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Re: Maxton June Meet

To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
Subject: Re: Maxton June Meet
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 08:19:37 -0700
Keith,
>From the sound of your report, I think you had a good time with the
nitrous. What size tire do you run? With a 2.89 gear I run just under
200 MPH at 7000 RPM. Our tire is 27" tall.

See you at Muroc, I think, right now I'm putting my motor together. I am
hoping that installing the 700-R4 won't give too much problem. 

Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC

Keith Turk wrote:
> 
> Well Brad and I just got home from the Meet.... once again it was Great....
> ECTA just knows how to have a Good time...and make everyone feel welcome.
> 
> Interesting little Pass on the ole junkyard motor.... 185.185 mph.... but It
> was coasting so to speak.... I had my foot out of the throttle and the
> Nitrous off.  I had held it up to 190 for a bit but the Motor was out of RPM
> again at the 3/4 mile Marker.... EGT's were a bit high and it was a Tick
> lean.... on the bottle... didn't want to Pressure it this close to Muroc.
> 
> Our problem is that the Chassis Dyno can't run past 200mph and we had got
> off it so late Thrusday night that we didn't have time to swap in the 2.75
> gear set.... our thoughts going up there was to make this first pass on the
> 2.86 gear and then swap to the 2.75..... Welllllll what we learned was that
> the Nitrous helps the motor make great Power... but it really likes a tick
> less RPM then the Gas.... and the Car could really have used a bit more
> timing and a bit more Fuel.....
> 
> Then we came down to the Gear swap up there and we realized that we were
> just marginally going to hit 195-198mph without tuning a bit.... and we
> didn't want to make two more passes on the Motor.... Much to Brad's Credit
> he volunteered to wait on the Two Club attemp until After Muroc.... and
> honestly I appreciated his concern for preserving the combination until
> then.... Thanks Brad.... ( ain't having a Racing buddy great.... specially
> when they are smarter then you are....)
> 
> again... Thanks to Bill Bennett for Helping....  Keith ( oh yeah the 185 was
> the fastest we had been up there.... wow )

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