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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
[Re: fullmetaljacket]
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02/28/16 03:18 PM
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Not sure what elevation Fontana actually is. If I had to guess 1500- 2500 feet. And according to the GPS from the starting line to the finish line its up hill about 4 feet..
In the 8s N/A.with Brett miller W8's
5.07 at 133 at 2700lb
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
[Re: WHITEDART]
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02/28/16 03:59 PM
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Congrats on the new best. Always nice to see a new milestone. Good ET for the MPH as well. Knock out some weight and com NA 10.5 racing with us. A couple of the cars that run with us are high 8 second cars. While they are a second off the rest of us it is a fun class and you can hit the tree ya never know.
As for Fontana it's a weird place. We never run well there compared to what the conditions show. We actually run not far off those numbers here in Vegas in the fall and early spring but the DA here is much higher and we have no Barometer here, usually 27.8+-. Always been a strange place to race for sure. Cars just don't run LIKE they should down there. FWIW a 28.86 barometer aint exactly mineshaft conditions.
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
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02/28/16 05:07 PM
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Congrats on the new best. Always nice to see a new milestone. Good ET for the MPH as well. Knock out some weight and com NA 10.5 racing with us. A couple of the cars that run with us are high 8 second cars. While they are a second off the rest of us it is a fun class and you can hit the tree ya never know.
As for Fontana it's a weird place. We never run well there compared to what the conditions show. We actually run not far off those numbers here in Vegas in the fall and early spring but the DA here is much higher and we have no Barometer here, usually 27.8+-. Always been a strange place to race for sure. Cars just don't run LIKE they should down there. FWIW a 28.86 barometer aint exactly mineshaft conditions. Agree and I hate the track myself but it`s all we got and those ARE NOT good conditions but it`s what we live with........
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
[Re: WHITEDART]
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02/28/16 05:30 PM
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FWIW a 28.86 barometer aint exactly mineshaft conditions. I'm a spoiled east coast racer. That baro pressure would be pretty weak at many of the tracks here. The only thing that looked "good" to me about the air was the low humidity. The performance out of that car at that DA seems real good to me...... Congrats!!
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
[Re: Al_Alguire]
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02/28/16 06:36 PM
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Congrats on the new best. Always nice to see a new milestone. Good ET for the MPH as well. Knock out some weight and com NA 10.5 racing with us. A couple of the cars that run with us are high 8 second cars. While they are a second off the rest of us it is a fun class and you can hit the tree ya never know.
As for Fontana it's a weird place. We never run well there compared to what the conditions show. We actually run not far off those numbers here in Vegas in the fall and early spring but the DA here is much higher and we have no Barometer here, usually 27.8+-. Always been a strange place to race for sure. Cars just don't run LIKE they should down there. FWIW a 28.86 barometer aint exactly mineshaft conditions. this was a lights out grudge race so I think I scrubbed one or two mph at the end.. but it won't come close to you guys.At my CID I think I would have 2750.my math 8.60's well short of you big dogs
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In the 8s N/A.with Brett miller W8's
5.07 at 133 at 2700lb
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
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02/28/16 06:47 PM
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I don't care were you raced at that's a great run. I gotta climb in my car trailer to grab my old weather station and run those numbers. The correction just look a little funky compared to mine. I just bought a new one last week so the could keep an eye on moisture closer. It bit me a couple of times on alcohol
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
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02/28/16 09:58 PM
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Great job Shiloh! my car will never run that well. nice to here from you Darryl. ... Al want me to come race with you guys in N/A 10-5. I'm think I need a certain lightweight aluminum piece. Keep me in mind
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In the 8s N/A.with Brett miller W8's
5.07 at 133 at 2700lb
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
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02/28/16 10:07 PM
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Shiloh don't let any of that get in your way. It is a great group of guys and we are almost all willing to help a fellow competitor. 2750 is way lighter than we are. Keep whittling away at those short times and can get there. Really should give it a try some good engine and chassis guys there willing to help.
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
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02/28/16 11:32 PM
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Did you make any changes before that race? I know we talked about a few things, just curious...congrats on the 8 sec. club!!
Brian
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
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02/28/16 11:52 PM
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Never could get the chassis working well enough to leave on the trans brake.so I was on the foot brake. This thing is fighting me like crazy. The wheelie bars and leaf springs are not playing well for me.. the short times were much better without the wheelie bars... but it was only a matter of time before I found myself in big trouble...
In the 8s N/A.with Brett miller W8's
5.07 at 133 at 2700lb
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
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02/29/16 02:07 AM
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3080 lb power glide with the set of Brett Miller baby 8s That is flying, Congrats. :-} But what is a set of Brett Miller baby 8,s Also agree that the DA isn't great compared to around here. Witch makes your run even more impressive.
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
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02/29/16 02:32 AM
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3080 lb power glide with the set of Brett Miller baby 8s That is flying, Congrats. :-} But what is a set of Brett Miller baby 8,s Also agree that the DA isn't great compared to around here. Witch makes your run even more impressive. my W8 were an odd ball set. I was not 100% on what they were originally built 4.but when I got them they were set up with a fresh set of titanium 2.15 intake valves.which is about the smallest that I have heard of most commonly they would use 2.18---- 2.25 Brett has a really big port that goes into these heads. But it would have require me to buy another set of intake valves which I didn't want to do at the time. What I will tell you Bretts cylinder heads make killer horsepower and carry really well and you don't have to turn them to the moon.....thanks again Brett
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In the 8s N/A.with Brett miller W8's
5.07 at 133 at 2700lb
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Re: Finally got my 8 sec slip
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02/29/16 03:22 PM
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Never could get the chassis working well enough to leave on the trans brake.so I was on the foot brake. This thing is fighting me like crazy. The wheelie bars and leaf springs are not playing well for me.. the short times were much better without the wheelie bars... but it was only a matter of time before I found myself in big trouble... Just keep foot brakin' till the money tree grows a bit more...looks like it's working for you! Brian
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Nice run!
