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New Best at Sacto last weekend
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09/16/12 07:39 PM
09/16/12 07:39 PM
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Been working in Carson City, NV, since May, up from Las Vegas, been racing my 71 360 Demon over at Top Gun Raceway in Fallon NV. Have one win and one runner up in Super Pro there. With Fallon DA usually over 6500 ft, the idea of sea level in Sacramento look too good to pass up.
With a Bracket race on Saturday and Mopar race on Sunday... Left Carson City at 5 am on Saturday morning, had a non eventual tow over the mountains on US 50 (Echo Summit 7382 ft to Sea Level) to Sacramento Raceway. Decided to take in the bracket race on Saturday and Mopar Magic on Sunday.
Friday I adjusted the valves since they had not been touched since April, and rejetted the carb back to stock jetting.
I was hoping the 360 Demon would run in the 10.80s in Sacto. The first pass was pretty good...got to the time booth...took care of the 80s...ran a 10.731 @ 120.66. Next pass ran a 10.72 @ 120.48....was thinking that the mph was down a couple of mphs...
60 ft 1.468 1/8 6.745 @ 101.30
anyway due to oil downs..and printer not working we were limited to 2 runs...not much chance for tuning on the car....
1st round on ladder in super pro...I drawn one of the all time NorCal hitter in a Austin Healey (Ted_Seipel) with numerous nhra national and divisional wins....I was thinking I drove too dam far to go out in the first round...Ted dialed in a 11.48...I dialed a 10.72.
with a .006 light and a 10.73 run ...Ted breaks out...
Round 2..with the air now warming up and no info on what the car will do at Sacto...I stay with the same dial in.....drawn a super comp dragster my .016 light and 10.77 on the 10.72 dial is history....
DA went from 1775 to 2500 ...
Sunday...Sunday....LOL
Have to remove delay box to run Pro....having cut wires and rewire transbrake and two step...does not go as easy as I thought...one bad solider less crimp...and i wasted two passed down the track ...brake not work on one..and two step not work on next pass...find the bad connector....one i just did that morning...GEE...what was the last thing i worked on........still ran a 10.96 and 10.84 at 119+...
We had upped the jets before those passes and it slowed down...decided to go the other way and lean car out a tab from stock jetting....next run with everything working including driver....10.73 @ 119....still no increase in mph...what the hell it is a bracket race...needed to come out to a TnT to get some info but...
1st round in Pro...bad light kind of sealed the deal....but I will be back in Carson City Sunday night in time to go to work as we are out of there by 2:30 pm.....
Love the tow back up US 50...old 94 Dodge just rumbles...a/c blowing cold and music playing..Echo Summit here I come..
Had a good time...now need to figure out the mph thing...but car is going back to Vegas next weekend.
Last edited by 70AARcuda; 09/16/12 07:46 PM.
Tony
70 AARCuda Vitamin C 71 Dart Swinger 360 10.318 @ 128.22(10-04-14 Bakersfield) 71 Demon 360 10.666 @122.41 (01-29-17 @ Las Vegas) 71 Duster 408 (10.29 @ 127.86 3/16/19 Las Vegas)
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Re: New Best at Sacto last weekend
[Re: 70AARcuda]
#1305018
09/17/12 01:25 AM
09/17/12 01:25 AM
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Al_Alguire
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Congrats on the new best. Hope to see you down here in Vegas next season. Or I race in Fallon a time or two a year look us up next time we are thre. Will be at the division race for sure.
"I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know."
"It's never wrong to do the right thing"
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Re: New Best at Sacto last weekend
[Re: 383man]
#1305024
09/17/12 05:20 PM
09/17/12 05:20 PM
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Just a note..
previously the car had run a best of
11.037 @ 119.70 at Las Vegas at MATS 11.320 @ 117+ at Top Gun Raceway
Tony
70 AARCuda Vitamin C 71 Dart Swinger 360 10.318 @ 128.22(10-04-14 Bakersfield) 71 Demon 360 10.666 @122.41 (01-29-17 @ Las Vegas) 71 Duster 408 (10.29 @ 127.86 3/16/19 Las Vegas)
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Re: New Best at Sacto last weekend
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#1305025
09/17/12 05:30 PM
09/17/12 05:30 PM
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Al_Alguire
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Three tenths is pretty typical from Vegas to Sacto. When have run a best with the big tire car in Vegas of 8.29 and at Sac have been 8.04. Small tire car has been 8.38 here and we have yet to run it in sea level type air.
It is not just as simple as comparing similar DA's when elevation is taken into account. The ACTUAL Barometer readings are much lower at elevation than sea level, that is the single largest factor. That has a big affect on getting a car to run well at elevation. Hard to explain to people who have not run at altitude but 3500' here in Vegas is not as fast as 3500' at a track like Sonoma, or others at sea level or close to it. FWIW our actual barometer readings here are typically in the high 27's, last weekend I saw 27.8ish all weekend. I travel a good deal at altitude tracks and they can certainly take the wind out of your sails.
"I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know."
"It's never wrong to do the right thing"
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Re: New Best at Sacto last weekend
[Re: Al_Alguire]
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09/17/12 05:46 PM
09/17/12 05:46 PM
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my TAG showed baro in Sacto at 29.58
As you said...the Baro in Vegas is usually in the mid 27s to low 28s..
Tony
70 AARCuda Vitamin C 71 Dart Swinger 360 10.318 @ 128.22(10-04-14 Bakersfield) 71 Demon 360 10.666 @122.41 (01-29-17 @ Las Vegas) 71 Duster 408 (10.29 @ 127.86 3/16/19 Las Vegas)
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