Tom Kempf's "Red Rocket" new best at norwalk today... Video inside!!

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Old 09-09-2006, 02:32 AM
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Default Tom Kempf's "Red Rocket" new best at norwalk today... Video inside!!

http://stenodperformance.com/videos/Kempf816.wmv

Drag Radials...
Tom Driving...
5psi Launch...

had a best MPH after this of 182.xxx with a 8.22 on a 1.46 60 foot.

Were slowely but surely starting to get the bugs worked out....

Drag radials are so much fun... but a lot of work!

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Actually by your video best time was an 8.16 . One heck of a run!!! 1.46 60'. Looks like with a little suspension fine tuning, he'll be in the 7's. What was max boost used? Rear gears? Tires/size?

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I agree with David...A good suspension works on much more boost the car could plain sick out of the hole to cut 1.3 60' to get back with 7sec slip in tom hand

Thanks for sharing vid Joe

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Wow things are coming together now!! Good job guys
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Congrats on the great ET's.
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congrats fellas! stenod and w2w are proving to be an incredible combo!

i assume 315 radials.
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Originally Posted by Navy David SS
Actually by your video best time was an 8.16 . One heck of a run!!! 1.46 60'. Looks like with a little suspension fine tuning, he'll be in the 7's. What was max boost used? Rear gears? Tires/size?

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Best ET was an 8.16. Best MPH was the 182 on the 8.22 pass.

The suspension takes time to sort out. Every pass needs a little more work on the suspension to make sure it doesn't shake the axles apart again. It'll come together shortly.
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Bad *** Tom has gone through a lot to get here. We are so glad to see things go well for him.
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that's awesome!!
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Originally Posted by gator's 99TA
congrats fellas! stenod and w2w are proving to be an incredible combo!
You got that right John...

Congrats Tom and the Stenod Crew once again!
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Originally Posted by Toonz
You got that right John...

Congrats Tom and the Stenod Crew once again!

Thats why we went with them......


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Huzzah!!!! Congrats to Tom, it's all been worth it! And hats off to the outstanding workmanship of Stenod and W2W.

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It wasn't fast enough to outrun my Camera

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Screaming! On drag radials no less
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Great job guys!! Any oil on the plugs yet Tom? LOL

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Originally Posted by 427
Great job guys!! Any oil on the plugs yet Tom? LOL

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Still there, and dry as a bone when I checked Friday
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Very nice Tom.. Congrats.
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I need to tease him about that for the next few years!! I was a nitrous racer also...been there done that-still got the t-shirt!!


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Still there, and dry as a bone when I checked Friday



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