The newest drag racer gears up!

[Xplantdad]

Wow...stepping up to the big boys! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

[Salvatore]

Looks like some real HP there boys! Go for it!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Yep! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[Chevy454]

Lookin' good!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Thanks! We've been trying to get to a track for several weeks now, but have had 'issues'. I took a day off of work to button up the engine, set up the clutch for 8.90's, and change the rear gear, then install the engine - not realizing that when I put the oil scraper on the piston it had overlapped itself. Upon firing I had instant 'chocolate milk' for oil and the entire header pipe was coated inside with oil. I'm surprised it ran! Skipped TnT that Friday night, along with Saturday's Jr event at Cecil County as we tore it all apart and figured it out. Pulled all the way to Cecil County the following Friday night only to find out they don't let Jr's run on Fridays - only Wednesdays! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] Then we got snowed out. Sure is tough to get some seat time right about now.... We can't wait until Spring to see where we are at with this combination, that's for sure!

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My little Amanda now says she'd like to race! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[kwhizz]

Great Stuff Marlin!!

[MrsBillyBobcat]

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My little Amanda now says she'd like to race! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] </div></div>

That's awesome Marlin! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

We are going to suit up Amanda with Ben's gear - head to toe - and put her in Ben's car, then fire it up with the 8.90 engine and see how she reacts. These Jr Dragsters are quite polarizing - kids either love it or hate it. Many a kid has scrambled out of one in tears on their first time. So, we'll try it out and see how Amanda likes it - I'm thrilled that she wants to try it!

I never worried about Ben, I knew he'd be a racer - as was evidenced by this giant smile after his first run down the track last summer! His first words were; &quot;can I go again?&quot; - just what a Dad wants to hear (especially after heavily investing!). [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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 &amp; windy (43 degrees &amp; 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 &amp; 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]

[Plowman]

Don't forget to have fun,and good luck. *Paul* Nice golf cart,they are fun too.