So, while 'Older Ben' was partying this weekend, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] 'Young Ben' was testing at Numidia Dragway which is up around Bloomsburg, PA. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]
We had decent weather; a little chilly in the morning at 48 degrees, but a very strong cross/head wind at 15-20+ mph. Good thing for TnT days because we basically fought the car all day until the 7th run, but ran out of time to make the 1 change that I really wanted to - a rear gear change from 5.25:1 to 6.00:1.
First run outta the box was a 9.16 - too slow, even for the cold temps. Second run was slower at 9.3x. Sputtering and bogging off the line, breaking up at the big end, low mph..... just miserable. Downloaded the runs onto the laptop, and they looked horrible - all kinds of stuff going on. So we started making changes, and running, and changes, and running, etc. Our friends Joel & Joel were running waaaaaaay too fast in their new car/engine combo - reminded us of how we started out in 12.90's!
The last run of the day the air temp was coming around at ~60 degrees, and we were finally improving each run - and ended up with the original setup back into the car. We ran an 8.914 on an .037 light. We took a nice picture, called it a day, and began the 2+ hour pull home. Ben did his job all day, drove it straight and true - the cross wind would whack the cars at about half track, just as they went past the grandstands. The cars were wiggling all over the place! Ben went red once with an .011, but all other lights were no slower than an .053 - he had two .002 lights in a row! Watch out Ole Ben, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
Ben is proud of his burnouts, and took a pic of the after effect flung all over the back of the car!