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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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ran out of gear at the 1000' mark and let off (haven't had a chance to swap to my 1/4 mile gear set)

60' 1.437
330' 3.800
1/8 5.709
mph 129.34
1000 7.351
1/4 8.794
mph 147.51

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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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Looking good Brian.. Cant wait till this Sat..
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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nastyyyyyyyyyyy

u can hear u let off early.... gear her up and go for a low 8 sec pass
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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It was a great pass to see in person... Great time last night!!!
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Knew that bitch was gonna run hard.
147 mph letting off-Nice work-long time coming-you deserve it!

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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 01:30 PM
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nice runs man!!! you have me thinking turbo for next season
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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Wow, that is flying.
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Very sick! a harder launch and the right gears you may be knocking on some 7's
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Wow that's flying, congrats on the times. Man I remember when that car was in the 11s back in the day. Movin' on up for sure.
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good job Brian,soon to be low 8's by the looks of it
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Gawd. I want the sound of that car launching for a ringtone.
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Wow, almost 130 in the 1/8, nice run, congrats!
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Originally Posted by Shawn @ VA Speed
good job Brian,soon to be low 8's by the looks of it
considering what I accidentally did to my tune....Phil knows all about it
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Good job!!! What gears are you running anyway?
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Wow man nice times. Im going to have to get my butt down there when you run it
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1/8th mile conversion is dead on, congratz. On your way to 7's
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That is stupid fast. I'm gonna need one of them there turbochargers.
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Originally Posted by Big Mike
Good job!!! What gears are you running anyway?
3.89...changing to 3.40.

didn't really run out of gear per my log....though I know I was close...car went so fat the plugs couldn't fire the mixture up at high boost
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Sick, congrats! I might have to make it over to the track to see her run now...
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Originally Posted by Fireball
considering what I accidentally did to my tune....Phil knows all about it
Yeah,i heard about it
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