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Re: A little NHRA trivia .........
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Ed F.- Yep , at first glance I thought it was 8" but its really 7 1/2" . Danny - Nope - the "bored" part was real with no other agenda ....... Ed W . - Been there myself back in the day ............. The real answer -- whatever that is has so far eluded us ..........
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01-16-2011, 06:04 PM
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Re: A little NHRA trivia .........
Does it have the tech quick reference chart on the other side?
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01-17-2011, 11:34 AM
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01-17-2011, 12:09 PM
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Re: A little NHRA trivia .........
They were designed to fit right in the rule book so tech guy could use it as a quick reference before looking through the book. the ruler on it was just there to have one more aid to help speed things up.
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01-18-2011, 02:17 PM
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Re: A little NHRA trivia .........
I'm going to guess that the height is used to measure the minumum ground clearance. A kind of "go/no go" gauge.
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01-18-2011, 03:20 PM
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Re: A little NHRA trivia .........
It does look like it is 8" from end to end. Wonder why it doesn't read like that? Probably so when there was a complaint, they had a margin of error.
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01-18-2011, 06:25 PM
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Re: A little NHRA trivia .........
travis used it in the 1970's to measure bore & stroke... LOL
jack current use is to measure how far we will take it up the a#%& before we revolt
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Well, you know how the S/SS racers like to hang their you-know-whats out. The ruler does seem a little small though. Maybe that ruler is just for the lower classes.  -Toby |
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01-16-2011, 07:24 PM
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Re: A little NHRA trivia .........
Measuring Rollout in the Staging Beams?
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