sportsman's advice

Results: well I did only get to race it on two occasions but traffic was light and I got to run it a bunch of times! Jaws you were right it was wicked fun! Most important I learned alot about the car I just picked up last April. The first set was July (about 9 passes!) The only thing I bought was a couple of M/T radials cuz the 255's that were on there had some side wall damage and adjusted the brakes (cudaspaz). My best time was 9.0 and I had a rather consistantly lazy .25 light. (1/8th) No need for the tires cuz I wasn't making the torque and it got pretty warm between runs (I never let it get past 230). I experimented with ported and manifold vacume and played with timing. I used 5 gallons of 110 gas in a half tank of 92 so I got quite a range with the distributor. but stayed in the 9's. So I swapped out the distributor for a better curve and a 9.5 Dynamic TC. (blew the budget a little) missed the August race and skipped out on elk hunting to make it for the last races in September. I had better lights but had the same times! I think if I get another chance I'll start playing with the carb. I think it wants alot more gas! When I changed the TC I found that the tail mount was real loose and the kickdown wasn't adjusted right so I cured the clunk and a vibration that i never mentioned (at 2500rpm it was leaning up against the bottom of the car!!) So thanks all I learned a bunch this summer. Hope West End Thunder will be back next year!!! LAP