56chevywagon Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 Well I just borrowed a helmut tonight so I am going to be at Carlsbad Raceway next Saturday the 23rd . Anyone close? Maybe I'll see you there . Finally get to see what it'll turn, probably the same to all the others posted. I'll post when I have time slips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcairns Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 Hey, another SoCal SS. Where ya at? I am in OC. I will be out of town this weekend, but I have been to Carlsbad a couple of times. The facilities are a bit of a dive, but it is low altitute and cooler than any of the other tracks around. We will have to make the pilgramage together sometime By the way, I think the left lane is the better of the two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56chevywagon Posted August 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 Thanx, I think I'll use the left lane then . I'm in Chula Vista, just south of S.D. Let me know and we'll make the trip there and meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSilverado60 Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 If i get my torque converter in by then ill meet you down there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56chevywagon Posted August 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 If i get my torque converter in by then ill meet you down there Any word on the tq converter or plans on making it to Carlsbad this weekend? Hopefully you can, I've met blackhawk, dude, I'd like to meet more of ya so maybe we can try a little bigger gathering here in the SW, kinda like the NW folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawk Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 56chevywagon: You’re going to have allot of fun. When you drag the truck (hopefully you get a couple of runs) put the tow haul mode on and manually shift gears at the rev limiter. Practice a couple of times at stop lights before you go to get use to how easy the shifter moves from 1st to 2nd gear on the column. If you shift right the SS goes almost the whole ¼ mile in 1st and 2nd before you have to shift to 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56chevywagon Posted August 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Good advice, I keep that in mind. I plan to make a few runs as long as it isn't too busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawk Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Oh I forgot to add, power brake the truck as well. Try to limit the power brake make it as short as possible, the truck heats up quick like that and the torque management sys seems to take power away when you launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56chevywagon Posted August 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 Well, here they are, my times. Most all of my runs were consecutive, I did stop and let it sit twice but it heated right back up once I hit the staging lanes . The tailgate was up except for two run(don't ask which ones), it didn't help anyway, and sorry I don't know the other cars/trucks I ran. The times slips read from right to left as the day progressed, the temp was right around 79-82 degrees, I was on just under a half tank and I took all of the advice. I did hit the rev limiter twice , oops. I do know the second run was against an lightning(Running alot of boost), you could here the s/c from the end of the track when he was doing his burnout ... I am car # 1. Sorry the white copies are hard to read, those were my only two wins . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4nash Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 would have been nice to get into the 14's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSilverado60 Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 sorry I didnt go, but i didnt finish my converter till 4am and i didnt wake up. what was the last car that you ran against??? whatever it was, it was movin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56chevywagon Posted August 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 It was a '66 Chevelle, he had been runnin' all day like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawk Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 56chevywagon Good times, what was the air temperature there at Carlsbad? I bet racing that Chevelle felt like you were going backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56chevywagon Posted August 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 The temp was between 79-82 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawk Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 The temp was between 79-82 degrees I went to the track when it was 93 outside, I probably could have gotten into the 14’s with less weight and cooler temperatures. Can’t wait till this winter to run again… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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