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Old 07-18-2009, 08:44 AM
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What makes me wonder if the guys @ ATI and Chance keep saying..."How are you spooling this converter?" I've been messing with Marty telling him I've got nitrous to pre-spool it.

Guess shawn really knows what he's doing then if he can baffle all the converter gurus
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Guess shawn really knows what he's doing then if he can baffle all the converter gurus
Well being able to spool it and winning races are 2 different things. The tightest converter that can be spooled may not be the fastest or consistent from A-B. Having 2 cars to collect data should end up being a good thing in the long run in figuring out the converters which I think is probably a big portion of the puzzle. The question is going to be probably finding a happy medium...something that will allow you to 60', run a good number and be consistent.
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Originally Posted by Phil99vette
Well being able to spool it and winning races are 2 different things. The tightest converter that can be spooled may not be the fastest or consistent from A-B. Having 2 cars to collect data should end up being a good thing in the long run in figuring out the converters which I think is probably a big portion of the puzzle. The question is going to be probably finding a happy medium...something that will allow you to 60', run a good number and be consistent.
Phil is exactly correct,the problem with tight converters is your window for getting down the track gets much smaller.While the tight converter will allow you to run the fastest it will not allow much error on the car set up.If you can make the tight converter work you will be the fastest man around-if not,you won't get down the track
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Mounted the guages, got tired of dickin around with the racepak.





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looks good buddy-can't wait till friday
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I can't tell from the pictures and I'm sure you already did this, but make sure those fuel and oil lines are clear of the throttle linkage. I could see a lot of really bad things happening if something were to go wrong there.
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Real street Friday?

We will be there... testing the new converter ... lol
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Real street Friday?

We will be there... testing the new converter ... lol
yeah man,don't put it on the bumper
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Originally Posted by Shawn @ VA Speed
yeah man,don't put it on the bumper
I think you just jinxed me !!

lol !
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Originally Posted by Beaflag VonRathburg
I can't tell from the pictures and I'm sure you already did this, but make sure those fuel and oil lines are clear of the throttle linkage. I could see a lot of really bad things happening if something were to go wrong there.
There is a mininum of 3" of clearance, the lines aren't even close to the linkage.
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Originally Posted by ATVracr
Real street Friday?

We will be there... testing the new converter ... lol
wow..should be a killer turnout this friday
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Phil, you must be on cloud 9 having your car running once again
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Yeah I am, this friday will hopefully be much better for results.
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Fireball bringin his bucket to?
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As long as the motor fires up with the new crank trigger...will be working on installing it tonight...
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I finished up my car this morning, we'll load up everything thursday after we do a couple transbrake tests.
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Whats the weather look like down there for Friday?
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20% chance of rain, been 30-45% all week no rain, day time temps in the mid 80s, falls to 70s high 60s at night.
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