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[Arachnyd]

Originally Posted by jrhaus76

Brooks... We can talk today (if I come), tho I am not drag racer, the launch is everything and to master the launch you HAVE to slip the clutch.

Read up on some posts here, most people get the best results by slipping the clutch. Yes, it stinks, yes it reduces the life of the clutch BUT it will get you the best times.

Don't just dump the clutch... you want to be right at the point where the tires are getting max grip and the car is launching and all the "spinning" is on the clutch. I am serious.

With your mods (basically none) 13.77 is pretty good. You wont get 12s unless you are REALLY good at launching... if even then. If I had more money than sense I'd let you run my car. I bet a good driver could turn a less than 13 with it... I know I sure as hell can't! We all know what happened the one and only time I tried.

And I am more of a race track kinda guy. Going to Beaverun flat out day on Sept 9th. Cant wait. Its a track, with other cars out there with you... Wish me luck to keep the car in one piece!

www.beaverun.com look for flat out days

Thanks for the pointers! You always seem to be itk! The g8 guys, all but one have autos, and so that doesn't help much.

I'm not a drag guy either, but I like to get better at everything because it all translates.... (better launch on the strip also means a better launch at the autox course... better shifts at redline translate to better shifts at the track, and knowing your car better translates everywhere!

I look forward to talking to you about it more, but not today... I'm not going to be there! (I told see that a few days ago) which is a shame because its about a minute from my house!

I'm going to check out beaverun too!

[IROCanSS]

I am not going today either... so it will be some other time!

I am psyched about beaverun. Me, Jamie Mac and Franknbeans are going... I am going to try to run circles around Jamie's maggied SS... We shall see...

See about coming. It starts at 8:00 am. I am going up Thursday after work and spending the night...


As far as the pointers and being ITK... I just read and listen and try to learn. Plus you dont get over 7500 posts by being a lurker...

You seem to be doing very well! Improving all the time with each run.

[FenwickHockey65]

I stayed until 2:00, then had to run errands for my mom. Sorry if I missed anyone.

[IROCanSS]

So no one showed... Wow I would have been POed if I drove that far!

I ended up washing the cars and playing with the dogs.

[rachykells]

Sorry I didn't get Up to VOA today.. but definitely am going to hit up the car show at hubert on 9/3 so I hope to catch everyone then.

Also... got my MRT v2.0 installed this morning. Super quick install. It sounds awesome! So obviously i've been doing a ton of permagrin driving today. Woohoo!

[Darth_Emma]

Anybody going to Talmadge for the Summit Racing Car show (NE Ohio Camaro Club) the weekend of Sept. 10/11?

http://www.summitracing.com/newsande...-Fall-Classic/

[blue-bayou]

Originally Posted by BumblebeeAmigo

13.775 finally in the 13s, but still not happy with it. I need to figure out what I'm doing wrong to improve. 4k launches turn into burn outs, 2k launches turn into stalls, and my good runs (13.83 and 13.77) were right at 2.5k during accelleration (not standing rpm).

13.77 not bad especially considering the temps last night. I got extremely lucky the night I ran a 13.06 (#19 on fast list if I haven't been bumped yet). The temps were mid 70s and track was in good shape from previous nights racing (so I heard). Whatever it was, my car hooked better than ever that night.

I generally have my launch control set at 3200RPM, shift light at 6200 and I try not to shift into 4th if I don''t have to.

Couple weeks ago I inadvertantly set my LC to 4300 instead of 3400 and ,yes, a good burnout but bad pass

Originally Posted by gahammerle

What happened to yours?

After my 2nd pass(both were crap) I noticed it running a little odd. Decided to leave and barely got out of the park before having to get towed home. Put the scanner on it and two O2 sensors(rt&lt sensor1) were reading 0 volts. Got trouble codes as well. Got it to the dealership and turns out the mass airflow sensor was bad. While it was there I had them look at the master cylinder since paint was peeling all around it. Took almost two weeks to get it back. Had the master cylinder and poewwer booster replaced

[IROCanSS]

Originally Posted by Darth_Emma

Anybody going to Talmadge for the Summit Racing Car show (NE Ohio Camaro Club) the weekend of Sept. 10/11?

http://www.summitracing.com/newsande...-Fall-Classic/

I'll be there.

[gahammerle]

I made it to Greensburg, IN today and swapped truck lids, so I now have a spoiler. Very simple to do - much easier than drilling holes and aligning everything.

It was weird because my trunk lid sat high on his car even after adjusting bump stops. I told him we could switch back if he wasn't happy, but he said he was sure he could get it adjusted right later on.

And this was another mod that was grandfathered in.

[gahammerle]

Heinz, do you have any snapshots of it from back when you first got it? I think that would add some nice character to the board.

I haven't exercised the artistic side of my brain in decades, so I can't offer much more constructive criticism.

[Arachnyd]

Originally Posted by gahammerle

I made it to Greensburg, IN today and swapped truck lids, so I now have a spoiler. Very simple to do - much easier than drilling holes and aligning everything.

It was weird because my trunk lid sat high on his car even after adjusting bump stops. I told him we could switch back if he wasn't happy, but he said he was sure he could get it adjusted right later on.

And this was another mod that was grandfathered in.

The spoiler install was actually very easy... all the holes line up perfectly with the holes on the trunk lid, so it took me less than 20 minutes to install it with no alignment issues.

But that swap made it a lot easier on him, so thats probably the better way to go! good work. Look forward to seeing your car again with your recent updates!

[Arachnyd]

Originally Posted by heinzd01

I'm trying to design a car show display for my '76 Camaro. I have no artistic design skills but I managed to draft what is shown in the picture below.

Anyone want to help me with some constructive criticism?

Attachment 281021

Below are links showing other car's displays.
http://www.carshowdisplay.com/index_files/Page364.htm
http://www.carshowdisplay.com/index_files/Page376.htm

It certainly works compared to what I’ve seen at most shows for guys that do them themselves, so I think its spot on… I think you should feel free to go with it!

however since you asked for it, here are my thoughts:


From a “whats shared perspective”
-photo selection is good, although I’d sneak in a WIP picture of the back, maybe at the expense of the upper right. The upper right two could easily be swopped for something else simply because of the fact that that’s what your car looks like now, and so people see your actual car. If you don’t want a WIP picture of the back, then even a current picture of the back, or the opposite of the middle right?

Information wise:
Infos good, although I personally like when people have the tiny section that personalizes it… like where you say when and why you bought it, when, how and why you restored it, and any personal details. May not be appropriate for the specific car shows your going to, but I like it.

From a design perspective:
Of course if you did the whole thing on a computer I’d have a lot of recommendations, but since this is done with hard copy, it’s a little more difficult.

Are those pictures printed out on blue backboard? If so, I’d cut them out more so that the blue shows behind all of them… or put white on the backdrop so white shows through everywhere. Id also align the photos on the left to have equal spacing as those on the right.

if you went with a digital design I’d fade the images into eachother and fill a full border, or do a solid black border around each one with an interior fade, and then maybe a halo of your car behind the listed statistics. Color wise I’d probably stick to the colors of the car… Black, silver, maybe orange (engine block)- or in other words I’d scrap the blue.

[Arachnyd]

Originally Posted by blue-bayou

13.77 not bad especially considering the temps last night. I got extremely lucky the night I ran a 13.06 (#19 on fast list if I haven't been bumped yet). The temps were mid 70s and track was in good shape from previous nights racing (so I heard). Whatever it was, my car hooked better than ever that night.

I generally have my launch control set at 3200RPM, shift light at 6200 and I try not to shift into 4th if I don''t have to.

Couple weeks ago I inadvertantly set my LC to 4300 instead of 3400 and ,yes, a good burnout but bad pass

Good to know. If you decide to take it out anytime again before the end of the season tell me- I'd love to go with you, and maybe you can give me some thoughts and pointers!

[IROCanSS]

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