Re: Update...long..latest drag times for those interested

["Joe Doty" <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>]

That's awesome!  This motor is pretty stock, right?  Just imagine what 
happens when you start in on the cams and what not!  Let's see some pics, 
man...I wanna see you smoke some hondas in some grudge racing.

Joe

>This is for the Mad Bastard if nobody else cares .
>
>The day Sunday October 15th the place Rock Falls WI . I arrive shortly 
>after
>8 am and the weather looks like it could rain but it turns out ok after all
>plus the clouds kept the temp down , "this is HP weather" I am thinking to
>myslef as it stays in the 50s . So I proceed to empty the car of its spares
>and tools , put the ole wrinkle walls on , add my aerodynamic aids and
>stiffen up my Tokicos .
>
>As I go to tech I notice a surprising amount of Dodge Omni turbos , better
>stay away from them they gots turbos ya know ...lol .... I think the Honda
>crowd wasnt in the know until the red one layed down a mid 13 at well over 
>a
>100 . After that the crowd went over to see what made that boxy hatchback 
>go
>.
>
>On to my runs now....As you know my quest for the 13s was not met at my 
>last
>outing and I made a promise to myself to get there before the season was 
>over
>. This was going to be the day I could smell it . So here I go up to the 
>line
>for my first run of the day ("shakedown" for you NHRA guys) . Get in the
>water attempt to heat the meats up a little but my ebrake wont cooperate so 
>I
>just smoke em and make sure to not go past the starting line . Ok I launch
>the sucker at 6 grand and get a nice pull of the line  (1.96 60' ) despite
>the car lunging to the right about 2 feet and waking me up . Do my usual
>watch the tach and shift on time and all the usual drag stuff . "Well that
>felt like a low 14 I think " I say to my car . Get my slip and holy cow
>13.947 on the first run . Next run a 14.0 and on my third I manage my 
>lowest
>time of a 13.882 @ 95 MPH .  The rest of the day was 14.0 - 14.1 because 
>for
>some reason I cant get a good 60 ' anymore today .
>
>We did break up into brackets later in the day and I proceeded to take the
>class win with a big fat trophy to prove it . The final race was of course
>the best with me taking the win by .19 over a AWD turbo talon . I had him 
>off
>the tree , he had me on the launch but in the end I beat him by a nose
>despite identical 1/8 th mile time .
>
>"Today was a good day"
>                   Ice Cube
>
>Jasin
>MK1 all motor turbo eater
>

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