Hey...Just noticed Jason's post...
Yeah that was me across the lanes on the grass...Nice place to watch from
It was my 3rd time out to the strip as a by-stander and I couldn't take it anymore..had to try it out...so I decided to run my car last Friday, since it was the last race day of the year.
It was so much fun
... I didn't have to watch out for animals, cars, people, kids coming home from school
...ok, just kidding 'bout the last one...lol...
Seriously tho, if you're gonna race, that's definitely the way to do it. Thumbs up! on the PG track. Everyone was very professional, and Helpful...I had alot of questions before pulling up to the line, and they were all eager to answer
So...how was my run?
Well, the first one didn't register on the computer for some unknown reason. My second run was 60ft - 1.964, 1/8 mile - 64.967 mph, 1/4 mile - 14.325 sec (ugh!) @ 96.742 mph. And the third run was...well...slightly worse... lol.
A weak Clutch was the culprit!
I had my stutter set at 4200rpm at the launch, and I spent 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears trying to get my clutch to engage by easing off the pedal in each gear...finally somewhere near the end of 3rd it grabbed and that's when I felt some g's in the seat lol...I couldn't even use the nlts feature since I could never get my tps at 100%.
SOooo...should have an act2600 ready by next year, and hopefully see some low 13's or maybe even high 12's.
I'll be pulling out the centerforce clutch that's in my parts car this weekend...and if it looks any good, I might just use that for now.
And Richard? You need another car!!
Looking forward to next year, so I can hit every race week...think I just got addicted