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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 04:40 PM
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What method do you guys use to measure DA on track?
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by LC1
What method do you guys use to measure DA on track?
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-racing-tech/335804-da-calculator.html .

Couple of good links in that thread. Handhelds weather stations are nice but not cheap unfortunatly.
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by GM Muscle
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=335804 .

Couple of good links in that thread. Handhelds weather stations are nice but not cheap unfortunatly.
OMG.. WTF?

accord to http://www.modulardepot.com/density.php

My DA is 8403ft.. with a corrected time of 12.52..

on a stock Z28? cant be....
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by LC1
OMG.. WTF?

accord to http://www.modulardepot.com/density.php

My DA is 8403ft.. with a corrected time of 12.52..

on a stock Z28? cant be....
can someone clarify this to me, please?
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:34 PM
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yeah, simple..... its just an estimate

Where do you live?

What did you actually run?
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I usually go to Weather.com, get the air temperature, barometric pressure, and dew point and enter those numbers into the DA calculator. I use 14 ft. for the altitude. Here's the calculator:

http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_da.htm
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Originally Posted by Dragaholic
I usually go to Weather.com, get the air temperature, barometric pressure, and dew point and enter those numbers into the DA calculator. I use 14 ft. for the altitude. Here's the calculator:

http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_da.htm

yes i did the same.. weather.com, all info into a DA calculator and keeps telling me 8400ft DA, that corrected means 12s..

weird.. i will have to check again this sat if the track is working right..
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