bgreen776
White Collar Fabricator
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- Jul 12, 2012
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I had a very exciting run this weekend. I made one slow warm up pass, then one nice and easy 10 psi launch on a soft tune, ran 11.8 at 120 or so. Soon as I hit the brakes I got the most terrifying death wobble I've ever experienced. Bad enough that it blurred my vision! I had my Nitto 420's at about 25 psi, and my truck has the 08.5 and up steering, but its got a lot of miles on it. My race weight is about 7200 lbs with me in the truck.
The tires were throwing rubber and rocks all over the little tuner car behind me in the other lane. :doh:
This experience got me thinking a lot more about safety and performance not related to going faster. I know the rules don't require chutes at speeds under 150, but I would have paid any amount of money and done any amount of work to get slowed down faster once that wobble set in. My truck isn't nearly as fast as most guys on here, and certainly no where near as fast as the guys running chutes, but its going to run high tens this fall, and hopefully low 10's next season.
My brakes could probably stand to be re-freshed. I'm thinking about buying EBC yellow pads, and EBC grooved and dimpled rotors. I'm also seriously considering a Stroud 430 with a mechanical launcher, or maybe two. The truck is heavy, and 130+ is likely in my future.
Thoughts, opinions, suggestions?
The tires were throwing rubber and rocks all over the little tuner car behind me in the other lane. :doh:
This experience got me thinking a lot more about safety and performance not related to going faster. I know the rules don't require chutes at speeds under 150, but I would have paid any amount of money and done any amount of work to get slowed down faster once that wobble set in. My truck isn't nearly as fast as most guys on here, and certainly no where near as fast as the guys running chutes, but its going to run high tens this fall, and hopefully low 10's next season.
My brakes could probably stand to be re-freshed. I'm thinking about buying EBC yellow pads, and EBC grooved and dimpled rotors. I'm also seriously considering a Stroud 430 with a mechanical launcher, or maybe two. The truck is heavy, and 130+ is likely in my future.
Thoughts, opinions, suggestions?