New best for my small block Duster

9.21 at 144.4 last night in some “mineshaft” summer air (2300 DA). 1.27 60 and it hasn’t touched the wheelie bars yet. Thanks Brett Miller and Brian H at IMM. R3/W8 904 trans

Nice.

let it eat Jay

That is same nice numbers, !!!

Thats haulin!!

Killer cool.....

Where were you running it at?
Our local track hasn't seen 2300 DA yet this year

Get yourself some of that. Too cool. More in it I’m sure.

GO COUSIN GO.

They are at Famaso in Bakersfield.

That was with a 8000 rpm high limit chip in it.

Cab it was 120 degrees when we loaded the car after work Thursday.... I was seriously questioning my plans, but it was pretty nice here in Bakersfield after the sun went down. Running pro class tonight so someone’s getting a free pass to round 2

SMALL BLOCK POWAH!

nice , that is super fast , great runcongrats

Bakerspatch in July or August, you must be crazy
How high is the humidity and water grains?

Air wasn't horrible today, wasn't great air, but not horrible. Humidity was low.
https://airdensityonline.com/track-history/Bakersfield_Speedway/2020-08-01/

Thats humpin. What does it weigh?
Doug

That is marching out right smartly !
Nice lap.

It’s right around 2970 race ready with driver. Something got hurt Saturday night..... err I mean Sunday morning as round 2 completed at 3am. I thought maybe flex plate bolts, but refired and didn’t like the oil psi.... of course it was really early, I knew I was done even though I did win the round, and it had already been a long day. Head hit the pillow at 5am, got up and was on the road by 9am for the 6hr tow home. Unloaded all the stuff in 112 degree heat, and I’m pretty much fried.... I saw the winners circle picts and the sun was coming up! .... how cool is that!

I can't relate to the 1/4 times. What were the 1/8 mile numbers?

A quick approximation is .66 (or 2/3) times the quarter mile time. Going the other way, 1.5 times the eighth mile et is a close approximation for a quarter mile. Neither one is exact, but it's close enough for horseshoes or hand grenades.

Since Jay is either sleeping or working Ill tell ya. 5.833 116.48

Those numbers show his car is fairly efficient. Most likely everyone here could be better at having efficient combos but as far as it goes Jays deal is pretty decent. Can work on those short times a tad and improve that. Hopefully he will get the chance.

My guess is he was running low 5.8xx in the1/8

Thats definately getting with the program! Maybe a true 750 hp uncorrected? (Acutual at that da)

Well like I said.... it was REALLY early in the am when the “issue” came up. It was a dang header gasket. Must have burned out on the pass because all seemed ok. Took the win, pulled N and killed the engine. Coasted to return road and went to fire up as always and that was definitely a noise that I was not expecting. I freaked!! fixed it tonight and all is well. Water manifold is leaking though so I’ll have to address that too.

My best 1/8 mile pass so far was a 5.79 at Irwindale.... Al posted the correct 1/8 increments for my sat am pass from this past weekend.

Now time for trailer tire shopping! Caught one leaving me on a rest stop inspection. All were 162-164 degrees except for one..... 185! I always carry 2 spares.

Glad it was something simple, looks like another new best is in your future when cooler air come along , congrats

Nice Jay! Glad to see you got it going again. Pics would be nice?

BADASS!

What were the actual temps and humidity there this weekend?
I can't imagine or remember Bakersfield being under 100F during the day in July and August

Here is a picture of Jay's car.

LOL! Thanks! Jay, if you could, I'd like to see eng compartment/headers.

Well that’s true Cab.... but the race literally went DUSK TO DAWN. Winner circle picts were taken Sunday AM as the sun was coming up. Famoso at midnight to sun up is a really nice place to be . What I screen shot on my phone at 3:50 am Saturday was 67.5 degrees, 57% humidity, 29.10 uncorrected baro, 29.94 corrected, SE wind 3mph, dew point 52, 58.7 grains, 1891 DA. This was an hour and a 1/2 after my 9.21 pass which was around 2100DA.

Thanks for clarifying that
I don't remember it cooling down that much there when we would go over there to race in the summer, even in late Sept.

Unfortunately I’ve never figured out how to post pics from my IPad to here....

All kidding aside, here is Jay’s Duster, and SLO Kid.