Well, I'll be in full street trim, maybe I'll take the spare out of the bed
:) Didn't get the flash this week, got worried about getting my pcm back in
time, so I'll just do a few tweaks this week and pray for a good tailwind :P
-- Dave Bensalem, PA '02 R/T RC Flame Red"Bob Tom" <tigers@bserv.com> wrote in message news:5.0.2.1.0.20020805102631.009f77f0@bserv.com... > > Hey Dave. > > At 08:59 AM 8/5/02 -0400, you wrote: > >Getting in some practice before the Nats, huh? > > Only the 3rd time on the track this year :-) Actually, I had > to find out which tire/rim combo to take to the Nats. > Contrary to all published specs., the 26 x 8.5 x 15 MT > ET Streets are 2" more in circumference that the > 235/60 BFG drag radials. The MTs were costing me > a couple hundred rpms at the line and a tenth in the ETs. > So I think you can guess which set I'll be taking to the > Nats :-) > > >Congrats on the time, but I would think that 113mph would > >net you a better time? Is the traction that bad? > > Yup, that mph should translate in a 13s run. I think that > the track's computer system either contracted the West > Niles virus or melted under the hot sun :-) > > I suppose that I could use the timeslip for bench racing :-P > See here's proof that I ran a 113 mph 1/4 :-* I just spun the > tires the entire way down to the 1/8th :-) > > A super modified camaro ran 8.0 last October on the day > that I ran the 14.3s. Yesterday, he was running 8.4s. > > Now, considering that I was running 9.4s (3/10s off my best) > at the 1/8 yesterday and 9.7s at National Trail Raceway last > year, it's going to be close trying to break into the 14s for the > 1/4 at the Nats :-) > > Bob >
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