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Old 06-28-2008, 11:38 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUejD8TqEjw

Somebody took some short videos of the event...
Old 06-28-2008, 12:07 PM
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One year has allmost past since last drag event and yesterday I tried with my new suspension setup and tires. New personal record 11.149 / 201.23km/h that´s 125.04mph




congrats!

Your mph indicates mid 10 second potential..
I once ran a 10.45 @125 mph and 10.35 @ 127 mph... That was with 1.39 60' time..
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Old 06-28-2008, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
congrats!

Your mph indicates mid 10 second potential..
I once ran a 10.45 @125 mph and 10.35 @ 127 mph... That was with 1.39 60' time..
With my TH400 it did spin moderately through 1 and 2 gears due to the lousy track that never has been and will be prepped...there is allways plenty of sand and dust on it...That is why I also thought that 10.9 at least should be easy with exellent track

But you should know better with your experience so I really look forward to get to one of the better prepped tracks

And isn´t the suspension now much better what comes to weight transfer?
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With my TH400 it did spin moderately through 1 and 2 gears due to the lousy track that never has been and will be prepped...there is allways plenty of sand and dust on it...That is why I also thought that 10.9 at least should be easy with exellent track

But you should know better with your experience so I really look forward to get to one of the better prepped tracks

And isn´t the suspension now much better what comes to weight transfer?
I can't look at the video as I'm travelling and I'm posting from my Interner phone which can't play videos.. Will check the video to look at the weight transfer.
Even with the best suspension, you'll spin at a bad track, unless you have 15 inch wide slicks
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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
I can't look at the video as I'm travelling and I'm posting from my Interner phone which can't play videos.. Will check the video to look at the weight transfer.
Even with the best suspension, you'll spin at a bad track, unless you have 15 inch wide slicks
Yes, ok.

Now after looking several times the video maybe i need to stiffen the rear shocks (QA1 double adjustable) a bit more both compression and rebound since the first 30-60ft the rear seems to rebound and bump a bit...

By the way with my 3.08 rear end I got best 60ft 1.77s



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