Let's see John,
Going to the salt -- for the first time -- with a race car.
You aren't going to believe the learning curve, sort of like taking a drink
of water out of a fire hose. While the details may fade, the experience will
stay with you forever.
There is good first timer info. in the archives.
Good luck,
Bryan
john@theromeros.org wrote:
>Funny, everybody else told me nitrous was totally safe and
>reliable...hey...wait
>a second...the only person who said that was my piston guy!!!
>
>Actually, Nitrous scares the bejesus out of me. I'm gonna wimp out and only use
>a 50 shot the first few times just to keep the explosion small. You got to keep
>in mind that it's only a 225 hp motor without it so assuming I get a reasonable
>tune on it, I should be fine (famous last words). The short block is totally
>overbuilt and good for about 450hp so If I don't melt it, i'm good to go. Even
>after (if) I get it under control, I'm not gonna use more than a 100 shot.
>Unless I have to, in which I'll stuff in the largest jets I got.
>
>I think this thing should go really well on the salt, but I've never been there
>so what do I know? I'll find out come this August.
>
>John Romero
>Thousand Oaks, CA
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