Quote:
The only thing about 1/8 mile racing is they have
way less oil downs.. oil downs take a ton of time
(and money)
Interesting comment.
This year I have done a lot of watching at Saturday bracket races( getting pumped back up by finally having a car again)
And from sitting at the starting line watching pair after pair after pair race..... Most all car issues arise either after coming out of the water box( by far the most common) or immediately after the starting line...... Hoses, tranny lines, shifters, U joints, axles, water leaks... Etc, seem to most always happen from about 20 feet downtrack, to back in the water box.
Not saying stuff doesn't break from 660 to 1320, but it's insignificant compared to stuff I posted above... I would say a tenth as much failure...
Now I am talking bracket cars.....
Maybe I am wrong, but I have watched a ton of cars for a ton of years, I see what I see.
Oil downs take a long time to fix, but most failures happen around the starting line and water box.
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam
Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4
1.41 best 60 foot
6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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