Going DEEP....

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Pinballer

Yeah, I get where a fast car can ET slower than what they're fully capable of if they're in deep, but the only time I can see that really meaning anything is when you can run 1.20 unders or better at will.

That applies to slow cars as well. That means something even if you can barely run the index. Bracket racers started doing that many years ago for that very reason. Not for their lights.
I had a car so slow once I had to leave when the 4th (old tree) amber went out. Just something you have to learn to do if your car is that slow. You learn to do whatever your car requires.
Some of us have to use a blinder, and even block the top half of the bottom bulb to try to get a green light. Yes, that helps a little.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

You learn to do whatever your car requires.

Ed(Wright not Fernandez), that's why you're one of my heroes!

[Ed Wright]

Billy, you don't have that bar set very high.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

. Bracket racers started doing that many years ago for that very reason. Not for their lights.

They were misinformed.

Funny, I've never had a problem shallow staging. I didn't deep stage when I could.

All depends on what you drive, and how you drive it. Of course you already knew that ;-)

Originally Posted by Ed Wright View Post
You learn to do whatever your car requires.

That would include roller skate wheels on the front of a 5000# LTD ,right?

[Ed Wright]

[quote=Mark Yacavone;489136]They were misinformed.

I would expect anybody to know deep staging kills et on the clocks.

That would include roller skate wheels on the front of a 5000# LTD ,right?

Why would anybody try to race something like that? If you chose something like that, you leave earlier on the tree. Or, make a sane choice for a race car. Why would anybody want to race a 5000# LTD?

[j gardiner]

That's right you do what you hafta do, which would include deep staging.

[Billy Nees]

[quote=Ed Wright;489139]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Why would anybody want to race a 5000# LTD?

: )

[SSDiv6]

[quote=Billy Nees;489144]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

: )

Ed Wright,

Billy Nees found out that on the 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 they had a JATO Bottle system option. Therefore, he convinced NHRA to allow him to use it on the LTD and the reason he doesn't need to deep stage!

It appears The JATO bottle was also an option on the GM big car product line...

[Ed Wright]

[quote=SSDiv6;489145]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Ed Wright,

Billy Nees found out that on the 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 they had a JATO Bottle system option. Therefore, he convinced NHRA to allow him to use it on the LTD and the reason he doesn't need to deep stage!

It appears The JATO bottle was also an option on the GM big car product line...

Sounds like Billy. :-)

Billy would be smart enough to know how to drive it.

[Harmie]

Pro's are the only ones NHRA are interested in you would think by now everybody would realize that.........