Re: Drag race results :-)

[Gary Pavlovich <glpavlovich@xxxxxxx>]

Congratulations Rich!  Nice test and tune session as well.

Good to see the Cobra de-fanged by old school muscle.

Gary Pavlovich
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Kinsley" <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:37 PM
Subject: Drag race results :-)


> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
>
> It was a great night! Here's what happened.
>
> I discovered that I had forgotten to use the race ballast resistor at
> the Geezer drags. So this time I moved the wires to the race resistor,
> 1/4ohm..
>
> Then we started richening the metering rods a step at a time. Also I put
> one step richer on the pass side than the driver side. I also put the
> accel pump back to max position. Run #1 10.393@xxxxx
>
> Run #2 we moved the rods up one more notch richer. 10.201@xxxxx
>
> Run#3 This was against my stepson in his '97 Mustang Cobra. It was his
> first time ever to run legal, at the drags. I had richened another step
> and my time was 10.031@xxxxx  with a reaction time of .191 . His time
> was 10.263@xxxxx with a .629 reaction. (Hee, Hee)
>
> My last run was still one notch richer but I did screw up and hit drive
> just before the finish. I had a 10.050@xxxxx .
>
> I gotta say there was lot's of improvement made tonight!!!! I do believe
> I can get it in the 9's yet! I don't know if I'll be able to run again
> this year. If I do you can believe I'll be trying hard for that elusive
> (to me) 9 sec mark.
>
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