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03-20-2013 09:18 PM #12
My little Track-T generally isn't allowed to even participate in the Wednesday night "Run What You Brung" due to "calculated ET". I did get to run at Sacramento Raceway when I heard their scales were down. I showed up and tech inspector asks "Do you know your weight?", I reply "2390 lbs" with a straight face. He then asks if I know my engine's output, I reply "Factory 290 hp crate engine". He does some number crunching and reports I'm borderline by his numbers, and my run could be in the mid 12's which was back then the cut off for cars like mine that are open and no roll bar. He says since I was an older guy (thanks for that), he would let me run, but it would be a solo pass with no one in the other lane. I thanked him and got in line. When I arrived at the burn out box I drove around the water and staged. I did an easy launch and didn't speed shift because I didn't want to break anything, 10.8 @ 132. Of course the track officials told me I couldn't run again till my car was NHRA compliant for 9.99~10.99. Not going to do all that to the T, besides I have a G-Tech for tuning, what most the car magazines use for the cars they write reviews on for their rag. This was the 355, which had 66 hp more than the 383. G-Tech tells me in just a 3 second romp in 2nd gear how much power I put down, my 0~60 and 1/4 numbers. It told me my 383 would have given me an 11.3 et.Bob
427 sbc 526 HP 556 lb/ft
Tremec TKO 600 5 speed
1790 lbs.





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