We need a new "instant" trigger!

[Lynn A McCarty]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

OK everybody, The -1.40 trigger is taking too long to catch up to all of the "soft" combos out there! Any suggestions? OBTW we're talking Stock and SS!

Billy,

The "trigger" method is invalid. To determine if a combo is bogus, you dont use the fastest run of an individual to compare to the average. The correct way would be to use the average run of a combination to the average standard in SS or S. Not that hard to do and much more accurate.

The second problem is that the corrective action is too small or not often enough. If a car runs 1.4 under firstly you must determine if it is due to outside forces, like AIR? When I say air I am talking about barometer, temperature, and humidity. (I ran on a 100% humidity day at Indy and that was unbelievable)

Fix it? Run a curve of an engine combo and compare those "like" engines to an average. Correct all runs like we do on our weather stations. Then we must increase the correction factor from 4HP to a much larger number.

Mark,

My family knew Marty Robbins very well. He was a great guy. My ex-sister in law was married to his steel guitar player who won best band of the year in the 1982(?) Grammys. I used to go back stage to the Grand Ole Oprey, but since I dont listen to country music I was like a Pontiac guy at a Chevy race! .