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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 10:16 AM
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She's great daily driver.. gets about 32 mpg on the highway. She idles pretty good, has a little miss every now and then.

We had just passed the dew point by about 30 minutes when I made my best run that night. If I get a good dry track, nice cold night, maybe some 101 fuel and let a couple of more pounds out of the drag radials, I bet I could get a 12.5x out of her.

It must be a good advantage running in the evening when it's cooler and the is more moisture in the air as the car will run strong then.

Almost all our drag meets in the UK are in the day time and on hot sunny days!
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Originally Posted by 97vetteman
It must be a good advantage running in the evening when it's cooler and the is more moisture in the air as the car will run strong then.

Almost all our drag meets in the UK are in the day time and on hot sunny days!
I really hope for a dry cool/cold night. It's best if it was pretty warm during the day so that the track retains some of the heat. The way I figure it, the more moisture in the air, the less oxygen. I know high humidity sure makes the 60fts go up. Hot sunny days are the pits.
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