Ladder Bar Disaster

GTX JOHN · 05-16-2015, 05:36 AM

We bought new 14/32 Goodyears......Matt on Goodyear Trailer
looked up tires by mold # and the were 5 plus years olds instead of
20 run / 2 year old like we thought. and sidewalls were shot (tubeless
and maybe setting low a while)
The 14.5 tires from the DeFranks rubbed badly on fenders ( Rear End
offset an inch or a bit more to passenger side).
The car spent a day on our scales getting weight and preload squared
away after some very sage advise from Phil Mandella.
Someone had really fouled up all adjustments they could get to.........
but all pieces looked good.

We have one of those street Outlaw deals at Midnight
on Fridays sometimes and Jr took car out to test it again.
Air was good for Vegas this time of year but virtually no track
prep....... and those guys like it that way I guess.

First Pass left at Idle on footbrake. 10.02 @ 133.6 MPH 1.46 060 Scared
2nd Pass 3000 on Brake 9.97 @ 133.3 MPH 1.43 060 Headwind
3 rd Pass 3400 on brake 9.96 @ 133.2 MPH 1.41 060 Headwind
Overheated and it lost circulation (180 in Lights) third pass.
He was very cautious on passes as car still make a move to right about 20 ft. out!

Passes on Facebook.......Jon Derek Irving
If anyone has time to check out and give us some feedback!

Nice shot of Jr. Flying in Dragster this week (Summit Nats. Vegas) on 9 inch radials @ 3600 Lbs.
That car built by Jr. and our Buddies pretty much from scratch in our back garage and that one works.

05-16-2015, 05:36 AM	#12
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,733 Likes: 2,802 Liked 2,486 Times in 697 Posts	Re: Ladder Bar Disaster We bought new 14/32 Goodyears......Matt on Goodyear Trailer looked up tires by mold # and the were 5 plus years olds instead of 20 run / 2 year old like we thought. and sidewalls were shot (tubeless and maybe setting low a while) The 14.5 tires from the DeFranks rubbed badly on fenders ( Rear End offset an inch or a bit more to passenger side). The car spent a day on our scales getting weight and preload squared away after some very sage advise from Phil Mandella. Someone had really fouled up all adjustments they could get to......... but all pieces looked good. We have one of those street Outlaw deals at Midnight on Fridays sometimes and Jr took car out to test it again. Air was good for Vegas this time of year but virtually no track prep....... and those guys like it that way I guess. First Pass left at Idle on footbrake. 10.02 @ 133.6 MPH 1.46 060 Scared 2nd Pass 3000 on Brake 9.97 @ 133.3 MPH 1.43 060 Headwind 3 rd Pass 3400 on brake 9.96 @ 133.2 MPH 1.41 060 Headwind Overheated and it lost circulation (180 in Lights) third pass. He was very cautious on passes as car still make a move to right about 20 ft. out! Passes on Facebook.......Jon Derek Irving If anyone has time to check out and give us some feedback! Nice shot of Jr. Flying in Dragster this week (Summit Nats. Vegas) on 9 inch radials @ 3600 Lbs. That car built by Jr. and our Buddies pretty much from scratch in our back garage and that one works. __________________ John Irving 741 Stock 741 Super Stock Last edited by GTX JOHN; 05-17-2015 at 01:41 AM.