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Re: Maxton June Meet

To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
Subject: Re: Maxton June Meet
From: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:12:05 -0600
Keith,  in   response to  .."Welllllll what we learned was that
the Nitrous helps the motor make great Power"...,  yes the nitrous makes more
hp, but it really makes the motor a torque monster!!!  I hope you richen it up,
pretty EGT's are nice, but with the extra hp you can afford to add fuel to aid
taming the temps, something most cant afford to do normally aspirated.     Joe
:):)

Keith Turk wrote:

> Well Brad and I just got home from the Meet.... once again it was Great....
> ECTA just knows how to have a Good time...and make everyone feel welcome.
>
> Interesting little Pass on the ole junkyard motor.... 185.185 mph.... but It
> was coasting so to speak.... I had my foot out of the throttle and the
> Nitrous off.  I had held it up to 190 for a bit but the Motor was out of RPM
> again at the 3/4 mile Marker.... EGT's were a bit high and it was a Tick
> lean.... on the bottle... didn't want to Pressure it this close to Muroc.
>
> Our problem is that the Chassis Dyno can't run past 200mph and we had got
> off it so late Thrusday night that we didn't have time to swap in the 2.75
> gear set.... our thoughts going up there was to make this first pass on the
> 2.86 gear and then swap to the 2.75..... Welllllll what we learned was that
> the Nitrous helps the motor make great Power... but it really likes a tick
> less RPM then the Gas.... and the Car could really have used a bit more
> timing and a bit more Fuel.....
>
> Then we came down to the Gear swap up there and we realized that we were
> just marginally going to hit 195-198mph without tuning a bit.... and we
> didn't want to make two more passes on the Motor.... Much to Brad's Credit
> he volunteered to wait on the Two Club attemp until After Muroc.... and
> honestly I appreciated his concern for preserving the combination until
> then.... Thanks Brad.... ( ain't having a Racing buddy great.... specially
> when they are smarter then you are....)
>
> again... Thanks to Bill Bennett for Helping....  Keith ( oh yeah the 185 was
> the fastest we had been up there.... wow )




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