Went to Darlington Friday night for test and tune. After having issues at Rockingham last month. I wanted to see if I had a decent setup to keep the front down and go faster.
My first pass off the trailer was an 8.74 @ 156.4 mph w/ a 1.35 sixty foot. A personal best 1/4 mile ET for me! The front only came up about a 8-12" and carried them out nicely. Not exactly sure what tripped the 60' beam.
The car felt soft down low to me on the 1st run, so I decided to bring the nitrous in a little quicker for the 2nd run. Instead of a .4 sec delay and a 1.4 sec ramp, I shortened it to a .2 sec delay and 1.1 sec ramp. This resulted in a big wheelstand. It came down nice and smooth after I pedaled it and it ran 8.94 @ 155.5 mph w/ a 1.45 sixty foot on the back tires.
So for the 3rd pass I lengthened the ramp back out to 1.45 sec, same .2 sec delay. This resulted in another big wheelstand, but got the oil pan on the way back down. No other damage thankfully.

I have some ideas on what to do next and I may have been thinking about it all wrong. Going to talk it over w/ people who have been faster and know more than me, lol.
I have been quicker in the 1/8 mile than what it ran on the 8.74 pass, so I know it has more in it. Stopping this sled (3800 lbs) from 156 mph was interesting. It did OK, but not something I want to do much of. This car really needs a lot of updates (parachute, brakes, chassis, etc.) if I continue this route, but it isn't as much of a problem running 1/8 mile only.
The front shocks are DA Vikings and are set fully tight on rebound.

Here's a pic from the 2nd run. Somewhere over 100' out. It came down around 200' out or so. There are videos on Facebook that a friend got of all 3 runs, but I don't know how to link them here (I'm at work).
The last pics are the damage from the 3rd run's landing. The 440 source fab'd pan help up pretty well I thought.

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CHIP
'70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60
'69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60
'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
'73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75
'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
'06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax