Well here goes a little race day recap...
I had a leaking intake gasket and trans pan was seeping some fluid, so I took care of those. I also cut back the exhaust to get the 45* turn up tucked in closer to the bed, and threw on the bed cover.
Saturday we went out to Diesel Truck Wars here in eastern nc to try to make some runs in 6.70. The only pass I had on the truck was the one with the dragy a couple of weeks ago (7.1 @ 99 on the street), and I have been fighting spool up. With it being 80-85* outside I figured it would suck spooling, so if I felt like I was going to burn someone down I would just bow out and run TNT later.
Well Q1 I ran on tune 2. Spool up was way better than expected. I sat back about 5ft from the line and brought up the heat at around 1/2-3/4 throttle. Once it started getting over 6-8lbs I just eased forward and it came on up. I pushed through the brakes a tad and accidentally double bulbed the other guy (my bad). Ended up running a 6.94 at 103, 1.73 60ft. +.006 RT. I was stoked.
Q2 I decided to run on tune 2 again and try to get the 60 down. Spool up went very similar, launched a tad harder, and ended up with the following: 6.83 @ 103, 1.63 60ft, -.007 RT. All over the light, but a tad early.
E1 was getting cooler outside, so I knew the times would pick up. I left everything the same. I treed the other guys with a .03 to his .22, so when I got to the top end I never made the 3-4 shift. I just let out and coasted to a 7.2 at like 90mph. 60ft dropped to a 1.59.
E2 I had Susan in the diesel life rat rod. Her staging routine threw me off a little. I was still able to tree her, with a .03 to her .12, but I made a rookie mistake. When I went to do the 2-3 shift, I accidentally grabbed the 4th switch. Of course nothing happened. When I realized what I did I bumped to 3rd, but it went straight to 4th because I had it engaged still. Long story short, I went 1-2-4. Which caused it to bog down and run a 7.0 at 99. Knocking myself out.
In the end I was extremely happy with how the day went tho, other than kicking myself for hitting the wrong gear. I can’t complain tho, the truck went 6s it’s first time out, and was actually competitive if the owner had a little driver mod.
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