NMCA Good OR BAD ?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by John Quinn

They looked at the tach and used the right foot as a control.

There ya go.

[BlueOval Ralph]

Didn't use anything but a tach keep eye on it on statring line left at 9500 to 9800 small block Ford 10.5 x 29.5 tires 2.80 low gear 6.00 rear end shift at 9200.

Originally Posted by KingReptile

Why dont you tell me XTECHMAn you seem to be the expert !?!?!

[jimi]

Originally Posted by kingreptile

why dont you tell me xtechman you seem to be the expert !?!?!

i need not say anymore, this guy is a dick!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

What did the stick racers (Ronnie Sox, Dyno Don, Strickler, etc. do) before all that electronic crap was ever invented?

Don't forget , it was a 5 amber tree back then. You had a little more time to get the RPM steady.
If you can come out, pedal on the mat ,it shouldn't matter, though.

[Gary Smith]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

What did the stick racers (Ronnie Sox, Dyno Don, Strickler, etc. do) before all that electronic crap was ever invented?

Hey, don't forget Butch Leal....no tach....EVER!! His shift points were made with the two holes on the sides of his head!!

[KingReptile]

Originally Posted by 1664SSJA

Yeah, I drove one once or twice myself without those starting line aids.....
Here's what you do:

Come out of your burnout ( which also didnt have a rev limiter)
Stage car
Look at that real big thing with numbers from 0-10,000
If you want to leave at say..... 6800, then press down on your gas pedal untill the pointer thingy on that big round thing is right at 6800, then DO NOT press pedal further. Hold it there untill the tree comes down and you want to go.... then.... and this is the most important part.... take your foot off the clutch pedal and the car will go.

*sigh* Dont know how we all did it without todays technology.

Thanks for the advice . I see why you are driving a automatic .Bunch of Wise Asses

[Chevellewagon]

Originally Posted by 1664SSJA

Yeah, I drove one once or twice myself without those starting line aids.....
Here's what you do:

Come out of your burnout ( which also didnt have a rev limiter)
Stage car
Look at that real big thing with numbers from 0-10,000
If you want to leave at say..... 6800, then press down on your gas pedal untill the pointer thingy on that big round thing is right at 6800, then DO NOT press pedal further. Hold it there untill the tree comes down and you want to go.... then.... and this is the most important part.... take your foot off the clutch pedal and the car will go.

*sigh* Dont know how we all did it without todays technology.

I raced stick in the "early" years and this may be hard to believe by some but after awhile you ALMOST didn't need the tach as you could tell by the sound of the motor where your RPM was at. Just a quick glance at the tach and then concentrate on leaving on the fourth bulb! (showing my age....lol)
Phil Daly

[bigshow2966]

Originally Posted by Chevellewagon

I raced stick in the "early" years and this may be hard to believe by some but after awhile you ALMOST didn't need the tach as you could tell by the sound of the motor where your RPM was at. Just a quick glance at the tach and then concentrate on leaving on the fourth bulb! (showing my age....lol)
Phil Daly

I used to race a drag bike with no tach or rev limiters on it at all. You're correct, after a short time you don't even look at the tach anymore anyway.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by 1664SSJA

Yeah, I drove one once or twice myself without those starting line aids.....
Here's what you do:

Come out of your burnout ( which also didnt have a rev limiter)
Stage car
Look at that real big thing with numbers from 0-10,000
If you want to leave at say..... 6800, then press down on your gas pedal untill the pointer thingy on that big round thing is right at 6800, then DO NOT press pedal further. Hold it there untill the tree comes down and you want to go.... then.... and this is the most important part.... take your foot off the clutch pedal and the car will go.

*sigh* Dont know how we all did it without todays technology.

LOL.........My kind of racer.

[X-TECH MAN]

If you notice its just the younger generation that really dont know. Its what us older guys got used to doing. Drag racing has evolved to where some couldnt race with out all the "bells and whistles such as 2- steps, air or elec. shifters, slider clutches and we even had to really use the clutch to shift gears when the pointy needle was on the right number (or by ear) instead of a shift light.....imagine that !