found the low 1.50's last time out
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found the low 1.50's last time out
Greg_P October 6th 2009, 2:21 pm
Two back to back 1.51's. Not great, but much better than before. Now the car starts a little spinning about 10 feet out, and we will be working on that next time.
As always, any and all suggestions are welcome.
Greg
As always, any and all suggestions are welcome.
Greg
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Re: found the low 1.50's last time out
D. Sea October 6th 2009, 2:44 pm
Nice! It's not easy getting a land yacht to short time like that 
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ThndrChkn October 6th 2009, 10:10 pm
Good deal Greg... If I'm not mistaken, as long as it's not blowing the tires off, you want a little bit of spin so as not to pull the engine down too much... I kept adding pressure to my rears because it wasn't getting any rotation at all... I added 1/4# at a time until my 60's improved... I went from a 1.57 avg. to 1.43 avg. With a low of 1.400... I Went from 6# to as much as 9-1/4# my slicks depending on the track...
Doug...
Doug...
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richter69 October 6th 2009, 10:19 pm
As always, any and all suggestions are welcome.
Get a f-ckin' lighter car dude....................
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Re: found the low 1.50's last time out
ThndrChkn October 6th 2009, 10:21 pm
richter69 wrote:As always, any and all suggestions are welcome.
Get a f-ckin' lighter car dude....................
Well, he said "any and all"...
Doug...
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richter69 October 6th 2009, 10:23 pm
he'll go make some photos with my pic in it now.
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Greg_P October 6th 2009, 11:35 pm
No need for a lighter car, I'll just up the spray!
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billandlori October 7th 2009, 11:55 pm
Thats some good numbers Greg!!
What starting line procedure are you using now, the same as before?
Bill
What starting line procedure are you using now, the same as before?
Bill
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DILLIGASDAVE October 8th 2009, 8:33 am
Nice job. Did you make changes or was the air good that night?
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Greg_P October 8th 2009, 11:00 am
We did make some changes.
I closed up the gap on the cal-trac bars and loosened the shocks up to a 2 on both sides.
Then a buddy suggested trying a lower pressure in the rear tires, so I went down to 11 lbs. The tire sure looks bad at launch, but it seems to work better.
Greg
I closed up the gap on the cal-trac bars and loosened the shocks up to a 2 on both sides.
Then a buddy suggested trying a lower pressure in the rear tires, so I went down to 11 lbs. The tire sure looks bad at launch, but it seems to work better.
Greg
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Northwest outlaw October 8th 2009, 11:04 am
you didnt get any vid did you?
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hotrodmerc October 9th 2009, 7:05 pm
Was this with your roller spring perches installed?
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Greg_P October 26th 2009, 10:35 pm
That was with the roller spring perches.
We found a little more recently, and hit a string of 1.46's.
The front suspension is taking a big beating, and it seems like every time I bring the car home from the track a new bushing is out. This time it's a lower control arm bushing.
Greg
We found a little more recently, and hit a string of 1.46's.
The front suspension is taking a big beating, and it seems like every time I bring the car home from the track a new bushing is out. This time it's a lower control arm bushing.
Greg
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cool40 October 27th 2009, 1:08 am
thats pritty good 60' for a stock body.they are real nose heavy and hard to transfer weight but your doing a good job.good looken car too!
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63boxtop October 27th 2009, 2:06 pm
hey greg what springs do you have in the front and rear of your car
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Re: found the low 1.50's last time out
Greg_P October 28th 2009, 9:18 pm
Front springs are stock, 351C w/ air.
Gonna try one more time for the 9's on Sunday out at Texas Motorplex.
Greg
Gonna try one more time for the 9's on Sunday out at Texas Motorplex.
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