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Post by dave632 on Mar 4, 2021 18:38:41 GMT -7
Mike as you have noted running the Unlimiteds of any kind is not for everyone. It increases cost quite a bit and it can be a problem for the Racemaster when it come to shutdown and if there is an accident it can be devastating to the Car. Remember your yellow roadster which literally broke the body. Remember I keep the voltage down to 20 and these cars are still running 50-70 MPH. I have not had to much trouble stopping those cars with my setup. Pancakes on the other hand will be harder to stop since they do not have the downforce which metal stop strips apply. No current problems with them in the 30-40 MPH range however. As mentioned some parts for the Super cars are hard to get. Armatures for hitting those speeds and ETs are scarce if any can be found. We have found some 1 ohm inlines that are readily available where the cars still hit 40-50 MPH and they are not to expensive at the current price of 35.00. This might be the answer to a high speed class. Several guys have recently come close to beating me in Unlimited Inline, Mike being one of them. I have to say I have been lucky as quite a few wins were in the thousandths which could be caused by a little dust on the track.
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Post by dave632 on Mar 2, 2021 22:02:17 GMT -7
Sevierville is about an hour away from here.
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Post by dave632 on Mar 2, 2021 10:09:23 GMT -7
Let me know how it works Bill.
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Post by dave632 on Mar 2, 2021 9:47:11 GMT -7
You are a welcome addition to Nitro Slots Mike. Glad to hear the Lasagna did not kill you. Also nice to be able to run cars with someone who appreciates them at my track.
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Post by dave632 on Mar 2, 2021 9:42:06 GMT -7
Are all those cars available from the factory? I believe that one is certified to 7.50. One of my biggest problems with the Beretta I had was that it would pull to the right when ever I tried to put to much power to it. I was told that it was the rear end bending when put under a lot of power. It was a reinforced Ford 9" with a Strange center section.
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Post by dave632 on Mar 2, 2021 9:32:00 GMT -7
The one on the left is the one I cut down. It is still to wide to fit the T Jet rivet in the front and back as the chassis interferes with the tool. rivet tool
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Post by dave632 on Mar 1, 2021 18:16:13 GMT -7
Never could get that rivet tool to work right despite cutting it down to size. As suggested a proper size punch and hammer worked great.
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Post by dave632 on Mar 1, 2021 16:32:57 GMT -7
Check out this Dodge Challenger drag pak, 143K but it will murder any million dollar super car. 7.50 ET is claimed and I did a rough stop watch ET check and it was close. Roll cage, wheelie bar, chute. Not street legal but it is legal for NHRA competition down to 7.5.
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Post by dave632 on Mar 1, 2021 16:26:44 GMT -7
One of Mikes cars to watch will be his Gasser. Took the long trip here for some testing and the trouble it previously had was found and corrected.
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Post by dave632 on Mar 1, 2021 8:44:11 GMT -7
Dave, what kind of mph with those times? Did not realize Super comp was running at 24 volts, I will have to retest them. Running at 20 volts they were running between 23 and 26 MPH. The ceramic magnet car was running 1-2 MPH faster than the Poly magnet chassis, with similar ETs.
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Post by dave632 on Feb 28, 2021 13:11:48 GMT -7
My Super Comp cars are running in the .58 -.60 range @ 20v. One is my old PSO rebel which is unchanged from it's old warrior days, and would qualify for comp or PSO right now, I tried Poly magnets in it and they took 3 MPH off of the speed but ET was similar due to a quicker 60'. It still holds my track record for PSO, having run a .54 at 18 volts when it was really flying, for that kind of chassis. The armature in that has at least 200 passes on it. The other is the body Mike did for me with a mean green 5.9 armature, and it has low power Poly magnets, (1400-1500 gauss vs. 1800-1900 at the high end) which worked best and did not kill the trap speed to much, maybe 1 MPH. They are very close in ET with the Rebel being a little more consistent and having a little more trap speed but the Vette takes the early lead while the 57 Chevy plays Catch up.
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Post by dave632 on Feb 28, 2021 9:57:42 GMT -7
Nice trophy! I have checked out my Gassers for the upcoming event. Both running just as good as they were at GTS's race. The Camaro edged out the Willy's when I tested them but that is what they did here the last time. I did get a chance to work on Finistauri's Willy's however and it will be a contender. Got my 4 gear stocker running even better, wont touch it anymore I promise. Looking forward to the race. I think this is the largest contingent of racers we ever had from New Zealand, should be a good show. I have a question? Will the race be run on a ladder? Our fastest vs their fastest and so on down the line with total wins deciding who is the winner?
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Post by dave632 on Feb 27, 2021 14:41:12 GMT -7
I see, he uses the whole distance from one sensor to another. That will not give a true speed reading however.
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Post by dave632 on Feb 26, 2021 15:02:06 GMT -7
Sam I was trying to figure out how it was figuring out the MPH going from the start sensor to the various sensors?? as there usually has to be a speed trap to get MPH. Seems to be working OK and 12.2 MPH is not to bad. I would work on getting the 60' down without losing to much speed. Try different traction magnets and heights along with tires. If you have a magnet tester try and find some better ceramic motor magnets. Nothing to strong or that will kill performance also, especially in a stocker. I put some poly magnets in the old PSO Rebel and it took 3 MPH off the top end. Did cut the 60' down some but not enough to make up for the lost top end. They were some strong poly's however reading in the 1800-1900 range. I think some 12-1400 would have worked well.
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Post by dave632 on Feb 26, 2021 9:12:49 GMT -7
Seems legit, I sent mine in.
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