Re: 1/4 Goals REACHED!

From: Richard A Pyburn (rap777@juno.com)
Date: Thu Oct 21 1999 - 09:09:48 EDT


Bob:
Congratulations on reaching your goal so quickly! Looks like it's time
for new targets!
Richard in San Antonio

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 21:40:42 Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com> writes:
>Today, a bunch of guys (mainly members of the MML) rented
>St. Thomas Dragway, south of London, Ontario for the day.
>
>Temperature was 50-55F and humidity was 45-48% with a
>crosswind of 15-20 mph.
>
>My goals for the 1/4 have been 14.9x sec. and 90+ mph.
>
>My previous p.b. was 15.234 sec and 89.81 mph.
>
>I switched to 26" drag radials (235/60R15) giving an effective
>gear ratio of about 3.80:1 from 28" drag radials (27560R15)
>which gave an EFR of about 3.50:1. This change made
>the package of mods that I have done complete.
>
>My personal best was a 14.934 sec. and a 90.78 mph. I also had
>two other runs in the 14's (14.974 and 14.946).
>
>To say that it was worth the 2-hour drive (1-way) and $50 CDN for
>running from 10 a.m. until you drop, would be an understatement!
>
>Now I can retire ... except that I'm already retired.
>
>Bob. Southern Ontario, Canada.
>'97 FR CC Sport, 5.2L, 3.55 SG, auto.
>Racing weight: 4,350lb ET: 14.034 Trap speed: 90.78 mph

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