Oil Downs (Beat to Death)

skills · 02-27-2011, 07:48 PM

I am not a mechanical guy so if some of this is wrong but my theory if this. Go back to quarter mile, the 1000ft idea isn't making a difference now. Everybody is just turning it up harder in 1000ft. Lower the cubic inches, take of a fuel pump and a magneto. If you don't have the fuel then you can spin the supercharger as fast. Besides if you not using as much fuel and parts the smaller teams can run more events it will balance it out better. Less money equals more sponsors less time on events makes racing better.

SStockDart · 02-27-2011, 07:53 PM

Antron oiled the track.........over 15 minutes so far for clean up.

Two runs later, a funny car oil down......on hold again.

X-TECH MAN · 02-27-2011, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by sstockdart

antron oiled the track.........over 15 minutes so far for clean up.

Two runs later, a funny car oil down......on hold again.

lol...............................

nopwradders · 02-27-2011, 07:58 PM

I agree with "skills"! Go back to a 1/4 mile racing, but change the engine set ups and fuel. They are pushing them harder now than before. Again, its all part of the "show".Now instead of trying to set 1/4 records, they are pushing them to get 1000 ft records.
Are the oil downs created by stressed equipment or has there been alot of tires going up in smoke and un-loading the motor?

02-27-2011, 07:48 PM	#1
skills Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hershey,pa Posts: 187 Likes: 0 Liked 8 Times in 1 Post	Re: Oil Downs (Beat to Death) I am not a mechanical guy so if some of this is wrong but my theory if this. Go back to quarter mile, the 1000ft idea isn't making a difference now. Everybody is just turning it up harder in 1000ft. Lower the cubic inches, take of a fuel pump and a magneto. If you don't have the fuel then you can spin the supercharger as fast. Besides if you not using as much fuel and parts the smaller teams can run more events it will balance it out better. Less money equals more sponsors less time on events makes racing better.

02-27-2011, 07:53 PM	#2
SStockDart VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona, Texan forever Posts: 1,176 Likes: 879 Liked 574 Times in 212 Posts	Re: Oil Downs (Beat to Death) Antron oiled the track.........over 15 minutes so far for clean up. Two runs later, a funny car oil down......on hold again. Last edited by SStockDart; 02-27-2011 at 08:06 PM.

02-27-2011, 07:58 PM	#4
nopwradders Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 22 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Oil Downs (Beat to Death) I agree with "skills"! Go back to a 1/4 mile racing, but change the engine set ups and fuel. They are pushing them harder now than before. Again, its all part of the "show".Now instead of trying to set 1/4 records, they are pushing them to get 1000 ft records. Are the oil downs created by stressed equipment or has there been alot of tires going up in smoke and un-loading the motor?