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04-10-2019, 07:55 PM | #11 |
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Some of you may remember Don Carter from South Carolina who ran C/SA in the nineties with a red 69 Nova, one way to remember him is he looked like one of the Oak Ridge boys. Anyway Don had a headsup first round at the GV divisional in that period with some one who had him covered a bunch. I asked him in staging if he had a plan and he stated he was going to pray, the faster car broke in the water.
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04-10-2019, 08:10 PM | #12 |
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How does engine temp play a factor? I see everyone putting ice on the intake and fuel regulator, pushing their cars through staging. What is an optimal engine temp?
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04-10-2019, 08:40 PM | #13 |
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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
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04-12-2019, 04:02 PM | #16 |
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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.
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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.
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"Don't want to see that again, Ed!". Do it in the ECM tuning now.
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Check your p.m.s
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