Re: Drag Racing 1/8 mile

From: Jim, Donna, Erin, and Brian (leefam@wcc.net)
Date: Fri Oct 02 1998 - 22:03:41 EDT


At 08:36 PM 10/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> RT E.T. MPH
>> 1.221 9.658 72.838
>> 1.108 9.740 72.497 (got a "little" smoke at the start)
>> .940 9.749 72.341 (broke the second mark for RT's :-)
>> Robert
>
>Damn Robert..... Green means you waited too long. ;-) <jk>
>
>This might help next time you go. Go "on" the third yellow. In other
>words, when you actually see the third yellow come on, nail it, don't
>wait for green. The
>first time I ever ran I left on green and got a 1.021 rt. Last weekend I
left on the
>third yellow like I was told and my rt's were .609 .685 and .787. So
>even leaving on the 3rd yellow I still had a good amout of time before
>red-lighting. I never even saw a green light last weekend...
>
>Also your 1/8 mile et's are pretty good. Last weekend I had 1/8 mile
>et's of 9.79, 9.76, and 10.35 <-- don't ask... BUT the thing that
>caught my attention comparing your times to mine is the MPH. On the
>above 3 runs I had 74.49, 74.59, and 73.4 So on average I'm running
>about 2MPH faster than you in the 1/8. That seems like a big
>difference. I think our trucks are almost identical, right down to the
>ground effects. It seems you might be falling off on the top end. Or
>could elevation be the cause? What were your 60' times like? Hey, I
>wonder if the ram-air hood makes a difference, more drag?
>
>---Mike, <bit by the drag bug> near Houston.---

Mike, maybe you're hooking up better than him, so you have a higher mph.
And maybe he pulls stronger then you after hooking up, equaling the ET out.
 Just a thought. Can't really tell, though because there are no 60' times.

Brian



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