Didnt get it done :(
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Didnt get it done :(
Saturday started out bad...it rained early in the am so everything was wet. By 9am when we got to the track they had it pretty dried off but still water puddles in the staging lanes and general crapiness in the pit areas. Air was thick with moisture, not good for poweradders. We also had a pretty strong headwind (20+ mph) which didnt help at all. Add to that my 60' times and launches are still attrocious. As with my first time at the track my runs got better towards the end of the day. The air was thining and the track was getting stickier as it got sunny. My best runs came late in the day but everyone was down almost .60 in times including Wes who normally runs 13.5 (NA car). He found it very hard to even break into 13 yesterday (only doing it once) which shows you how bad the weather was for the cars. Ok, enough excuses here are the 2 best times...
14.050 @ 98.66 w/ 2.196 60'
14.121 @ 99.38 w/ 2.363 60' (last run of day, put on 3.0 pully in a desperate attempt to break 13'*, goofed the launch)
14.050 @ 98.66 w/ 2.196 60'
14.121 @ 99.38 w/ 2.363 60' (last run of day, put on 3.0 pully in a desperate attempt to break 13'*, goofed the launch)
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Originally Posted by Allmachtige
Even I could do better in the Red Rocket to 60 foot....2.363, bah!
LOL, j/k.
Impressive though, even for a huge head wind like that.
LOL, j/k.
Impressive though, even for a huge head wind like that.
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Still good times considering the weather. Only got 2 runs in though, why so little?
Oh and your sleeping at the lights with a 1.2 on both. Now you gotta go back soon and a nice day for that 13 second slip.
Oh and your sleeping at the lights with a 1.2 on both. Now you gotta go back soon and a nice day for that 13 second slip.
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Originally Posted by TaylorD
Still good times considering the weather. Only got 2 runs in though, why so little?
Oh and your sleeping at the lights with a 1.2 on both. Now you gotta go back soon and a nice day for that 13 second slip.
Oh and your sleeping at the lights with a 1.2 on both. Now you gotta go back soon and a nice day for that 13 second slip.
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Man 3 seconds. lol. That'* stinks that you didn't hit 13 yet, but you know that you will on a different day. What tires you running?
How about the pre-loading, what RPM'* where you trying out? My last visit I was leaving around 1800rpms and would wait till the tires hooked and than go WOT. Not too bad, but man I need some sticky tires, stock RSA'* gotta go, unfortunatly going to be a bit, will get them rotated before next visit. Hopefully Thrusday I'll go to the track.
How about the pre-loading, what RPM'* where you trying out? My last visit I was leaving around 1800rpms and would wait till the tires hooked and than go WOT. Not too bad, but man I need some sticky tires, stock RSA'* gotta go, unfortunatly going to be a bit, will get them rotated before next visit. Hopefully Thrusday I'll go to the track.
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Originally Posted by Rogue
Originally Posted by TaylorD
Still good times considering the weather. Only got 2 runs in though, why so little?
Oh and your sleeping at the lights with a 1.2 on both. Now you gotta go back soon and a nice day for that 13 second slip.
Oh and your sleeping at the lights with a 1.2 on both. Now you gotta go back soon and a nice day for that 13 second slip.
That stinks about the rain! I still say that if weather had been optimal.... 12! 12, I SAY! I believe in the 8 Ball. And at least it didn't get carried away on a trailor. That would have made for a much crappier day.
GOOD JOB!! Video?
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Originally Posted by TaylorD
Man 3 seconds. lol. That'* stinks that you didn't hit 13 yet, but you know that you will on a different day. What tires you running?
How about the pre-loading, what RPM'* where you trying out? My last visit I was leaving around 1800rpms and would wait till the tires hooked and than go WOT. Not too bad, but man I need some sticky tires, stock RSA'* gotta go, unfortunatly going to be a bit, will get them rotated before next visit. Hopefully Thrusday I'll go to the track.
How about the pre-loading, what RPM'* where you trying out? My last visit I was leaving around 1800rpms and would wait till the tires hooked and than go WOT. Not too bad, but man I need some sticky tires, stock RSA'* gotta go, unfortunatly going to be a bit, will get them rotated before next visit. Hopefully Thrusday I'll go to the track.
I'm running fairly new stock RSA'* (that suck). I didnt get them real grippy with a burnout due to no LSD. Last thing I needed was grenading my dif. I was preloading to about 1800 but with cold RSA'* it just wasnt happening.
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Originally Posted by SisoRogue
GOOD JOB!! Video?
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3 second R/T? That'* enough time for a beer before launching! Pretty damn respectable times, just the same, Todd. Especially since you don't have your setup the way you want it, and still have some kinks to iron out.
Well done! Can't wait for the 'perfect' day for 8-ball.
Well done! Can't wait for the 'perfect' day for 8-ball.