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Posted: Dec/17/2023 at 5:00am

Round two, close race:

Edited by WesternRed - Dec/17/2023 at 5:02am

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Posted: Dec/17/2023 at 4:59am

In car video from last time out, elimination round one:

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Posted: Dec/14/2023 at 4:58pm

Actually I have been focusing on shallow staging, really just trying to do the same thing all the time to build consistency.

I think with deep staging it's probably another step that you have to think about and takes the focus off the launch, plus there is the danger of pushing though the beam all together, done that a couple of times.

Seems I am one of the slower cars in the field, so I always get to leave first and at least don't have to worry about getting distracted by the other car launching At this last event, there were 19 runners and I qualified 15th on ET (bracket runs from 10.0 to 13.0).

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Posted: Dec/14/2023 at 12:50pm

Don't know if this is allowed but have you considered deep staging? Yes it will kill your E.T. and 60' by approximately 0.1 but can help in R.T. Also if I may keep up with your practice tree. I even take mine with me and practice in the staging lanes. Has helped me a ton.

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Posted: Dec/12/2023 at 3:05am

I enter all the runs into an excel spreadsheet along with the weather information from the timesheet. I just write anything relevant on the timesheet like setup changes or issues with the run then put them in the spreadsheet later.

I did have a D/A correlation, but probably need to update this with the new data since I changed the cam.

I was trying to find some details of which items are most important to follow but mostly it seems people want to sell you some software to do the job for you.

I’m assuming D/A isn’t one number that covers everything. I think at the moment I probably have too much information.

Edited by WesternRed - Dec/12/2023 at 3:07am

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Posted: Dec/11/2023 at 10:15pm

I assume you have a log book? You need one and you can learn to dial your car on rising and falling D/A.

You may also consider converting all of your runs to sea level and that way you know that it was faster or slower due to D/A....or, if the comparison does not pencil out, you may see you have a problem that needs to be addressed.

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Posted: Dec/11/2023 at 4:24pm

Had another race meeting last weekend, knocked out in the second round of eliminations again, but overall a decent weekend. Just sharing times below for those who might be interested:

Round	Dial	ET	MPH	Reaction	60’	1/8	1000’	Comment
Q1	-	11.336	118.63	0.462	1.629	7.207	9.440	Asleep at the tree
Q2	-	11.588	119.73	0.122	1.828	7.474	9.702	Spun the tires (too much RPM)
Q3	-	11.256	119.91	0.149	1.626	7.170	9.378	Dropped tires to 16 psi
E1	11.250	11.257	117.36	0.129	1.614	7.159	9.371	Lifted right at the end
E2	11.220	11.244	119.63	0.125	1.609	7.147	9.362	Lost

Overall I thought the car ran pretty consistent except for some driver error in Q2. Even the driver was consistent with his reaction times other than having a nap in Q1, just need to shorten those times up a bit now.

Really not sure how to work the track condictiones, D/A was steadily increasing from throughout the day except for the final run where it dropped back a bit, overall much better track conditions than the previous time out.

It's 4 weeks to the next race meting, so might do a couple of test and tune nights in between.

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Posted: Dec/07/2023 at 4:41pm

Jeff Lee wrote:

I would recommend not doing anything until you get the springs and bars.

I reckon that is good advice, a transbrake would definitely find the limits of the rear suspension pretty quickly.

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Posted: Dec/06/2023 at 4:12pm

I would recommend not doing anything until you get the springs and bars.

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