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08-14-2012, 09:46 PM | #422 | |
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08-14-2012, 10:40 PM | #423 |
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08-15-2012, 08:56 AM | #424 |
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Didn't anyone stick around and take pictures of the final round of drag racing??
Who were the final top three in the different classes? How about the postings of times and pictures of the AutoX participates and winners? Are there a posting somewhere?? It would be nice to see a single posting of all the Car show award winners, Drag race events Top three and the AutoX individual times and winners in one place to finalize this great event. |
08-15-2012, 10:31 AM | #425 | |
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We're all familiar with the old saying "don't bring a knife to a gun fight"... Bringing a mile car to a 1/4 mile race is USUALLY going have a predictable outcome so hopefully its just done for the fun of it, sounds like you did so Kudo's. Me taking a 1/4 mile car with a 3 gear turbo400 tranny to a mile race would be pointless and I'm well aware of that. I DID do the half mile at Aero's and Auto's on my old 6speed, still have that tranny actually, but I don't ever intend to run my car in a mile. Regardless of how well built/tuned your car is it's extremely hard on the motor to hang it out there that long (the higher performance the motor the harder it actually is as I'm sure you know), and realistically speaking one shouldn't do it unless you can afford to build a new motor after each event like many of the high end competitors end up doing, either intentionally OR unintentionally... Not something I would like to have to do so I'll stick to the much more frequent and less stressful 1/4 mile stuff. Stuff breaks often enough there! I actually only have around 15 TOTAL runs on that car and that weekend was the first time I had ever ran it with the new tranny so that race we had was my 3rd run with an entirely new set up. My best run was in qualifications with a 10.5 and a combination of driver error and a lack of time for a good mechanical shakedown kept that from being very low 10's, maybe edging into the 9's. My brain was still hard wired to lift during the 1st to 2nd gear shift which isn't needed in a Turbo400, and my linkage was slightly out of adjustment and the tranny didn't shift properly when I pulled the lever so I ended up hitting the rev limiter twice in that one qualifying run on top of also pointlessly lifting once. Practice makes perfect so I'll get it there pretty soon. We could both learn from Keith in that regard, he's a frikin gear rowing machine in Rubye! BTW, due to the actual tranny ratios our final drive gear ratios aren't as far apart as you may think. I have a 3.55 rear end and the final drive ratios work out like this for our 2 tranny's (unless you have a custom 1st gear which is a possibility, I used standard published ratios.) Your final drive in 1st gear is actually shorter than mine but I'll still be in 1st when you're in 2nd, and you'll probably use 3rd while I'm in 2nd and 4th while I'm in 3rd. Final drive ratios ______Me____________You 1st___8.804__________9.2407 2nd___5.254__________6.3549 3rd___3.55___________4.3901 4th___NA____________3.07 Actual tranny gear ratios Turbo 400______TR6060 1__2.48________3.01 2__1.48________2.07 3__1.00________1.43 4__NA__________1.0 |
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08-17-2012, 10:44 PM | #426 |
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So I finally go the video footage edited and uploaded...
Here is my 2nd run on the auto-x.
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Special Thanks to Kevin for filming this!!
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We Canadians represented Canada at the Fest. We all had a blast !
Our friend Gary ( HINEY1 ) front row on the far left with his lovely wife Cindy....went all out and had these T-shirts made for us. Awesome !!! On the floor on the far right is Bill (JAREDCAN ) who is our group photographer! Always does a FANTASTIC job! Besides him is Rick ( Ripcard ) and his wife Karen. Both great people. Back row...from the far left... Denis ( camaroblack ) His wife Mariane ( Ladyblack ) absent from the picture was receiving a prize. Beside him is Chris ( Christ Chringle ) his wife Suzanne (2Fast4Her ) was absent...then there is Bev ( The Nurse ) and her man Tim ( tpower ) who is holding the Canadian flag ! Then there is my husband Rick ( camarorick ) and ME, Joanne ( sugar'n'spice ) and behind me is Jason ( RAVIRN ) his wife Louise could not make the event...and then Linda and her husband George ( mrbrans5 ) and Rachel ( RaayRaay ) and directly behind her is her husband Rick ( RickRay ) and Brad and Dianne ( Brad&Dianne ) Plus Dave ( Luckynuts ) and Karen (RRED HOT ) were most likely at the track...our whole group is full of wonderful people and I'm so proud to be a part of them! Last edited by sugar'n'spice; 08-23-2012 at 10:42 AM. |
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