Re: Wooo Hooo!!!!!!(drag racing -long)

From: Chad (mcc@negia.net)
Date: Mon Feb 08 1999 - 15:08:30 EST


Ya know, if he's doing that with a Jet Module, just wait (no pun
intended on the wait) until Mopar releases theres. Holy COW! :)

Chad

Richard A Pyburn wrote:
>
> Alan, I thought you were sayin the computer was canceling out all your
> mods. Damn nice times! Congrats and look forward to seeing that beast
> blast Sealy in March.
>
> Richard in SA
>
> On Sat, 06 Feb 1999 17:10:36 -0600 Alan Short <ashort@flash.net> writes:
> >Well, Swede and I made it to the Motorplex today. I can hardly
> >contain
> >myself, the results far exceeded my expectations. My times are now:
> >Run #1. We'll call this one some good news and some bad news.
> >I was super stoked to run and left my tranny in 2nd and hit the rev
> >limiter, totally blowing my own sage advice. Got the slip and
> >WHAT???14.785 @ 91.07!!! hitting the limiter and fumbling the shift!
> >
> >Run #2. Fool proof run, O/D off and in drive. By now the place is
> >PACKED
> >and it's taking a lot longer to get thru staging, so make it RIGHT!
> >RT .853 (sorry but safe)- 3rd & last run. it took about
> >an
> >hour to get to
> >60' 2.068 - the front of staging and while
> >in
> >line a T-Type
> >330 5.901 - Buick challenges me to a race.
> >I
> >know they're
> >1/8 9.147 - fast, but I'm cocky now so I
> >say
> >OK.
> >1000 11.954 -------
> >1/4........14.334 @ 94.67 - 3rd run. My 14.283 @ 94.58
> >
> >to his 14.130
> >------------------------------- @ 101.18. He just barely nicked me
> >going
> >thru the traps. Here's the breakdown of that race:
> > My R/T His T-Type
> >RT .797 RT .852
> >60' 2.031 60' 2.296
> >330 5.858 330' 6.106
> >1/8 9.104 1/8 9.220
> >1000' 11.907 1000' 11.883
> >1/4 14.283 @ 94.58 14.130 @ 101.18
> >
> >One hell of a race! What I'd give for some top end! Anyway, I am so
> >pumped I just can't sit still, I think I'll be grinning in my sleep
> >tonight! I just had to share this with the dml because many of you
> >are
> >part of the reason that I finally cracked the 14 barrier and joined
> >the
> >ranks of the faster '98-'99 set. I wish you all the same luck, it's
> >been
> >a long, fun road. Alan S.
> >
>
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