Not for Nuthin' But Close!

[Billy Nees]

Doug and I went to Cecil Co. yesterday for what will probably (not definitely) be our last T&T for the year. There was a good crowd but it wasn't packed and we made 7 runs. Doug tried a bit more timing and it didn't seem to like it so he concentrated on trying to take fuel out. He did switch it over to open loop to start removing fuel. Now, he was taking fuel out just a little bit at a time but the car kept responding. First 3 passes with the air getting warmer and the baro. going down were;
First pass, 15.262 @ 88.23
2nd pass, 15.250 @ 88.73
3rd pass, 15.221 @ 88 90
Doug had to raise the RPM limiter again as the car started bumping into it on the 1-2 shift (more on THAT later).
4th pass, 15.164 @ 89.10 !!!
5th pass, 15.159 @ 89.31 !!!
Now just a little something about the 5th pass, that just happened to be the ONLY pass that Doug has taken in the car. Oh, did I mention that he had a .020 light?
Darned punk kids have no respect for their elders......
6th pass, 15.188 @ 89.11
Last pass, really spun the tires, 15.268 @ 89.11.

Doug brought home my laptop to see if he can post some graphs, he said that I didn't need it anyway. Hmmmm.
Now about the torque management nannys, Doug DID turn them off BUT we are going to have to find some kind of a happy medium between them being completely off and making adjustments to the line pressure graphs. With the torque management off and the line pressure left alone, the trans starts "sliding" into gear instead of crisply shifting. But that's for next time.