruby can leave the starting line within 1 second, or else the run won't count during Sig Week.

What was Ruby's first pass time after being out of the barn?

On her first pass after being out of the barn, Ruby ran 848 at 161 mph.

Why did Ruby run faster on the second pass after they pulled timing?

The air density was better on the second pass, so even though they pulled timing, Ruby picked up speed to the 60 ft and ran faster.

What changes did they make to try to slow Ruby down to the 850 goal?

They pulled timing out after the 60 ft. First they pulled 1 degree, then 2 degrees, then settled on 1.5 degrees which resulted in the 853 pass.

What was Ruby's best time for the day?

Ruby's best time for the day was 853 at 160 mph.

How close was the 853 time to their goal?

The 853 time was within 0.3 seconds of their 850 goal, which was very close.

Why was it a successful test day?

It was a successful day because Jack S got seat time in Ruby, they shook down Ruby after a long break, and got within 0.3 seconds of their goal time.

What is the next step after the successful test day?

The next step is to get ready for Sig Week now that they have confidence Ruby is tuned properly and able to hit the goal times.

Outlines

00:00

🍔 Fast Food for Fast Times: The Convenience of Factor's 2-Minute Meals

The video begins with the urgency of a busy day, emphasizing the convenience of Factor's 2-minute meals for a quick and nutritious option. The speaker is in a hurry to get to the track but needs to eat lunch first. Luckily, Factor's sponsorship provides a perfect solution with a variety of meals that are ready in just two minutes, highlighting the shredded chicken and bacon dish. These meals are not only quick and easy but also cater to different dietary preferences such as keto, vegan, and calorie-smart options. The sponsorship deal offers a significant discount, setting the stage for the day's activities with a focus on efficiency and health.

05:01

🏎️ Track Day Prep: Fine-Tuning for Optimal Performance

Following the quick meal, the video transitions to the excitement of preparing for a track day. The discussion revolves around testing the trans brake and bump button to ensure the car's readiness for a racing event known as 'Sick Week', where precision timing is crucial. The goal is clear: to achieve as close to an 8.50-second pass as possible without going under, indicating the fine balance between speed and control. The narrative includes a mix of technical adjustments, the anticipation of performance on different surfaces, and the camaraderie between friends as they strategize to meet their racing objectives. The excitement builds with the prospect of hitting the perfect time on the track.

10:03

🛠️ Trial and Error: Adjusting for Precision on the Track

The excitement continues as the car, Ruby, makes its track runs, aiming for the perfect balance of speed and timing. Initial results are promising but require fine-tuning. The team experiences the challenge of adjusting the car's performance to hit the 8.50-second target amidst changing conditions and unexpected outcomes. Each run brings a mix of anticipation, analysis, and adjustments, from tweaking the launch boost to altering the timing to affect the car's horsepower and speed. Despite the meticulous planning and adjustments, the car performs differently than expected, leading to a deeper dive into the data and strategy for achieving the desired outcome.

15:07

🏁 Close to Perfection: Achieving the Goal with Teamwork and Technology

The final paragraph captures the culmination of the team's efforts to fine-tune Ruby's performance for 'Sick Week'. After multiple adjustments and runs, they achieve a near-perfect time, underscoring the importance of teamwork, technology, and persistence. The video showcases the iterative process of racing preparation, from data analysis to on-the-fly adjustments, and the joy of nearing their target time. It highlights the dedication to the sport and the car, Ruby's resilience and performance, and the collective celebration of a job well done. The day ends with the satisfaction of progress and anticipation for future success.

Keywords

💡trans brake

A trans brake is a mechanical device used in drag racing cars with automatic transmissions to help improve reaction times when leaving the starting line. It locks the transmission in first gear when activated, allowing the engine to build maximum rpm before launching. The video shows the host testing the trans brake to ensure clean launches for an upcoming race event.

💡bump button

The bump button activates a short burst of extra fuel and timing to the engine for increased power. It is used in drag racing to help launch the car quicker off the line. The host tests the bump button along with the trans brake to optimize the car's launch system.

💡one and done

In drag racing, "one and done" refers to winning the first qualifying race and not needing to make any more runs. The host hopes to tune the car to run an 8.50 second quarter mile on the first try to go one and done.

💡da

DA stands for density altitude, a measurement of air density that affects engine performance. The video shows the car picked up horsepower due to a 25 ft improvement in DA between runs.

💡timing

Ignition timing refers to when the spark plugs fire to ignite the air/fuel mixture in the engine. Advancing/retarding the timing can increase/decrease horsepower. The video shows the host pulling timing out of the engine in an attempt to slow the car down.

💡prep surface

A prep surface refers to a drag racing surface that has been treated to increase traction and allow cars to launch harder. The host notes testing bump on asphalt does not indicate how violent it may be on the stickier prep surface at the track.

💡boost

Boost refers to the amount of air pressure forced into the engine by the turbocharger. More boost creates more power up to the limit of the engine. The data shows the car picking up 1 lb of boost between runs.

💡shift point

The RPM at which the driver shifts gears in the car. The data indicates a slightly longer shift point may have contributed to the car picking up ET on one run.

💡cool down

Letting the car sit for a few minutes between runs to allow components like the turbochargers and transmission to dissipate heat built up from the previous run.

💡Etaor ET

Elapsed time, the total time from start to finish of a drag racing run, measured in seconds. The primary measure of performance indicating how quick a run was. The goal ET for this car was 8.50 seconds.

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Transcripts

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what I'm going to test right now is the

trans brake and the bump button because

we have the bump in at Sig week every

pass you make even though you're just

going for your own time you have to

leave within 1 second of the tree

falling or your time for the day doesn't

count so we're doing some SI we testing

today we obviously want to go in 850 as

you guys know as close to an 850 as we

can get but not an 849 so 850 is perfect

we want to get close to that today so

when we start S week on Monday we're

already ready I like that plan I like

that plan one step ahead of the game

this

Dash Yeah dudee clean dude custom that's

nice 5 horsepower 10 20 30 40 like 800

horsepower we only made a th000 of a din

so I had to add another 300 ther bump

test

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that look good and smooth 11 lbs it's

probably all we want to leave with

really right yeah all right I like it

let's go to the track it bumped I mean I

think it bumped smooth yeah but you know

like when you're on asphalt it actually

oh it was just turning the

tire oh so yeah it might be really

violent when we get to the track we'll

see it didn't really move the car a

whole lot it'll see rotated the tire a

little bit if it was it's like

impossible to test your bump on asphalt

because just there's no no traction but

when we're on a prep surface it's going

to Bow if it works we'll see well over

to the track we go let's go run at 850

85 yeah that'd be good so we kind of had

to guess on the tune we went with 11 lb

on the leave and basically what I think

is going to be 12 lbs the entire way

down cuz 850 just not real fast no

Ruby's going to cough out something

faster than that so we're going to try

and go a little slower maybe an

890 880 I honestly no idea what it's

easier to speed them up than it is to

slow them down with these big old turbos

on it so we're going with the try to

start slow keep try cuz it's probably

not going to go slow and then creep up

on that's enough 15s on the D I hope it

goes I hope it's slow enough to where

it's not faster than I if it goes like

870 something right now that'd be

perfect do you think that's enough what

I just put in there yeahwe I leave it

see where it's at you heard it first

guys James doesn't want to turn it up

we're not trying to go sixes you

know

oh that sish or squeak

that the corner just squealing always

here's her character you know love that

sound all right

[Music]

Ruby first burnout in

[Applause]

forever there she is is oh Ruby the

rocket she sounds so

good oh this is going to be a nice rip

right here come on

[Music]

Ruby

no time no time all

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right all right definitely going to need

a little bit more Pizzazz than that cuz

that was a little too slow my Dash piece

fell out in my lap felt like I waited

for an internity for it to get to an RPM

I can shift at Drive old girl back up

there and see how slow that

was oh what do we get here

8848 no

way dud that's great are you kidding me

848 almost right on the money right now

oh we're 300

away 200s away from a perfect run dude

that is awesome

wow sometimes you just forget how great

Ruby really is you know what the heck

there's not a chance I could have

predicted it to be that close Wow Let's

go that's so good W dude I'm sensing a

lot of one and done coming up this sick

week buddy don't say that dude you know

happens when we say one and done 130 60t

546 at 132 848 at 161 first pass back

for Ruby almost dead on the money dude

almost dead she like I'm not going back

in that Barn dude I want to

bave there she is there she

is old Ruby we're a little off yeah

little

off

oh not feel that fast at all we were a

little off

848 dude how about that he okay that's

uh pretty good now the question is do we

leave the 60t alone and just put a

little bit in up top is that going to 48

went 848 yeah we got to slow down oh

yeah yeah we got so leave track alone

that works it we'll just maybe pull like

a degree or two one Dee from 5 seconds

on that there Jack yeah 15 lb of boost

that's perfect that was perfect kind of

nailed it yeah all right so I'm just

going to pull a little bit of timing out

we're going to leave the Boost see what

happens so timing you know can make a

lot of horsepower or it can rob a lot of

horsepower we're just going to pull one

degree out which should reduce

horsepower quite a bit only from 5

seconds into the run on so that's 3 and

1/2 seconds of 1° less timing than that

run see what that does hey Sam you got a

microfiber towel on you just how many

would you like to have just wondering if

you had one handy here we got them

laying all over the place full what

about a Coke you got any Coca-Cola with

you there's one thing wrong with this

one here oh it's empty it's empty unreal

that's terrible all right that's I see

you got a mullet axle with you what you

doing there doing some Machining on that

thing Sam nice here's an ax that goes

into the mullet and it's going to make

this is a go fast axle Here Am You're

darn right so we got one degree of

timing coming out at 5 seconds on and

we'll see if that's enough to slow blow

that 848 down to an 850 with an O let

let's see what this degree of timing

will do for us think an 850 yeah yeah I

like

that

W buddy from The Auction Block to the

water box this thing is

ready

all right

Ruby oh might on the money here we go

here we go wait for it get the app out

wait for

it wait for

it what in the hell it went faster what

in the world dude you hit the wrong

button picked up to the 60 oh check our

data check the air did the air get

better oh see that's the problem dude

the air gets a little better the car

acts a little different it picked up to

the 60t acted a lot different that

[Music]

time

the da was 1585 ft on the first run and

then it was 1561 ft it's a 25t change

it's not enough to pick up 510 and I

pulled a degree out after 5 seconds I

mean what the hell interesting all right

we'll have to pull another degree out

old Speedy

rocket

well she went faster

what went at

843 that's weird

there nothing changed but it getting

hotter taking timing out I yeah I looked

at the da at 25 ft less but that ain't

enough to make that big of a change wow

yeah we confused uh let me look at the

data log it picked up to the 60t so it

went a 128 on that one went a 130 on the

first so what's the deal there I guess

just the bump felt the same and all that

everything was the same yeah I did

everything the same I did I waited for

it to build 11 and 1/2 on the gauge and

then I bumped in and then let go the

button shift it to the same spot all

right well let me check everything maybe

something went

haywire dude me man starts and it starts

show us like it had

promise I was hoping you wouldn't have

said that the only thing I can see

that's different is you shifted 100 RPM

later on the second

one but I mean it literally it all

picked it everything up 11.5 11.6 and

for some reason it just 60 15 6 15.6

14.1 14 lbs on the booth so like

everything's the same the shift was a

little bit longer

so how it picked up 500 I don't know I

me it picked up it picked up uh one

small number to 6 just reflected all the

way down SL you can see it it's hard to

see but you can see it pulled the timing

out too you know so maybe I just pulled

two degrees out that or maybe just pull

earlier earlier you can pull two but

pull two long like maybe 3 seconds on

full 2° 3 seconds on

2° like that we were laughing after the

first run we said Ruby don't want to go

back in that Barn she said I'm going to

behave yeah it's all right we're still

closer than we ever thought we'd be on

our first two hits so yeah I mean we're

right there we just got to figure out

what it likes to slow it down we pulled

out 2° from 3 seconds on we're hoping

that lands us right in the low

850s and if we get that we're done we'll

be happy so we're going to cool down for

a few minutes and then make another

rip whole squeaky whole squeaky belt

Ruby here we go

Ruby work with us on this one Ruby work

with

us all right all right here we go all

right I'm going 851 81 yeah

I would really like that let's do it

let's do it Ruby 851 you go home on time

if we do it you

know I'll put you back in that Barn

[Music]

[Applause]

Ruby yeah I'm thinking that was it that

was it dude I'm thinking that was

it

[Music]

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let's

see 853 oh let's go dude that'll work so

now let's go we change it from 2° to a

degree and a half and it goes 85 oh

that's right right that's how the math

will work out I think so 853 at 160 flat

perfect so all in all today we got our

boy Jack s seat time and Ruby which he

hasn't had well over a year we went in

853 which is 300th away from our desired

time and we shook down our girl Ruby so

we know she's running great I mean talk

about a successful day what a good day

dude 130 60t 548 in the e at

131 and 853 at

16.3

Ruby 853 brother I'm cleaning

up

853 right where we need to be baby

that's I like to

here no dash the dash uh I was got on

The Brak spooled up started doing his

thing and it froze bumped in going on

with the dash yeah I bumped in and then

uh Gess on my ear on shifting so I just

pull the log and see where that was at

so I know where it was at it sounded

about the same yeah I kind of went for

like the same sound like hey you know

what it was while you were on the

two-step I go Ruby I'll put you back in

that Barn scared and she did what she

had to do yeah all right guys that's it

for now thanks for watching new for we

freaking see you later dude pack that

trailer get back in

there at least help James do something

tight that one

there we go that one yeah buddy little

inspection going on here make sure Jack

s's doing his work right

[Music]

yeah