10.59 @127.67

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Originally Posted by Robert Simpson

Is this not the same combination that Jeff runs in H/SA and SS/KA? He has gone 11.0's on the brakes? Someone claimed that he has gone 10's at a test and tune at H weight. WAY WAY under HP......Just a observation..

Robert

No Jeff runs a 360 LA based motor, this is a 5.7 Hemi.

Honestly I dont have anything to do with the factors or where the car is competitive, it dosent matter, if it was a .90 index car from Day 1 we still would have bought it and built it.

Truth is I KNOW the car is capable into the 9's If you doubt that know that I was running legal, and I did the tune creepback off our 6.1 tune that was in the motor that went into pieces, its wet and Im out probably 4 or 5 degrees of timing to be safe.

A while back I got lambasted for saying I think with a max overbore and a years work and R&D the 6.1 can be in the 8's everyone said I was an iditot.

Doug Duell has this year run a 9.62 at standard bore, still early in his development of the package, Irv Johns is just as fast if he wants to be.

But the thing is the 5.7 has a higher CR And the block can accept a max overbore of .075 (taking it to 5.9) without sleeves (the 6.1 cannot)

Put it this way Drooze did it, if drooze did it there has to be a ****load more left in it, on that Im serious we are totally new at the FI and the chassis setup, the 60ft sucks, damm near the same as our stock SRT8 So when we get those things figured out Well we hope to be able to go into the 9's with the car.

My personal opinion is the car is completley capable of being a competitive A car with this setup. My opinion, Ill probably be told Im an idiot again or like Mike Roth said "You have no idea of what it actually takes" or lather rinse repeat ad naseum.

Its also 100% Possible I am 100% wrong, and it was a fluke, or a light malfunction or something of the sort. In that case, back to the drawing board until it isnt a fluke.

You will never hear a bit of disagreement from me about the factors, never. BUT You also cannot be mad at me for playing the cards I was dealt, the car was ordered before it was factored, and all I wanted to do this year was finish my 49 Plymouth High and Might Clone, and finish my 72 Chally and build an 8 second mild steel Front Engine Dragster for bracket fun. Were not someone who is taking advantage of a situation.

We placed our bet (ordered the car) the cards were shuffled (we waited 14 months for the car) and we were dealt our hand (car factored and delivered) we had a weak ace (our early mishaps) and caught a full house on the flop. (now) How we play our hand from here out is what will matter, and that is not entirley in my control, it is when I drive but thats only 50% of the time.

We may slow the car down for Indy actually but for other reasons, good reasons, figuring things out and making it consistent. like I said I dono maybe it was a fluke, if it was so be it, hell maybe the car is capable of 9's now....only time will tell, and while we dont have a lot of time we try like hell to use it as best we can.