Went to the track last night for test and tune, ran 4 times only then had to go back to work. I easily equaled my best times last year. It was my first outing with the Bassani Catpipe and Aerochamber exhaust,Powersurge filter, Rancho bars and BFG Drag Radials. I was playing with tire pressures a bit and launch techniques. The track was a bit slippery and I wasnt hooking like I wanted too. Best 60' was 2.1. That is down by 2/10's from where I was last year, same ET though. The Rancho's performed very well, the hop is gone. The Drag radials is another story, It took me 3 trys to figure it out then on the 4th run, some idiot in street tires drove in the water box and did a burnout and put a nice layer of water on the starting block for the next guy, me!.
Anyway, the trucks power is there, just cant get it down on the track, spinning in first and when shifting into second.
I think I was lightning up the tires way too much was not hooking at all. Then I remembered reading a post that you are just supposed to clean them only with just a little tire spin to knock the little rocks off.. Seems to me that the tires got greasy when I did the big burnout. Perhaps, that is what the track manager was trying to tell me, when he waved at me, lol.
My thinking is going back when they have a sanctioned event the track will be better prepared and stickyer, with all that VHT and all.
Later
Steve
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94 Crimson.
NLOC member #343
Team Powerdyne,
13.633@ 100mph
326rwhp
Wanting 12's
