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Bob West
Aug 14th, 04, 12:54 PM
I went to the track last night,took the M/T et drags(28x10.5x15) off,installed BFG drag radials (275/60/15). Last saturday I made 6 passes with the slicks...60's ranged from 1.74-1.79,last night I made 4 passes with the drag radials 1.74-1.77 and mind you,this was TNT night with a less than ideal starting line. ET's were 10.20-10.34 last saturday, et's were 10.21-10.26 last night(1000ft times). I was able to run 1/4 mile last night since I had the street tires (BFG's) on, ran 12.16,12.16,12.13 cooler temps but HIGH humidity. I did notice that my mph from the 1/8th to 1/4 mile had dropped to what I'm used to,only gained 20-21 mph,seems I'm losing some top end,not sure if it was weather related or ??? the car seemed to run fine,and I know it has to be gettin tired after 3yrs full time racing and 5 years in the car. I guess I need to do a compression check as Brian suggested,oil pressure is fine...good news though...after last weekend,I got back into the top 10 in points,after missing two races and doing nothing the first race back 2 weeks ago.

edit: does bringing the timing in quicker affect mph? dropped it from 2700 to 2000 37* total 17*initial. Only run 109+ last night,usually runs 111-113 with a best of 114.59