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Re: 1/8 mile racing oppinion
I look at all of the increments and break them down......60ft ---330---1/8--MPH &ET----1000---And 1/4..................I don't store 1/8 mi in the weather station because those times are 7.10 +or - running on a 6.95 dial some thing needs to change. I can take time out of the throttle stop but I have no info and rather than spend 500. to 1000. to go to a div race for test and tune/practice you stay home. Am I getting through, I don't have one of those 150+mph S/ST cars. And as you said Dave, I do have a brick I'm pushing down the track............
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Re: 1/8 mile racing oppinion
I run Super Pro at a 1/8 mile track in Portland, OR when I bracket race,also at Seattle and Woodburn, OR but they are 1/4 mile. I also run S/ST at all the division races and Natl opens. I really don't have a preference. Portland does it for curfew reasons so they can get the program in. Many of the tracks will switch to 1/8 mile if they have a rain delay that threatens the program. As for running S/ST S/G and S/C on 1/8 mile it isn't a big deal, I run around 7.20's when I am chasing 10.90 in the 1/4. they talked about the Natl Open in Portland being 1/8 mile so I took a stab at in the bracket race, took about 3 passes to hit it consistently. Give it a chance, don't avoid it just because it is 1/8 mile.
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Changing the gear when you have a large stroke engine like yours won't gain ET. The engine doesn't know it's running 1/8th mile and you run the risk of making the launch unmagaeable. However you will accelerate engine wear. Small blocks are a differnet story altogether, which is where this myth came from.
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By the way, Bruce, my rear bumper is the same one that I ordered from you, years ago.
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For someone that started racing when there was nothing but 1/4 mile tracks, doing the 1/8 mile things just don't cut it. When I returned to racing in the mid 90s about everything around here had gone to 1/8 mile. I raced it and didn't realize much difference. Then in the late 90s I started racing with the NSCA and the NMCA and all this stuff is 1/4 mile. Now, I hate going back to the 1/8 mile. Sure it is easier on equipment but I love the speed and the longer time on the track-10 seconds/to 6 seconds. I well agree that there are some killer 1/8 mile racers out there. It's actually eaiser for me to go to a National event and win than go to a local 1/8 and compete aganist the regulars. Traveling the country and going to different tracks and conditions equalizes it amoung the traveling racers. My 2 cents.
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In all of the testing I've done with strokes of 4.21 or more, trying to short gear them for 1/8th mile wasn't worth the effort of changing gears. If your car hooks well with a short gear, well, that's good. Some guys don't have as good a chassis to work with. And the added stress isn't worth it either. Are you seeing a tenth in 1/8th mile change by short gearing? |
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goob ! hey i know all about racing a brick! lol.. try a refrigerator box!!!! lol good to see ya again!
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Re: 1/8 mile racing oppinion
just what do you think you know about that 1/8th mile racing there Senor Felipe?
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