Re: New ET's... Fastest Yet!

From: Gary Hedlin (garyhedlin@sbcglobal.net)
Date: Thu Jun 24 2004 - 23:34:09 EDT


Well, I guess I'll be the only civil guy and congratulate you on those very
respectable times. I know you've put a lot of hard wonk into the truck over
the winter and I'm glad that work is producing!

Nice job! :)

-- 
Gary Hedlin
www.garyhedlin.com
(under construction)

On 6/23/04 10:05 PM, in article BAY19-F23PFC0XgWNab000782cb@hotmail.com, ""Ronald Taylor"" <scsilverdakdml@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > i just got back from the track from Test-N-Tune, and evidently I must of > done something right! > > I added 5 gallons of Sunoco GT 100 Octane Race fuel to about a 1/2 tank of > Sunoco Ultra 94 (approx. 11 Gallons) and True To the Dakota's past history > at that track, it ran it's Fastest time ever on the first pass of the night! > > Only thing puzzling is it hit a trap Speed barrier of 89 MPH and wouldn't go > any Faster, BUT it did > shave .2 tenths off it's best ET from last year....I used the same Nitrous > shot setting I used last year. > > Last Year Tonight > > 60'- 2.278 2.284 > 330'- 6.652 6.313 > 1/8- 10.017 9.721 > mph- 72.20 71.10 > 1000- 12.970 12.718 > 1/4- 15.452 15.240 > MPH- 91.29 89.69 > > I made 2 other runs, but I didn't get enough Cool down time between runs and > the ET's fell off > by almost a Full second, a 16.10 and a 15.79 with the 88-89 MPH trap > speed..... > > Another reason I think it ET's better on the First pass is the track prep is > fresh, and tonight they sprayed VHT all the way to the 1/8 mile clocks, so > traction was pretty good on the first round. > > A little more tuning and practice at launching it should get it into the > 14's.... > > Ron > 01' Dakota Sport 3.9 4WD > Street,Strip,and Show! > > 99' Dakota SLT CC 5.2 4WD > Daily Driver > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access fights spam and pop-ups – now 3 months FREE! > http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ >



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