With an altitude of 4,200 feet 15 to 1 is OK. NASCAR guys were running
higher than that with 110 octane fuel a few years ago. Just watch the vlave
clearance and don't over rev the motor. Shouldn't be a problem.
John Beckett
ECTA, BNI & USFRA member
At 10:34 PM 3/31/99 -0800, Keith Turk wrote:
>Hey Rich you are right.. that ought to be good enough for the long
>course...
>
>That was one of my goals going into this thing was to drive the Long course
>on the salt....
>
>I really have kinda set myself up for the possibility of going over two
>hundred this year... don't know if it is going to happen but I sure would
>get a kick out of it...the current record for D GALT is like 219 mph and I
>don't really have an aero package that will be helpful there... we did
>start on the D motor tonight... I am a little worried about the
>compression... and Cam.. it is really High.. and I am not sure how good
>that is up there... The motor is around a 15:1 compression and there isn't
>much I can do about it.... I really think it would be better in the 12-13
>range.. any thoughts?
>
>Keith
>100/4 ... Bugeye... to many Box sprites and this ole Camaro..
>
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>> hey Keith--nice going. Its great when something works the way you planned
>> isn't it? Any class that Camaros can run in are tough cause there are so
>many
>> of them. You should be good for the long course in Aug, With any
>luck.
>> See you there.
>Rich Fox B/G alt #1104 or maybe 104
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