Eddyville Raceway park was a blast today. Just about as many runs as you could possibly handle. Looking forward to next Saturday when I'll do it all over again. My expectation for the day was to learn and I figured out a number of things. I knew I could get it down into the 9's and nearly improved an entire full second over my performance at Tri-State in 2019.. I am upset I didn't make 70mph though, but 69.78mph is pretty close. Best reaction time .0696 and out of 10 runs I did have 2 red lights that were super close. Best run of the day was the very last one so I'll call that a win any day. I was able to make several changes through the day and came up with the best combination I could in the time given. I have so much more to learn and there will be countless changes to come. Next Saturday we do it all over again! Should be fun! I'll get some photos up tomorrow. I'm beat.
My 60' was 2.07 so no world records broke this round. I was spinning my tires on the first few launches @25psi so I knocked them down to 20psi and put some white marks on the tires to make sure it worked. Problem solved. I was able to foot brake up to 2600rpm which about 200rpm better than I can do on the street. I'm going to crawl under the car and see if anything is trying to come loose. I need to loose the rear bumper so I can fix the tail gate, replace the bad bumper end and get that trailer hitch off. Probably going to get the rear quater panel pulled while I have everything out of the way too. Not sure if I will get it done by next Saturday but its a good goal to shoot for. The Jets I installed (.077 and .083) helped but I still have a bunch of tuning to do. I really just need to hit the chassis dyno and really find where the power might be hiding. I haven't even touched the timing yet and I also didn't get to install my MSD box yet either.
Only time that thing will be off is when I paint the roof. This car must be the family car, if its not then I don't have an excuse for a wagon, conv and a 2dr sedan race car. The 63' Impala 2dr hard top is grandfathered in because its my first car. If the HEAVY wagon becomes the race car then I would be dreaming of the 2dr sedans 700lb weight advantage. Besides, the little side air deflectors from the factory are a joke compared to the big wing. It really keeps the air from blowing back inside the wagon when I power the tailgate window down.
Randy how far do you live from Eddyville?
