hehe... the new times bumped me up to 729th (was 732nd) on dragtruck.com!!
WOO WOO!!! :)
Gary Hedlin
President
Hedlin Web Designs
http://www.hedlin.net
""Gary Hedlin"" <ghedlin@theramp.net> wrote in message
news:b8fgbe$ufi$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> Well, I made it to the track today, and set a new personal best ET for
> myself!!! My first run was my best run, then they got worse, then my
truck
> died on me :(. I ran a 17.289 @ 77.88 MPH, compared to my previous best
of
> 17.328 @ 77.98 MPH. Hey, i'll take another .039 off my ET!!
>
> It was a beautifull day to go racing, but unfortanatly things didn't turn
> out the way I had hoped. After the 5th run, I went into the pits and shut
> the truck down so I could take a potty break. But when I returned to the
> truck to get back in the staging lanes, the truck wouldn't start. I let
it
> cool down then played with it for a half an hour, but still not starting.
> Finally I called my freind Chad Evans, and he drove over to help me out.
>
> His troubleshooting was dead on. We found out that my ignition coil and
the
> Accell box were the culprits. Being the moron that I am, I took my
toolbox
> out of the bed to save weight.....which had my stock coil in it. So we
> drove into town, got a new coil, then went back to the track to put the
new
> coil in. We put the coil in, bypassing the Accell box, and she fired
right
> up!!
>
> YOU DA MAN CHAD!!!!!
>
> Oh, if your ever in a bind and need a coil for a gen3.... a 96 coil will
> work with the Accell coil adapter.
>
> So annyway, I am hoping now that I have a good coil I'll be able to set
> another personal best next time.
>
> Thank you for saving my ass, Chad!!! :)
>
> Gary Hedlin
> President
> Hedlin Web Designs
> http://www.hedlin.net
>
>
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