This whole conversation is really interesting...
Dave first helped out in 2000 at both speedweek and WOS.... his personal
deal was it was hard to tune on something with so little information....
mostly because he had to depend on my imput which was or wasn't accurate ...
It was never offensive.... frankly it was the absolute truth.... as a driver
your limited to the dealing with the total environment not just the water
temp for example.... your trying to corral a car at 200plus miles an hour
and keep 700 + hp going in the right direction....
My ability to sample data and recall it truly is limited.... hence the data
acq system ....
COURSE YA KNOW DAVE AIN'T going to stop complaining.... his latest problem
seems to stem from not being capable of tuning a Broken motor.... Such
sniveling..... whew.....
Keith ( Dave did mention I broke the Throttle position sensor last year...
seems it was Stuck open once I got in 3rd gear... )( good handling race cars
are a thing of beauty.... it's amazing what you can do if the car goes
straight...)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Odom" <popms@thegrid.net>
To: <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Cc: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: NON LSR lying data recorder
> Dave, I totally agree. I have worked with Winston Cup Champions, Daytona
500 winners etc. During tire testing in the old days at Daytona they would
rig up a light on the roll bar you could see from the infield that would
only be on if you had the gas pedal on the
> floor. Had one driver tell me the only way he could be sure to keep the
light on was to take his left foot and put it on top of his right foot. Doug
>
> Dave Dahlgren wrote:
>
> > Trust me KT is not the worst offender by a long shot. I have had
customers tell
> > me the engine lacked power was poor down straights etc.. looked at data
logs and
> > they are either at low throttle openings , short shifting the car or the
boost
> > knob is turned to -25% boost etc..
> > Dave
> >
> > wmtsmith@landracing.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Dave, I can't believe it--I am sitting here beginning to feel sorry
for poor ole KT--you brining it to his attention what he said vs what the
Data logger said--you might have to start checking the TPS wire to see if it
"Magically Broke" BEFORE each run, lol
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