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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 07:21 AM
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Took my car to the drag strip and it was really off the times that it ran before. I am talking about being a second slower and 10mph off it's best trap speed.

Tell me what you guys think of my check list on diagnosing what's going on.

1 - check valvetrain (springs, rockers, pushrods)
2 - compression test
3 - leakdown test
4 - pull the heads and inspect the lifters, pistons, cylinder walls

Here is the crazy thing. I sprayed the car at the track to and didn't hit it until the 60' mark and I still picked up 13mph and it was a 150 shot.

The springs that are on the car right now are comp 921s with about 12000 miles on them.
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 07:35 AM
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Does it sound right, feel right? Is it smoking? Were you sprayin it on the run where it was down a sec? If so, maybe somethings wrong with the nitrous?
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 07:59 AM
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Well it was spraying from 3500-6700 RPMs. There is a slight ticking sound. It doesn't smoke at all.

I picked up time and mph while I was spraying. It went from 107 to 120mph from N/A to spray. I launched harder off the bottle than I did on the bottle.

Does it feel right? - It always feels fast compared to my Jeep. I eliminated any problems from the clutch on back because I am still pulling 1.59 60's and that is what it was doing before when I running 118mph N/A.
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weather, how was the air compared to the previous time your looking at
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 12:07 PM
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Weather was better today than the last time I ran. On the bottle yesterday was the same ET as I was back when I had a smaller cam and less mods.
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 07:09 PM
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Compression goes like this

1 - 185
3 - 175
5 - 185
7 - 180

2 - 195
4 - 190
6 - 190
8 - 185

None of the cylinders leaked down after I stopped cranking the motor over. My friend thinks it's a super safe tune and that is why I am so down on power compared to what it used to be.
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Friend told me to check the plug wires and I have 6 that are 25-26 ohms of resistance, one at 27 ohms and one at 250 ohms of resistance. I don't think that would completely kill the car's power would it?
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 12:55 AM
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that's a big difference...might as well start there
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