sumpin' i learned yesterday (rt question)

[Tom keedle]

Originally Posted by The Hawk

Does a blinder work well at night? Bandimere`s events often finish in the dark.

I never, never watch the other guys lights so I really don't know if one would help at night, that and I seldom make it past 1st round
I WAS gonna stop and say hi Saturday but my friggen leg was raising hell....

[Jim Caughlin]

Tom,

I think you are misunderstanding what a blinder is. It's function is to block off the two upper yellow bulbs effectively making a .500 second pro tree. It does not cover the opposing lane bulbs. The idea is to make red lighting less likely because you can't anticipate the tree. Assuming you get the mechanical reaction time portion of your car under control, you shouldn't be able to red light. The drawback that Lane is pointing out is that at night, you get a major glare off of the upper lights which defeats the function of the blinder. The two ideas that some people use in this case of night racing is either yellow lense 'shooting' glasses and/or installing a yellow light to backlight the blinder effectively making a constant glare. Most people just accept that blinders don't work at night and revert back to using the full tree. If you watch the results on Drag Race Central, you can pretty much figure out if it's a night race round as there are usually an inordinate amount of bad lights. If anyone has any better ideas about how to utilize a blinder at night, I'm open to ideas.

Jim Caughlin
SS 6019

[Tom keedle]

Originally Posted by Jim Caughlin

Tom,

I think you are misunderstanding what a blinder is. It's function is to block off the two upper yellow bulbs effectively making a .500 second pro tree. It does not cover the opposing lane bulbs. The idea is to make red lighting less likely because you can't anticipate the tree. Assuming you get the mechanical reaction time portion of your car under control, you shouldn't be able to red light. The drawback that Lane is pointing out is that at night, you get a major glare off of the upper lights which defeats the function of the blinder. The two ideas that some people use in this case of night racing is either yellow lense 'shooting' glasses and/or installing a yellow light to backlight the blinder effectively making a constant glare. Most people just accept that blinders don't work at night and revert back to using the full tree. If you watch the results on Drag Race Central, you can pretty much figure out if it's a night race round as there are usually an inordinate amount of bad lights. If anyone has any better ideas about how to utilize a blinder at night, I'm open to ideas.

Jim Caughlin
SS 6019

ummm, yeah, I got that BUT I watch the last yellow on my side only and still redlight.
wonder if they'd let me do a .4 pro tree.....some other guys were wondering that,too but me being the new guy....

[The Hawk]

Originally Posted by Tom keedle

ummm, yeah, I got that BUT I watch the last yellow on my side only and still redlight.
wonder if they'd let me do a .4 pro tree.....some other guys were wondering that,too but me being the new guy....

Where the blinder would help in this situation is it would eliminate anticipating the third amber,hence the .500 pro tree. My girlfriend runs in the stick shift class too so I`ll be at all of the races this year with her,I`ll come find you Tom.

[Ed Wright]

I have a heck of a time trying to use my blinder in the dark. I may as well go home when it gets dark.

[Bob Don]

Let some air out of the front tires. The tires will "squat" a little and show a larger profile to the beams, allowing you to leave on the last yellow. You may have to experiment to get the right pressure/tire profile.

[magnumv8]

If there are any rubber bump stops in the front suspension you can trim them down a little at a time until you get the lights you are looking for....this increases the front end travel which leaves the tires in the beams longer.....

D L Rambo.....Stk 1300

[G Anderson]

Dark Glasses(even at night,then I thro them up on the dash)