Stock Suspension Race on 06/11
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Stock Suspension Race on 06/11
Ok I've got to boast just a little..
Took the car to the Stock Suspension race @ Sunshine race friday night.
Car ran good (minus forgetting to turn the bottle on and running a stellar 9.39 pass,
and fuel pressure problem on a 6.2x run).
We qualified #1 with a 5.93, had a bye in the first round, beat Corky in the 55 with another 5.9x (thanks a little to a .460 tree.)
Met up with an older Camaro in the finals, was a good race but unfortunately he had me covered by a little. Put almost a 1/10th on him at the tree (.480 to a .488 ) to try and keep it close, but got edged out at the traps my 5.91 to his 5.77 (figure in the .08 I had on him at the tree and it was a pretty close race).
I'm very happy with the car's performance and we're just getting the feel for the combination. Now we just need to figure out where the 60' times went...
Big thanks to Joe and Rob at Fordspeed for all of the time and effort they've put into this project..
See you guys in BMP soon...
Derek
Took the car to the Stock Suspension race @ Sunshine race friday night.
Car ran good (minus forgetting to turn the bottle on and running a stellar 9.39 pass,
and fuel pressure problem on a 6.2x run).We qualified #1 with a 5.93, had a bye in the first round, beat Corky in the 55 with another 5.9x (thanks a little to a .460 tree.)
Met up with an older Camaro in the finals, was a good race but unfortunately he had me covered by a little. Put almost a 1/10th on him at the tree (.480 to a .488 ) to try and keep it close, but got edged out at the traps my 5.91 to his 5.77 (figure in the .08 I had on him at the tree and it was a pretty close race).
I'm very happy with the car's performance and we're just getting the feel for the combination. Now we just need to figure out where the 60' times went...
Big thanks to Joe and Rob at Fordspeed for all of the time and effort they've put into this project..
See you guys in BMP soon...
Derek
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that 55 of corkys runs 60's or 70's, so thank the car for not bitting the track.
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i still stand by the fact that 75% of 16-23 year olds are dropped babies.
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Mustangs are the hondas of the domestic cars. The drivers are always doing ricer revs and just like hondas, about the only place you cant buy parts for them is at 7-11.
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last year corky was running in the 40 to 50s every almost every run i seen out of them.
strokd85 sounds like the car is getting better and better every run good luck with it
was the camaro yellow,if so that is acme racing their the one who built my current setup.good people.
strokd85 sounds like the car is getting better and better every run good luck with it
was the camaro yellow,if so that is acme racing their the one who built my current setup.good people.
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Actually the 55 was running off pace all night. The track wasn't all that bad, it was a tuning problem that kept them from running their usual times.
The Camaro was green. Can't remember the guys name but he was runner-up at the last Stock Suspension race on May 14th to Mike Miller.
John and the ACME boys haven't been out in a little while. Maybe working on a new combination or something. Anyone know the story?
Good job Derek. Not too bad for a only handfull of passes under your belt with the new combination. We'll continue to get it sorted out.
The Camaro was green. Can't remember the guys name but he was runner-up at the last Stock Suspension race on May 14th to Mike Miller.
John and the ACME boys haven't been out in a little while. Maybe working on a new combination or something. Anyone know the story?
Good job Derek. Not too bad for a only handfull of passes under your belt with the new combination. We'll continue to get it sorted out.
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yeah i know that 55 is fast as shit. Stroked's mustang was impressive too! although after last month there wasnt shit for cars out there. i think they had 5 cars.
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i still stand by the fact that 75% of 16-23 year olds are dropped babies.
Originally Posted by Boosted240
Mustangs are the hondas of the domestic cars. The drivers are always doing ricer revs and just like hondas, about the only place you cant buy parts for them is at 7-11.
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Yea, the car count has been a little low the last couple of races. There were only 7 cars this past Friday night and I believe only 7 at the race the month before.
I know that Coady is building a new car since he wrecked his at the May 14th race. I talked to him on Friday and he is hoping to have it ready for the next race but doesn't know if it will be finished in time.
Hopefully some more people start to come out and race before Todd decides to do away with the class.
I know that Coady is building a new car since he wrecked his at the May 14th race. I talked to him on Friday and he is hoping to have it ready for the next race but doesn't know if it will be finished in time.
Hopefully some more people start to come out and race before Todd decides to do away with the class.
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Yeah i heard that alan was selling his mustang too. dont know how true that is, but thats what i heard.
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Originally Posted by Zate
i still stand by the fact that 75% of 16-23 year olds are dropped babies.
Originally Posted by Boosted240
Mustangs are the hondas of the domestic cars. The drivers are always doing ricer revs and just like hondas, about the only place you cant buy parts for them is at 7-11.
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I know some of these guys are faster than me, as they say it's better to be lucky than good sometimes..
We've probably got 8 full passes on the bottle on this motor, so there is still more in it. I'm also seeing if Todd will listen a little and give the small blocks a weight break (100lbs maybe?). 3200lbs across the board I think is just a little too broad, yeah they might have to tech a little more but I think they'd pull out more cars if there was more parity.
Either way, it's all good fun.
We've probably got 8 full passes on the bottle on this motor, so there is still more in it. I'm also seeing if Todd will listen a little and give the small blocks a weight break (100lbs maybe?). 3200lbs across the board I think is just a little too broad, yeah they might have to tech a little more but I think they'd pull out more cars if there was more parity.
Either way, it's all good fun.
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yeah definately looks like fun. i wish my car was factory suspension, but its not. oh well i guess. i just like to go fast. stock suspension or not!
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Originally Posted by Zate
i still stand by the fact that 75% of 16-23 year olds are dropped babies.
Originally Posted by Boosted240
Mustangs are the hondas of the domestic cars. The drivers are always doing ricer revs and just like hondas, about the only place you cant buy parts for them is at 7-11.
