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Re: ET with and without wheelie.
No Ed, I've never raced anything faster than a 15 second car, I get nose bleeds.
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Re: ET with and without wheelie.
Doug, the Brat has earned it's retirement. It's not going anywhere.
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Strange thing, I can understand what Ed and everyone else is saying and I think both sides are right. If you pick up or lose 60ft you should pick up or lose incremental and total down track as long as everything else remains the same, such as tune up and weather.
I think Ed's version of changing 60ft times relates to his shock settings, other guys I'm not sure of? I'll add my own experience from last weekend where a timing change picked up my 60ft from 1.40 to 1.37 but the finish line et and mph were slightly slower.
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Re: ET with and without wheelie.
Dan, I'm not quite sure what you are disagreeing with. With "all things being equal", then the car "should" run the same 60', 330' and E.T.. If it doesn't then what changed?
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I could and should have been clearer. I quoted that statement to point out that some previous comments had brought up things that make runs NOT equal and it seemed like those were not being considered. Just like you described when things happen after the initial hit that will change what happens at the finish line. Went back to find what you typed so as to avoid any further confusion. " If you shift the car too high and the converter locks up OR you have too much low gear in the trans and you don't have enough wheel speed yet, it can "stagger" the car. Make it hesitate on the shift. A lot (not all) Racers with PGs try and shift the car low enough to "flash" the converter again. Especially in bad air. In a Stocker with a PG, 60' times are irrelevant." I got the idea that some might be ignoring the important issues you brought up. Last edited by Dan Bennett; Today at 06:48 PM. |
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Re: ET with and without wheelie.
60 foot times are NEVER irrelevant as it relates to ET!
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Re: ET with and without wheelie.
Ed,
Please stop. Frank |
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