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Old 05-14-2003, 01:46 AM
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Late Model Muscle Cars Drag Race at Carlsbad this Sunday!

http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread...hreadid=287128

Check out that link on LS1.com for more info. Gates open at 8am and racing is all morning and afternoon. I dunno the cost but its probably around $35 like last time.
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do you plan on going?

I can run my 14's and you can run your 15's
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Originally posted by james_85Z28
do you plan on going?

I can run my 14's and you can run your 15's
WTF happened at Fontana ... 'Jody' and I never received Mike's update on the matter? 14s out of you setup , but we can see why Kevin got a 15.

We won't be at Carlsbad, we'll probably be auto-Xing her Camaro at Fontana.
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What happened at fontana? What did Don run?
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I had problems. I initially thought it was detonation (didn't touch timing in chip since last combo). But it only occured at the track, didn't happen previously, and hasn't happened since. I think it may be that I dumped a whole bottle of octane booster in my tank a couple minutes before I got in line, which was only 1/4 full, and it didn't properly mix with the gas. It was chugging going down the track forcing me to let off. The first run it did it in 1st and 2nd gear, so I let off stuck it in 3rd from ~40 MPH to 93 MPH and shifted into fourth damn close to the finish. I ran 13.9@102+ that run, basically all in 3rd. The second run was much the same but it did it in 3rd so I ran 14.8X. I've have flogged it several times since then and I can't duplicate the problem, so I think it was just one of those things. Definitely not clean runs.

Don didn't run because he forgot his car at home

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WTF happened at Fontana ... 'Jody' and I never received Mike's update on the matter? 14s out of you setup
What the h*ll happened to you all of a sudden you were leaving
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Originally posted by james_85Z28
do you plan on going?

Of course I'm going, that's why I posted it.

I need to get some 12.80's with the 6 speed. I havent run any 12's in over a year, and that was with the 5 speed!
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what's your feel on the crowd level? I don't feel like wasting a day for 2 runs again, and C-Bad is farther and more expensive.

Is Don going to run as well?
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This is a competition, not a test'n' tune, so you'll get more runs. Its usually around 100 cars there. I think we're both running but it depends on how well we get our cars tuned. Mine is a slug.
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how many runs do you think you'll get to run?

You would think you'd get less runs in during a competition than during a test-n-tune, or is it because there will be less cars?
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Less cars and they run all morning round and round. Some guys have gotten as many as 10-15.
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sounds good then. I guess i'll be going.
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