Re: Records, Etc @ Gainesville
 

Well I hope we don't have to redistribute our wealth of VHT....lol

Re: Records, Etc @ Gainesville
 

Nicely said Myron. Jim

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Re: Records, Etc @ Gainesville
 

My brother who is a regular bracket racer at Gainesville has had the same problems on a weekly basis, he was at the open last weekend and said it was a joke on how bad the track was. He has a back halved big tire small motor car that runs 11.30s he has a pretty good gear in it.... 1.48 60 ft ... He varied .07 in 60 ft in 10 runs all weekend, simply unacceptable!!! We built this car for this purpose... To be extremely consistant even on a " ok" track. He does go to other NHRA tracks and thats exactly what the car does.... Deadly consistant .... If his car varies by .02 all weekend its strange!!! Pretty much sums it up that something is very different at this place from all the others.... Just need to find out what it is!!!!

Re: Records, Etc @ Gainesville
 

my 2 cents there are 2 ways to do something THE RIGHT WAY OR THE OTHER WAY does the track promoter want to have surgery by a ambulance driver OR a doctor I dont bring junk to the track. give us what we need to race safely just my 2 cents for all promoters

Re: Records, Etc @ Gainesville
 

Stockers went 8.86 at 154 and Super Stockers went 8.20s at over 160, right down the middle. On 275 drag radials.

My car needs a pretty good starting line and I went 9.68 at 138, right down the middle, with 60s varying from 1.388 to 1.398 over 13 runs. On 10 inch tires

If the track has to be much better than that for you to have a chance at a clean run, you might have some work to do.

Re: Records, Etc @ Gainesville
 

I wasn't there and could be wrong,but 9.68 with a 1.38 sixty foot seems a little slow compared to what some of the Stockers and Super Stockers run in 60ft.

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Off at LEAST a tenth in 60'. That's about what mine goes when it blows the tires off.

Re: Records, Etc @ Gainesville
 

Damn! I'm only off .06 in the 60' from your car! Either mine's a rocket or yours is a sled until you hit the NOS! Jim


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Re: Records, Etc @ Gainesville
 

Those "heads up" cars and "10.5 shoot out " cars use very soft-hit converters. I learned that while working with some of those guys. Put one of out ATI SS converters in, and they wouldn't touch the ground.
Most of them seem to think they have such wonderful working cars because they have a big block on nitrous carrying the tires on marginal tracks with smaller tires.
I have talked to enough of them (some of the locals used to use my chassis dyno) about car set ups, they have nothing special at all. I talked to ATI, and another converter mfgr about it. Both told me "We don't sell those kind of cars converters like you guys run, they would never hook them. Yours hit much harder."
Ditto bracket cars. They need to be consistent on marginal tracks. They don't need to be really fast.

Re: Records, Etc @ Gainesville
 

Apples and Oranges------- If they don't run one they don't get it.---------400 lb. nose heavy 455 C.I. 4.250 stroke , quadrajet carb. 1200 starting line rpm foot brake stocker on 9" tires with 4.10 rear 10.61 --- 1.386 in 60' Gainsville same day ------ 3 passes ---Score --Car 1 --- Starting line 2 --- Starting line wins----- went home.