So, we finally did get to run the car last year with the 8.90 engine - can't find the camera card right now with the pics though.
Typical for us rookies, nothing ever goes according to plan - especially the weather! So, we wake up to high 20 degree weather on a mid November Saturday morning and head to the track - couldn't run till 11'ish because the track was too cold (Maple Grove actually ran the track dryer to put some heat into the track!).
First run was in 40 degree temps, cars were hard to start, and it was very hard to get heat into them. Thinking like a big car, we hung 40 pounds of weight on the car - ran a 9.42, not good. Took 35 pounds off, and ran an 8.909 @ 73'ish mph - Ben is thrilled, (I'm concerned [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] ). Ben had to leave second on the first roung of elims, a first for him - and he got caught gazing and slept to a .231 light, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] We packed .04, car ran an 8.856. Bummer on the loss, but it was a fun day.
Now it's 2012 and the weather is unusally nice, so we are track hunting, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] After a rainout at Atco 2 weekends ago, we made it down the track a few times last Saturday - but it was cold & windy (43 degrees & 10-20mph headwind).
We left the November setup in the car, and our first run was a 9.06 with no weight in the car, .028 light! Second run was a 9.05, no weight & an .016 light!
We packed .04 for first round, and catch a bulb by -.01 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img] Ben is bummed, but runs it out the back door with a 9.08 on a 9.09 dial.
They let us run a few more time shots, which Ben red lit again with a -.057, car ran a 9.04. So, he hit the practice tree for 20 shots, and came back for the final time shot with an .045 green with the car running a 9.27 straight into the 20mph headwind.
Ben was freezing, so we packed it in. So begins another season of Jr Dragster Racing [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] can't wait! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]