Thunder Shootout video and my PB
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Thunder Shootout video and my PB Had a great time at the shootout and it was worth the long haul. My personal best before was a 10.40 and I was able to get that down a little 
I made a few changes before the shootout of adding a full BMR front suspension, tightened the converter and upgraded to full cage.
Only challenge of the weekend was my alternator went bad and the battery wasn't holding enough voltage to make the transbrake work consistently and had the car idling real rough. Had it working by charging the battery between rounds, well for a little while at least. Ended up making the Semi-finals in MS/PA and then rolled through the beams when I tried the transbrake again and it didn't hold. Oh well, that's racing and I'm not complaining.
The car went a new PB of 9.992 @ 132 with a 1.39 short time. I give my thanks out to Next Level Performance (formerly Norris Motorsports) as those guys have brought my car a long way. Another big thanks to Madman (Brian) for the suspension setup. To say that guy is great is an understatement. The short time with my powerglide (1.76), H/C, stock short block and 150 shot is just awesome.
http://nextracing.net/Mambo/images/s.../burnout01.jpg
http://nextracing.net/Mambo/images/stories/launch01.jpg
http://nextracing.net/Mambo/images/s...timeslip01.jpg
Video - right click and save as...
http://www.nextracing.net/Videos/200...r Shootout.wmv
Great event and was able to meet a lot of very cool people from the board.
Eric
I made a few changes before the shootout of adding a full BMR front suspension, tightened the converter and upgraded to full cage.Only challenge of the weekend was my alternator went bad and the battery wasn't holding enough voltage to make the transbrake work consistently and had the car idling real rough. Had it working by charging the battery between rounds, well for a little while at least. Ended up making the Semi-finals in MS/PA and then rolled through the beams when I tried the transbrake again and it didn't hold. Oh well, that's racing and I'm not complaining.
The car went a new PB of 9.992 @ 132 with a 1.39 short time. I give my thanks out to Next Level Performance (formerly Norris Motorsports) as those guys have brought my car a long way. Another big thanks to Madman (Brian) for the suspension setup. To say that guy is great is an understatement. The short time with my powerglide (1.76), H/C, stock short block and 150 shot is just awesome.
http://nextracing.net/Mambo/images/s.../burnout01.jpg
http://nextracing.net/Mambo/images/stories/launch01.jpg
http://nextracing.net/Mambo/images/s...timeslip01.jpg
Video - right click and save as...
http://www.nextracing.net/Videos/200...r Shootout.wmv
Great event and was able to meet a lot of very cool people from the board.
Eric
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Originally Posted by racer88
Nice job!
So, now your back remember your PM's I think you can make it.
So, now your back remember your PM's I think you can make it.
Outstanding job Eric. At least one of us got to get our 9 second slip.
Had a great weekend. I was good to finally meet you after "talking" to you on the board. I agree the only down side was the number of runs we were able to run. Oh well.
The SS is already getting ready to go under the "knife".
David
Had a great weekend. I was good to finally meet you after "talking" to you on the board. I agree the only down side was the number of runs we were able to run. Oh well.
The SS is already getting ready to go under the "knife".
David
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Originally Posted by Navy David SS
Outstanding job Eric. At least one of us got to get our 9 second slip.
Had a great weekend. I was good to finally meet you after "talking" to you on the board. I agree the only down side was the number of runs we were able to run. Oh well.
The SS is already getting ready to go under the "knife".
David
Had a great weekend. I was good to finally meet you after "talking" to you on the board. I agree the only down side was the number of runs we were able to run. Oh well.
The SS is already getting ready to go under the "knife".
David
Once you get that pig light, you'll be passing me quick. I've got the video of you killing me on the tree, but the shot is from too far away. How did your videos turn out?
Eric
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David, I'll make a vid of our run and will post it on my site. File would be too big for email to handle. When I post it up I'll let you know.
John, thanks for comments, I'm extremely happy with it to say the least.
John, thanks for comments, I'm extremely happy with it to say the least.
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Derek, hopefully I'll stop messing with this before the season starts so I can chase points.
Coach, thanks and it was good meeting you at Thunder. Seems I might have to try a little change to see if I get my short times down like you
Eric
Coach, thanks and it was good meeting you at Thunder. Seems I might have to try a little change to see if I get my short times down like you
Eric
