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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 03:17 PM
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Yeah....that was the worst track outing ever. There was a ton of Terdbo Buicks and other cars there. The lanes shut down every fifteen minutes for people blowing up and hoods blowing off. I basically ran once......didn have any time to make changes...and had to get back inline right away just to make another for a total of two runs .

It did not sixty foot any where near what i need. Kept spinning the tires.
We will have to sort it all out...too many new things on the car right now to blame any one thing. And we werent able to change anything at the track to check for progress. So today was a total wash.
We did get video so we were able to look at that and get some idea of where to start. Namely...in HOW I let the clutch out and at what RPM.

ON the old clutch/setup it was engaging softly since it was almost wore out. And I think thats what the biggest difference is so far. The new clutch connects with a bang....and its just blowing the tires off immediately.

That and I think Ill need to do a much Longer burnout..In my rush to get passes done quickly..I dont think I had nearly enough heat in the tires. Especially with a slower tire speed during the first gear burnout with the new 4.11 gears. May try a second gear burnout next time.

Anyways...It was atleast driven to the track...ran low 10s..and driven home....again.
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