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06VT365 04-20-2012 07:58 AM

Looks like a fun 4 seconds! Thing sounds wicked..isn't it funny the work and effort we put in for a single pass!!!! But it's so worth it!

blacksmoking 04-20-2012 08:48 AM

That thing is mean. Why were those guys wiping the tires off though?

crackerjack 04-20-2012 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by 06VT365 (Post 3731)
Looks like a fun 4 seconds! Thing sounds wicked..isn't it funny the work and effort we put in for a single pass!!!! But it's so worth it!

yeah it is ALOT!!!! of work but like you said so worth it

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Originally Posted by blacksmoking (Post 3734)
That thing is mean. Why were those guys wiping the tires off though?

they are wiping off the pieces of concrete/asphalt, sand, and pieces of loose rubber that the sticky tires pick up after heating em up (if you watch NHRA top fuel races they do the same thing for the same reason) it does actually help some with traction. also the VHT on the track sticks to the tires and picks up unwanted stuff too

one of the hard parts of runnin that car is finding tracks that spray the whole track and not just to 100' or half track

blacksmoking 04-20-2012 09:26 AM

Ok thanks, i didn't figure it'd pick up enough stuff to matter.

crackerjack 04-20-2012 09:32 AM

no problem. most cars it doesn't but with that much power and that soft of tires it does, also every little bit helps...if ya wanna see more just search wild rat racing on youtube. there's alot of video's from through the years with dif sizes of engines, dif transmissions along with dif settings, dif things done to the engines, rear end swaps and ratio changes, dif nitromethane mixtures, ect, ect, ect.... lol

crackerjack 04-20-2012 09:34 AM

oh yeah and she's always been naturally aspirated. no blowers or turbos, and never a trans-brake when we were still usin the powerglide. no nitros either always just straight fuel

blacksmoking 04-20-2012 09:41 AM

All Throttle, and no bottle.:gasp:

crackerjack 04-20-2012 09:43 AM

lol that's right


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