The 72 Demon Follies....
So after pulling some more plugs and seeing they looked about the same as those above there's no way I could lean it out more. In fact, I decided to up the rear jets one number to 83's.
Took it to the track today and had a great day. The car set new lows for et, mph, and 60'. It ran an 11.251 at 117.13 with a 60' of 7.097 (actually almost repeated it with a 7.098 a couple runs later). The DA was around 2800 for those. Quite happy with those results!! !
Then came the time for eliminations. Well, ole dummy here had a brain cramp in round 1. My opponent must have been brand new at this racing thing and had a hard time staging. He actually drove past both beams not once, but twice! And the starter helped pull him back and restage all while I'm sitting with the prestage bulb on. I should have opened the door and told the starter that that is supposed to be an automatic DQ (not allowed to cross the start line and back up in Sportsman class). But I thought let's give the guy a chance. So we got staged, lights came down (he was dialed 13.03 to my 11.26), we leave, and I literally put 4-5 car lengths on him well before the 1/8 mile. AND THEN I FORGOT THAT I AM RACING 1/4 MILE AND LIFTED!! I'd been watching the other classes for a couple hours which are all 1/8 mile and had a brain cramp and lolligagged my way down the rest of the track. And near the end of the 1/4 mile, there he went by me for the win! Talk about a stupid way to lose...that one takes the cake!
So I took the walk of shame and did a buyback. Good thing...I raced my way through a bunch more rounds and ended up in the finals! I lost in the finals due to having a sandwich and nap instead of a reaction time but all in all, it was a great day. Runner-up isn't winning but it ain't all bad either!!
This little rowdy foot-brake car continues to put smiles on my face and is just a riot to drive. I think I just might get something in the teens out of it yet as the weather cools off!
I know...pics or it didn't happen....that's me in the left lane (car #6020).
So after pulling some more plugs and seeing they looked about the same as those above there's no way I could lean it out more. In fact, I decided to up the rear jets one number to 83's.
Took it to the track today and had a great day. The car set new lows for et, mph, and 60'. It ran an 11.251 at 117.13 with a 60' of 7.097 (actually almost repeated it with a 7.098 a couple runs later). The DA was around 2800 for those. Quite happy with those results!! !
Then came the time for eliminations. Well, ole dummy here had a brain cramp in round 1. My opponent must have been brand new at this racing thing and had a hard time staging. He actually drove past both beams not once, but twice! And the starter helped pull him back and restage all while I'm sitting with the prestage bulb on. I should have opened the door and told the starter that that is supposed to be an automatic DQ (not allowed to cross the start line and back up in Sportsman class). But I thought let's give the guy a chance. So we got staged, lights came down (he was dialed 13.03 to my 11.26), we leave, and I literally put 4-5 car lengths on him well before the 1/8 mile. AND THEN I FORGOT THAT I AM RACING 1/4 MILE AND LIFTED!! I'd been watching the other classes for a couple hours which are all 1/8 mile and had a brain cramp and lolligagged my way down the rest of the track. And near the end of the 1/4 mile, there he went by me for the win! Talk about a stupid way to lose...that one takes the cake!
So I took the walk of shame and did a buyback. Good thing...I raced my way through a bunch more rounds and ended up in the finals! I lost in the finals due to having a sandwich and nap instead of a reaction time but all in all, it was a great day. Runner-up isn't winning but it ain't all bad either!!
This little rowdy foot-brake car continues to put smiles on my face and is just a riot to drive. I think I just might get something in the teens out of it yet as the weather cools off!
I know...pics or it didn't happen....that's me in the left lane (car #6020).