Re: 1.20 under at Belle Rose
 

As a fact.... My combo can go 87 FGH or 89 HIJ by just putting in dish pistons, could go 88 as well but its been hit hard too. Since it isn't finished, I may just yank it back out and change the pistons

Re: 1.20 under at Belle Rose
 

That shows he was letting off before the 1000ft.
The big caprice played him good, the next time they race the caprice will have the advantage. Stock racing at it's finest.

Re: 1.20 under at Belle Rose
 

How's is that?

Re: 1.20 under at Belle Rose
 

If I have someone by 7 at the eight, I'll have him by 9 at the 1000th

Re: 1.20 under at Belle Rose
 

The HP for 3 cars was hit at the No Problem race.

1 of the 3 is not mentioned in the 6 pages of comments, 1 is congratulated, and the other 5 1/2 pages focus on the 3rd car.

When the HP on that particular combination was increased from 268 to 272 in 2015, no comments were made on this forum regarding the person(s) responsible for affecting that HP increase.

Kent's car has always been quick and he works on it to make it quicker (as we all should do). He is by no means a "rich" guy who spends 10s of thousands of dollars to improve his combination. He had no idea the car was on that quick of a run and was just as unhappy as every other person with that combination that he "hit" the HP.

It's obvious (because his car was torn down and found legal) that anyone with that combination can run that quick. Spend more time working on your combination and less time complaining that other's did and reaped the benefits of hard work.

Re: 1.20 under at Belle Rose
 

He may have lost the battle. But he’s gonna win the war.
This was a brilliant move ..now the impala can run with the camaro in the long run. It pays off. It’s called playing ahfs to His advantage..... the impala.

Re: 1.20 under at Belle Rose
 

Greenlight, we/us with that combo are entitled to be upset about it. I'm sure he didn't intend to do it, why would he? The other car that is never mentioned is an odd combo that he claims will go 1.90 under easy. Nobody else that I know of runs that combo. Mr. Tueton gets Congrat for setting the record in his class. It is kinda like a bee sting... hurts like hell when it happens but then you have to work on it to make it feel better and eventually the sting goes away.

Re: 1.20 under at Belle Rose
 

Your assuming that the other car can”t have a better back half

Re: 1.20 under at Belle Rose
 

Greenlight just about every time anyone has gone 1.20 under that I can remember there have been threads about it. 2015 we got hp due to a review and I was one the many that flagged the combo by hitting the 1 under mark that year and even though we all worked to get the average back down we were a little short. So kind of apples to oranges in this case and like was said I'm sure Mr LaPorte feels bad about it I've never met him but always heard nothing but good things. I've worked very hard on this combo too and can tell you it's not really fast anymore, only way it could go that fast is under these conditions from this past weekend. So another 9 hp pretty much puts it in the same league as the LT-1 now, in obscurity. I did congratulate him on his RU and will move on like everyone else but you'll have to excuse me for being a little bitter also at the moment and not really at him either but more at the system. Like I said those conditions were the only way this combos goes 1.20 under and there's nothing in place in the the current system to say hey this ain't right this combos not really that good but rather here's your 9 hp. The system is good enough to know two thirds of the field went 90 something under or better so their runs don't count but this one does. Just don't seem right to me.....

Re: 1.20 under at Belle Rose
 

I've always felt the trigger should be bumped to 1.3 under in "mineshaft" conditions. A lot of us have got caught by the 1.20 in air that is not the norm. I'm sure that it would make class eliminations more fun if everyone wasn't discouraged by the cost of lead......