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Wed. Night Drags-I Almost Won!
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:23 pm
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wheels
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:34 pm
by toolsnob
Alvin,
Those wheels look great on your car.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:50 pm
by Dave
Alvin, congrats man! That kicks serious butt! I wonder if the colder night air contributed to you picking up that extra 10th of a second and posting your best time of the night.
Way to show the crowd some old school Datsun action! I wish I could have seen that in person.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:39 pm
by TR
Alvin,
That sure sounds like fun, way to represent the roadster community!
Did you settle on the 2K launch? What was the wheelspin like for the 2K and 3K launch?
What kind of revs are you turning at the 1-2 upshift that scare you?
Do you really have the time to see that you are about to "break out" and react? I can imagine being so consumed by trying to go fast that I would probably have my foot in the gas until I left the track!
Very cool, TR
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:06 am
by bengelhardt
You are a rock star! Congrat's on such a great race night. Wish that I was there to see it.
And those wheels are SO sexy. I'm jealous.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:29 am
by Minh
Alvin...
You rock, and I'm not worthy!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:07 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:11 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:36 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:48 pm
by Dave
Without stirring up the whole swap issue, what is old school about a SR20 swapped one? That is like calling the new mini "old school"
Uh, that would be the car itself, the DATSUN, the one that was made in 1967...
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:58 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:03 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:35 pm
by steve68
WOW!! good job man. I just got back fromt the track (points race.) top ten go the division finals (fl to wv. 5 states i believe)
First time back out in 4 years. got down to the last 4 cars.. we are one of the fastest in the class, my dad likes to chase down the slow cars.(he is going 125, a guy in a 16sec car thinks its to far ahead and they hit the brakes..WRONG!)
stick to it. bracket racing is awsome! you are really racing yourself more than anything.
and o our car runs 10.6 at 125..foot braking it. with the tranny brake its a little faster and pulls the tires 4ft in the air!
steve
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:59 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:22 am
by steve68
i really don't know why, but im guessing to make it harder?lol.
well if that was so then you wouldn't let out if you got past the car you where racing.
also when you race next time. air up you front tires so you can get a quicker reaction time. try to stage last as to make the other guy loss his concentration, but becarful don't wait to long or they may throw the tree down before you stage if you both don't.its takes awhile sometime to make them go.
to be most consistent. try to have your car run the same temp every time. hard when you don't have an elctric fan and water pump.
try to get soem slicks mounted on steel 15's or 14's. will make a huge differnece. traction helps a great deal when coming to consistency. get the right size tire to make it run faster in the 1/4, im sure i can help you out if you do it.
do you have a torque bar or any tractions bars? i think you may need them with your traction problem. i think you leafsprings are binding.
it wouldn't be to hard to make your own..ill show you a how-to if intrested
they are plenty of car with 10.5in. tire running in the 7's at over 180mph ina 3000pd car!!!! im sure you can run 14's on a 8.5 slick..
do you have a shift light? do you feel like your shifts are the same every time?
steve