...but I finally managed to get some much better 60ft. times, with a 1.342 being my best on a 10.059 @ 133.02 pass. The best pass today was a 10.040 @ 131.32 w/ a 1.362 60ft.
We got the front end to stay down some, but on the first two passes it hung-em real high in first and second... not a good thing, IMHO, but it really grabs both the driver's and the spectators attention... I'd hate to have to put wheelie bars on it... so I was working on the suspension settings for the
QA1 adj. shocks and struts to see what could be done about the wheelie problem... I ended up maxing-out the front strut setting (12) and had the rear shocks set to 7, 14 psi in the tires (that would NOT work in the Goodyear slicks I was running) and still hooking! I still cannot believe the difference between Goodyear Eagle 28x10's and M/T ET Drag 28x10.5's (both measure 10" tread, but the M/T's have a wider sidewall, and it's stiffer than the Eagles) ...people told me how much better the stickey Mickey's are and now I can attest to that! I didn't plan on having to start from scratch on the suspension settings just from swapping over to M/T's
I still didn't get any pictures of the wheelstand, but have it one video... I'm going to see about having a picture made from a frame in the VHS tape (PITA) to put on my homepage.
I'm going to start tearing everything down and get the ball rolling on the R-block 306 combo and see about setting up a second stage so I don't have to launch on a 200 shot...
I'll have a well seasoned .030 over stock block with ARP head studs, main studs, SVO girdle, deburred, clearanced for 5.400 rods, and some other tricks done to it for sale soon
Until next year...
...looks like I'll be doing some serious bench racing for the next several months, LOL!
L8R!