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Old 04-28-2009, 07:39 AM
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Just WOW Man!

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Old 04-28-2009, 09:27 AM
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Awesome job Brian!, Keep squashing the bugs out of it, and it will be an exciting 2009 season.
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converter goes back this week for a restall...tightening it up ALOT
Old 04-28-2009, 11:31 AM
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Way to go Brian. That thing is flyin' for sure!!
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Originally Posted by Fireball
after reviewing the data logs...the sumbitch is breaking up at 7500 rpm too...something in the ign isn't happy
Its probably the NGK TR55s gapped @ .050.
Old 04-28-2009, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by gator's 99TA
shawn, i assume you are helping tune this car (fireball) and i am pretty sure you are setting up the tune up in Phil's mustang. how in the world are you able to get these big power radial cars down the track with such few runs? all the big power radial guys around here test for months and month making tons of passes before they can get anywhere near the numbers Brian and Phil have.

i dont expect you to answer the question. more of a rhetorical, but i wanted to give you a thumbs up. most of us have a hard time trying to get a 10-9 second car down the track in teh same time you guys are getting low 8 to 7 second cars to do the same thing!

thumbs up.
I can't speak for Brian's car but on my car...We were not trying to hit it out of the park on the first pass. Its no secret you need to go A to B before you can turn the power up. Our power managment changes worked better after we got a decent baseline pass, look at the 60', 60-330', 330-660' and figure out where you need to add power and how much. Most people think you need more power than is actually required. We're adding 100rpms and .5# of boost in sections.
Old 04-30-2009, 11:31 AM
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Congrats Brian, I'm sure there's plenty left on tap.

....making mental note to set-up autograph session for Madman and Fireball at this year's LSX Shootout......

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Old 04-30-2009, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Phil99vette
Its probably the NGK TR55s gapped @ .050.
damn...they're actually .080

maybe its from the 89 octane I'm running
Old 04-30-2009, 02:25 PM
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In all seriousness, what plug and gap are you running?
Old 04-30-2009, 02:35 PM
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wow !!!!!!!! awesome on a radial ! 7's for sure are there !
Old 04-30-2009, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 98Z28CobraKiller
In all seriousness, what plug and gap are you running?
We've got a couple different plugs were trying in Brians car and my stang, plug gap is .018 - .024. The plug question will be a good one mid season after we've done testing.
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Originally Posted by 98Z28CobraKiller
In all seriousness, what plug and gap are you running?
AR3933s right now...resetting to .020 next time out
Old 04-30-2009, 10:01 PM
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Video isn't working
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vid works for me. great run man!
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Yup, didn't work last week. Awesome run!
Old 05-08-2009, 06:21 PM
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congrats!



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