Well fella's we finally got the ol' girl into the 4 second category. We raced at Kansas International Dragway in Wichita, KS last weekend and despite some bad issues in qualifying managed to pull off a win with two 4.99's back to back. I've been trying for quite a while to get over that hump, feels good to get it done.
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:29 pm
by Carolina Kid
Hot Damn
Congrats John, looks like ol blue is gettin er done
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:44 pm
by silvanova
Congrats John. Bet that feels great. What were the increments?
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:59 pm
by John_Heard
1.22, 3.2935, 4.9913@144.42 80 GOW 2650 DA
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 5:58 pm
by silvanova
Good deal. We was hoping to get a 4 this weekend too but didnt happen. Our converter needs some major changes.
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:58 am
by wheels
Awesome deal, that car looks great!
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:22 am
by ytnova
very cool john, congrats!
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:37 am
by supernova
Holly crap batman! That is awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:46 am
by Bruce69Camaro
Way to go John, like Chris said, that is awesome...
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:39 pm
by John_Heard
Thanks guys..
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:31 pm
by Hitchcock
I'm jelly
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:43 pm
by John_Heard
Frank must be putting out a bit more heat now, discovered it melted all the coating off the shifter cable where it runs beside the transmission. Lovely...
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:11 am
by Bruce69Camaro
I'd like to know, after you fix your shifter cable issue, what's the next plateau for you and Frank?
And is it Frank or Ol' Blue or does he go by both...LOL
Re: Finally Broke into the 4's
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:38 am
by John_Heard
4.80's of course!
"Frank" is the nickname Mike gave the engine in Ol' Blue. I'm not sure if it was because it was big, ugly, or made up of a mix of parts that didn't quite fit together?
