New PB - RTRA in Denton
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New PB - RTRA in Denton
We had a great weekend racing at the Northstar Dragway RTRA race in Denton. Got to meet SUPERNOVA aka Chris Madland and a bunch of other nice folks down in Texas.
Ol' Blue did a good job, she ran a new PB - 4.63@151, 1.10 60' with a 3.02 to the 330' she was on a mission. We had issues keeping front end down, had to abort a few passes when it wanted to power wheelie. I think we had her ready to go into the 50's for the first round of eliminations, but had a loose nut behind the wheel and left before the tree dropped so we didn't get a time. The front end DID stay down though with a hotter tune up in her. Would have been nice to see what it would have been.
Ol' Blue did a good job, she ran a new PB - 4.63@151, 1.10 60' with a 3.02 to the 330' she was on a mission. We had issues keeping front end down, had to abort a few passes when it wanted to power wheelie. I think we had her ready to go into the 50's for the first round of eliminations, but had a loose nut behind the wheel and left before the tree dropped so we didn't get a time. The front end DID stay down though with a hotter tune up in her. Would have been nice to see what it would have been.
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Re: New PB - RTRA in Denton
Congrats John Thats haulin ass
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Looks killer! Congrats on the PB, you are definitely making progress.
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Thanks Guys - man I sure wish we had got just a couple more shots at it. It'll have to wait till next year now.
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Re: New PB - RTRA in Denton
Definitely a great way to end your year though!
Congrats to Ol' Blue, her crew and the "loose" nut behind the wheel.....
Congrats to Ol' Blue, her crew and the "loose" nut behind the wheel.....
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Re: New PB - RTRA in Denton
Very nice, congrats :)
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Blown 427 BBC, TH400 w/Brake, Back-Half Ladderbar
Narrowed 12-Bolt, 4.10 Gears, Spool, Moser 33 Spline
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Re: New PB - RTRA in Denton
Car is running good John. Do you mind sharing your front weight percentage? We are at 51% and can't keep the front down after adding some Nitrous jet.John_Heard wrote:Thanks Guys - man I sure wish we had got just a couple more shots at it. It'll have to wait till next year now.
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Re: New PB - RTRA in Denton
Thanks - With no weight in the nose, we're at 54.9%, at Denton it wouldn't stay down until we were at about 55.7%. I think we need to be around 56-57% to really get after it on a track like that. That was also with some pretty tight shocks and about 2" of travel or so.
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