Congrats Ed!! 17.4 is respectable for a v6 CC auto without headers. My
best was a 16.059@84.91 on my second run. Can't wait to get my engine done
to see what it will do.
Is there a formula to figure out rear wheel hp and or torque based upon 1/4
mile times and weight of vehicle?
John.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Ed Halterman
>Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 1:47 PM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Saturday Carlsbad drags
>
>
>Well, it was cool. Got some hard numbers to go by, sorta. It was me, Sam
>with his Y2K R/T and John Mautz in his 4x4 Durango, and possibly picked
>up a new member in a '95 R/C V-8 5-spd who was running mid to high 14's
>all day (stock, except for exhaust only I think) Sam was trying so hard
>to get into the 14's, he was like .005 off or something like that. John
>was running bottom 16's with his 4x4 Durango, and then there was me
>which only made one good run. First run was a 17.4@79mph. O-K, but I
>felt it could do more (sleepy start and shifted too late). Second run,
>totally spun the s--t out the tires, and the timers were down, no #'s on
>that one, but I've NEVER spun like that before (even when I wanted to!!)
>so I knew it was running good. Went right back to go for another, damn,
>they closed the track. Oh well, it's only 80 some odd miles from me. I
>was running with the 'gate up. Need more runs to perfect this thing. The
>weather was AWESOME for racing, cool and sunny, light breeze with a
>little beach humidity. I smell 16's real soon!! (hmmm, or is that my tax
>return check getting closer to me, get ready Ted O!!) BTW, I G-tech'ed
>it at pretty much the same time here (I'm at 1,000ft elevation, Carlsbad
>is right at sea level) so I'm pretty convinced by that thing. Here's the
>breakdown of my pass--
>
>R/T---.848 (Huh? Green, oh s--t, GO!!)
>60'---2.662
>330'---7.370
>1/8 mile---11.237
>1/8 mph---63.82
>1/4 mile---17.463
>1/4 mph---79.07
>
>And I still won, the other dude red-lighted!! Any input is appreciated.
>
>Ed "Olznut" Halterman Sunland, Ca
>'97 Dakota SLT+ CC Auto, 3.9 V-6
>'66 Olds F-85, 5.5 V-8, will have 350hp
>
>http://community.webtv.net/OLZNUT/WelcometoOlznuts
>
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