The latest results... MAC requests...
Posted: August 3rd, 2014, 3:33 pm
Hello everyone,
If anybody is even using this site any longer..
Anyway, J.W. and I just got back from the Wilmington Tour and I thought I would let everyone know what it was like.
Of course, it is a great site and the concrete is excellent...
We were running against a few of the best C/Mods in the country and everyone but us was on sticker tires. This is how it went down:
JW was in 5th place after the first day but only .400 out of 3rd and a trophy. I sucked.. DNF'd the 1st run and almost the again on the 2nd but by the time I slowed and went thru the gate I was 4 secs off.. My 3rd was an abort for a down cone and the 4th was not much better. I was in 9th and no chance for a good result.....
The second day we boosted the pressures in the rear and the car came alive... JW was in 3rd by the 2nd run and in a national trophy position.. Unfortunately, he only improved by 2/10s on his final run and the C/mods found more time.. Not to mention that one of the others below him had an extra run and blitzed it all the way to 4th position.. I sucked.. LOL! Not really. I did find some time on my last run and finished 3/10s behind JW.. Although my extra run (down cone) was not as strong as the run I had going that I gave up.. Oh well...
To summarize, I believe we brought our best game on lightly used tires and ended up 3 secs out of 1st after 2 days... I believe it is again time to petition the MAC for more changes.
I would like to see the following changes for the 1915 motor:
10:1 compression
bigger valves
straight cut transmission gearing, if it is even available.. That is how the Fords can make 17 shifts in a run and never miss a gear...
How about allowing the unshrouding of the valves??
Turbo? Nitrous?
Any other suggestions?
Please chime in..
Cheers!
Johnny B.
If anybody is even using this site any longer..
Anyway, J.W. and I just got back from the Wilmington Tour and I thought I would let everyone know what it was like.
Of course, it is a great site and the concrete is excellent...
We were running against a few of the best C/Mods in the country and everyone but us was on sticker tires. This is how it went down:
JW was in 5th place after the first day but only .400 out of 3rd and a trophy. I sucked.. DNF'd the 1st run and almost the again on the 2nd but by the time I slowed and went thru the gate I was 4 secs off.. My 3rd was an abort for a down cone and the 4th was not much better. I was in 9th and no chance for a good result.....
The second day we boosted the pressures in the rear and the car came alive... JW was in 3rd by the 2nd run and in a national trophy position.. Unfortunately, he only improved by 2/10s on his final run and the C/mods found more time.. Not to mention that one of the others below him had an extra run and blitzed it all the way to 4th position.. I sucked.. LOL! Not really. I did find some time on my last run and finished 3/10s behind JW.. Although my extra run (down cone) was not as strong as the run I had going that I gave up.. Oh well...
To summarize, I believe we brought our best game on lightly used tires and ended up 3 secs out of 1st after 2 days... I believe it is again time to petition the MAC for more changes.
I would like to see the following changes for the 1915 motor:
10:1 compression
bigger valves
straight cut transmission gearing, if it is even available.. That is how the Fords can make 17 shifts in a run and never miss a gear...
How about allowing the unshrouding of the valves??
Turbo? Nitrous?
Any other suggestions?
Please chime in..
Cheers!
Johnny B.