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in that heat 20 minutes won't really do anything for cooling.by the time you get back to the line to make another pass your temps will be right back to where they were before the cool down.look at coolant temp when you come to the line.at 194F your going to be pulling a lot of timing on every run and the car won't be making any great runs.can you get to the line before coolant is reading 194F?
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in that heat 20 minutes won't really do anything for cooling.by the time you get back to the line to make another pass your temps will be right back to where they were before the cool down.look at coolant temp when you come to the line.at 194F your going to be pulling a lot of timing on every run and the car won't be making any great runs.can you get to the line before coolant is reading 194F?
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I was thinking the same thing about the temps but going out to North Star in Denton. I'm in McKinney so it's the closest one for me. Although I'd be down for Ennis if it wasn't too hot. It would take me as long as the trip just to cool the car down!
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It would be great if a bunch of us DFW guys all showed up on the same night sometime this fall when it's cooler. They wouldn't know what hit 'em.
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in that heat 20 minutes won't really do anything for cooling.by the time you get back to the line to make another pass your temps will be right back to where they were before the cool down.look at coolant temp when you come to the line.at 194F your going to be pulling a lot of timing on every run and the car won't be making any great runs.can you get to the line before coolant is reading 194F?
I will take the ideas all of you have given, and see what I can do in the fall, when the air is much cooler. Thanks for the help.
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in that heat 20 minutes won't really do anything for cooling.by the time you get back to the line to make another pass your temps will be right back to where they were before the cool down.look at coolant temp when you come to the line.at 194F your going to be pulling a lot of timing on every run and the car won't be making any great runs.can you get to the line before coolant is reading 194F?
As an aside, it starts gradually. It's not like all of a sudden it pulls 10* and the car falls on its face.
Lastly....I suspect everyone in this thread is out to have fun, not try and set track records. As such, who cares if it runs a little slower as long as everyone is having a good time
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Google estimates an hour and 49 minutes at the time of this post, but I can assure you it was a hell of a lot longer on Friday afternoons! Come on and meet us down there!
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At least in my factory tune, timing doesn't start to get pulled until 212*. First I've heard or seen 194*
As an aside, it starts gradually. It's not like all of a sudden it pulls 10* and the car falls on its face.
Lastly....I suspect everyone in this thread is out to have fun, not try and set track records. As such, who cares if it runs a little slower as long as everyone is having a good time
As an aside, it starts gradually. It's not like all of a sudden it pulls 10* and the car falls on its face.
Lastly....I suspect everyone in this thread is out to have fun, not try and set track records. As such, who cares if it runs a little slower as long as everyone is having a good time
I made one trip to Ennis when I bought this car a few years ago and it ran consistent 13.3's at 113 mph. Pretty terrible, I know, but the car's a manual and I only had street tires. As I recall the weather was something like 96 degrees at 9 pm and near 100% humidity. I don't recall the barometric pressure, but I do remember calling it a night when the dew started to settle on the track and traction went to hell. That was when the car was making 408 hp at the rear wheels. Since then I've had the heads milled and ported and picked up exactly 50 rwhp - it turned 458 rwhp on the dyno tune last month. I'm curious to see what kind of improvement the mods made on my ET. This weather is actually good for me because of the comparison.
Does anyone know if we'll be able to buy race gas tomorrow night? If they won't be selling it at the track, does anyone know where we can get some?
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Too true. My impala would run mid tp high 13's during the summer, but every winter we'd drive up to Cecil County Dragway to turn our best times. On days like this Friday is shaping up to be, I'd run something like 13.8 at maybe 100 mph; midwinter at Cecil when the density altitude was negative 2500 feet I'd turn 12.6's at 108 mph.
I made one trip to Ennis when I bought this car a few years ago and it ran consistent 13.3's at 113 mph. Pretty terrible, I know, but the car's a manual and I only had street tires. As I recall the weather was something like 96 degrees at 9 pm and near 100% humidity. I don't recall the barometric pressure, but I do remember calling it a night when the dew started to settle on the track and traction went to hell. That was when the car was making 408 hp at the rear wheels. Since then I've had the heads milled and ported and picked up exactly 50 rwhp - it turned 458 rwhp on the dyno tune last month. I'm curious to see what kind of improvement the mods made on my ET. This weather is actually good for me because of the comparison.
Does anyone know if we'll be able to buy race gas tomorrow night? If they won't be selling it at the track, does anyone know where we can get some?
I made one trip to Ennis when I bought this car a few years ago and it ran consistent 13.3's at 113 mph. Pretty terrible, I know, but the car's a manual and I only had street tires. As I recall the weather was something like 96 degrees at 9 pm and near 100% humidity. I don't recall the barometric pressure, but I do remember calling it a night when the dew started to settle on the track and traction went to hell. That was when the car was making 408 hp at the rear wheels. Since then I've had the heads milled and ported and picked up exactly 50 rwhp - it turned 458 rwhp on the dyno tune last month. I'm curious to see what kind of improvement the mods made on my ET. This weather is actually good for me because of the comparison.
Does anyone know if we'll be able to buy race gas tomorrow night? If they won't be selling it at the track, does anyone know where we can get some?
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Already tried. No one there this time of day. I did send the facilities manager an email, so hopefully I'll hear back today.
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Stoney, I think I know you.
I was leadfoot on the Impala SS forum. I raced with HOSS in DFW. You know a big Italian guy from Long Island?
I think you raced with him a lot.
I was leadfoot on the Impala SS forum. I raced with HOSS in DFW. You know a big Italian guy from Long Island? I think you raced with him a lot.
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I miss the old days.