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[curtis reed]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

If your fast enough to hurt your AHFS average, you need to slow it down. My car is fuel injected. I use a FAST XFI ECM (computer). They will hold more than one "tune up". They sell a selector switch. I just use a toggle switch. Race tune, and a Slow Down tune. I just flip a switch while the car is shut down. I found adding weight to slow it down effected my lights. Pull the weight for a heads up, and problems with red lights. Less timing & leaner is how I slow mine. Same lights. Bias to Radial tires effect my lights too. I stay on radials. Same lights. I had a restrictor plate, but guess I was ratted out. One of our tech guys found it in the staging lanes, told me he "Didn't ever want to see it again!" I considered simply leaving it out until after going through tech. He checked for it again between rounds in the staging lanes. LOL

Sorry for my ignorance but why is a restrictor plate illegal? I find it odd that something to slow you down is a problem.



Curtis

[cmracing]

Originally Posted by curtis reed

Sorry for my ignorance but why is a restrictor plate illegal? I find it odd that something to slow you down is a problem.



Curtis

That seems pretty goofy to me. They going to outlaw a bolt under the gas pedal next................... Seems tech isn't sure what to do with EFI combos so they go strictly by the rulebook.

[Larry Hill]

I was the faster car in NC one year and lost to Mr. Carter heads up. It was a long drive home. And a very quite one at that.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by cmracing

That seems pretty goofy to me. They going to outlaw a bolt under the gas pedal next................... Seems tech isn't sure what to do with EFI combos so they go strictly by the rulebook.

Had one. Popped the end off a throttle cable, since thin carpet with no padding under it, made WOT at the throttle body happen before the pedal hit the floor. Put a stop in for the pedal. Made a shim for the stop by tig welding a flat washer on one end of a short piece of 1" tubing. Glued flat washers inside to stop at 80% throttle angle. Last shim was cut out of magnetic black plastic, to help keep it on. Maybe ratted out again. Was checked for WOT in the staging lanes right away. "Put the pedal to the floor, Ed!" He pushed the Throttle Body WOT from under the hood, when the pedal didn't.
"Don't want to see that again, Ed!".
Do it in the ECM tuning now.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by curtis reed

Sorry for my ignorance but why is a restrictor plate illegal? I find it odd that something to slow you down is a problem.



Curtis

If a RESTRICTOR plate is illegal, then there are NUMEROUS cars in D 3 that are ILLEGAL,,,,

[Ed Wright]

Check your p.m.s

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by curtis reed

Sorry for my ignorance but why is a restrictor plate illegal? I find it odd that something to slow you down is a problem.



Curtis

They are concerned with their AHFS (Automatic HP Factoring System) deal to even the combos out by adding HP to the faster car, causing them to carry more weight (eleven lbs per hp for my class) to slow them down. Too much like bracket racing now.
I slow it down in the computer. Nothing for anybody to see.
I also got chewed out for clicking it off at 1000 feet once during qualifying. I don't do that anymore, either.

[curtis reed]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

They are concerned with their AHFS (Automatic HP Factoring System) deal to even the combos out by adding HP to the faster car, causing them to carry more weight (eleven lbs per hp for my class) to slow them down. Too much like bracket racing now.
Slow it down in the computer. Nothing for anybody to see.
I also got chewed out for clicking it off at 1000 feet once during qualifying. I don't do that anymore, either.

Gotcha. Thanks.