Re: Fw: 1/4 mile times WooHoo (a bit long)

From: Sam South (sawcut64@comcast.net)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 08:34:05 EST


Nice runs Tony. What mods does your R/T have? Did you install those CalTracs
yet?
Sam South
ET 13.61 MPH 105.88
'95 Dak RC, 5.9L,5-speed,390 LSD
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----- Original Message -----
From: "TonyC" <acellan1@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "DML" <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 7:13 AM
Subject: DML: Fw: 1/4 mile times WooHoo (a bit long)

>
> Ok, the weather finally cooperated with me this past Thursday. Temps
> started in the low to mid
> 70s then droppped to the upper 60s, a beautiful FL evening at Bradenton
> Motorsports Park (West Central FL), high humidy to the point of dew
forming.
>
> Anyway, here are the times with notes and kills.
>
> 99 RC R/T
> Runs made with tailgate off, no spare, open dump, 26x10,5x15 M/T drag
> radials @ 22psi, 1/8 tank of gas to start, launches from idle with a
stomp,
> generally good traction all night
>
> R/T 60 330 1/8 MPH 1000 1/4 MPH Notes
> Kill
> 0.477 1.941 5.717 8.853 78.04 11.582 13.893 96.72
> 0.586 1.957 5.737 8.875 78.09 11.614 13.938 96.22 took off tonneau
> 4.6Mustang GT
> getting dark, temps dropping a little at this point
> 0.785 1.945 5.733 8.877 77.88 11.600 13.895 97.43 add 3 gal 100 oct
> 340Duster
> 0.553 1.952 5.732 8.871 78.01 11.592 13.888 97.34
> 99 Lightening with 10 psi pulley
> 0.499 1.985 5.781 8.930 77.81 11.659 13.960 97.22 capped exh
> hopped up MR2
> 0.523 1.973 5.766 8.916 77.82 11.645 13.949 97.09 long wait in linelate
> 80s V8 Camaro
>
> Back to street trim RSAs 30 street trim, bed cover on, tailgate on, spare
in
> bed
>
> 0.486 2.114 5.994 9.182 76.75 11.947 14.267 96.54
> lost to Mustang GT 4.6
>
> I'd expect that an IAT adjustor or resistor would have helped this
evening.
> I also think that the temps and humidity robbed me of at least a 1/10.
> Also tire pressure play would have been a benefit. You guys with drag
> radials, what pressures do you tend to start at.
>
> TonyC
>
>
>



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