Thread: Pressure Regulator? & Wish me Luck!

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Here's a photo of the bird at Pinks All Out...

So here's how it went down... Friday was tech and test day for pinks. I only got one test pass before we got rained out and surpassed my goal cracking off a 11.499 @ 117.4mph (fastest previous pass was 11.65 @ 114 last week). My first crack at running with the exhaust uncorked (which is AWESOME ) My goal was to be in the 11.5's for this event. Checking plugs after that run the mix and timing looked perfect but the air was freakishly bad (10,500ft) so if it got any better I would be lean so I jetted up 1.5 sizes on the carb (86s all around)...

First time run of the event Saturday ran out of gas mid track but kept in it (against my better judgment) for a 11.92 @ 111... next run was the "arm drop" test run and same deal ran out of gas mid track but I got out of it resigned that I was done.

I wish I had time to read and heed your suggestions beforehand... I disassembled the regulator again and the design is so simple I have a hard time seeing how it could fail so now I suspect the pump was bad out of the box as bada suggested... the only things I haven't ruled out yet are the pump and the gas tank pickup to the pump... all the other plumbing and filters check out.

Anyway, through it all I tried to keep a positive attitude and have fun but that can be hard with the stress of a car that won't perform as it should...

They ended up running a 12.0ish class... with the luxury of hindsight and second guessing I might have been closer to getting in had I not done any work on the car the last month but who knew?

Don, I don't know if it was the most important race but I did do a lot of work in preparation... as Rich (the bald guy) said himself in the meeting before the event this isn't really a race it is a game show... Despite all the troubles, I did manage to have a good time at the track with a huge turnout of good people and fun atmosphere... although clearly the contract the track made with the show/channel/producers/etc made for even more expensive beer, food, and everything else...

-Chris