Got into the 8's this weekend
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
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Got into the 8's this weekend
First time I ever dialed a single digit in my life.
(Oh, forgot to mention - due to high winds, we only ran to the 1/8th mile on Saturday.)
(Oh, forgot to mention - due to high winds, we only ran to the 1/8th mile on Saturday.)
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Re: Got into the 8's this weekend
Congrats! 
Hope to get there some day.
Hope to get there some day. Thread Starter
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From: Littleton, CO USA
Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
I guess the tongue-in-cheek was too subtle.
I hadn't run 1/8th mile since 1978. Weather conditions were so weird, past data was pretty much worthless. Wind shifts that took place between going under the tower (after which you can't change your dial-in) and staging made it pretty much impossible to account for wind.
Oh, well, the season is young. . .
I hadn't run 1/8th mile since 1978. Weather conditions were so weird, past data was pretty much worthless. Wind shifts that took place between going under the tower (after which you can't change your dial-in) and staging made it pretty much impossible to account for wind.
Oh, well, the season is young. . .
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Re: Got into the 8's this weekend
it feels good only having a single digit on your window to the left of the decimal point doesn't it? 
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From: Littleton, CO USA
Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
It was - interesting. . .
What didn't feel good was having to simultaneously watch the tach for the 2-3 shift and my opponent as the 1/8th mile mark approached.
What didn't feel good was having to simultaneously watch the tach for the 2-3 shift and my opponent as the 1/8th mile mark approached.
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Re: Got into the 8's this weekend
running to the 1/8th on a 1/4 mile track kinda sucks....i always have a hard time finding the stripe
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