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Old Apr 13, 2002 | 07:22 PM
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i sucked last night. everyone at the track was complaining about the weather, how hot and humid it was, this guy in a 69 camaro was running 1/2 second off his normal times. my best was a 13.7@103. my mph seems too low. i was guessing i would run a 13.5 but nothing but 13.7's. would the weather cause this much loss? and shouldn't my trap speed be higher? only good thing that came out of it is that i twice beat my friend in a heads/cam/gears 95 GT
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Old Apr 13, 2002 | 07:25 PM
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Old Apr 14, 2002 | 02:52 AM
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Weather plays a big part of ET at the track. I seemed to run my best times when the temperature is dropping and late in the evening. If you want to run better times, learn the weather conditions for optium runs, and your ET will drop. I personally don't know much about it, I have learned by going to the track. Hopes this helps a little. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 01:32 PM
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I had the same thing happen to me I added FTRA, Lid, and filter, and ran the same 13.5 @105mph that I had prior <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> , but everyone was saying that their cars were running 4-7 tenths slower. I have yet to run again yet, I hate this F!@KING! Washington weather, the last 3 races have been rained out. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />
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