well its 5:29 am and we just pulled in from up north with Dave and his wife Patty, Doug (bammachips) and Bill (kwik6er). yep it was pretty fun as bill may have mentioned he got some great times with the hypo kit 13.7. unfortunatly when we showed up to the track (1 1/2 hours late i might add) we found out it was bracket racing and not test and tune. oh well any way this was my first time on a 1/4 mile and the first time bracket racing so i kinda screwed up a bit. anyway running the stock cal version but with my new t-loc ( no gears yet ) and dougs mt drag radials i ran a 14.1 with a .044 reaction time and 2.022 60 ' ( oh yea first time in the water box and i screwed that up too) the prob was that at irwindale they have the finish clearly marked with a brake now sign for us dumb people, so i think i let off too soon. then the second run was against a honda and i got totaly twisted on the whole differant tree light thing and totaly blew the launch. so i was out after two runs. so i will settle for the 14.1 for now. the 1.8 mile time was 9.1 and knowing i have done 8.95 i know i should be in the 13's

 

You west coast guys have all the fun....

My X-Charger kit arrived yesterday, so I spent the evening inventorying all the parts and hardware.

Can't wait to see what these cars will do with a bit more luck/practice.

p.s. You car looks mega-hot, as usual. Nice pics

 

it was a fun time, will have to get going a little earlier next time.

 

Nice work Tom.

Shes a 13 second car for sure Tom. Next time, you will have more time to master heating up those drs and power braking.

 

Sweet run Tom.

As one of my friends told me years ago: "You can expect to redlight at least once your first time out!"

PM to you... Let me know the next time you are headed to Irwindale...

Mike E