The wobbly tire theory is dead - long live the wobbly tire theory.

 

Sorry to see it go. It was so elegantly crafted, so creative, so completely full of crap.

 

 

Here is the cause of the wobbly RPMs. See how the gear is worn razor thin on the lower left side? The other side looks unused. I'll take the distributor out again this week and check shaft concentricity and concentricity of this gear.

 

 

 

KOH was 26 cars. Man it was hot out there.  First round my "in car" thermometer showed 122 degrees. No telling how hot it was cause it only goes to 122 degrees. By third round the mercury plummeted to a chilly 114 degrees - and me without my mittens. Final round was 104 degrees. I would have won but for my teeth chattering.

 

I was gifted a red light first round. There were so many red lights first round I figure many just wanted to go home and lie in front of the air conditioner.

 

Second round I got the bye.

 

Third round I treed the yellow Nova with a 0.509 RT.

 

Fourth round I treed Mark's Chevelle with a perfect 0.500 RT (yikes!). 

 

Final round my 0.521 was not good enough. But like I said my teeth were chattering. Tom's Vega wagon took me out. He's the guy that won four in a row this month. Killer car.  We split the 520 bucks with no side bet.

SUSPENSION:

The car hooked monster all day except the last two rounds of KOH. The first of those rounds they sprayed  the line again while we waited. Too slippery. Mark says that when they do that to him he burns em right across the line to dry the VHT. They get pissed off and then he yells at em. I need to do more yelling.

 

PRESSURE SWITCH:

My RTs during Test 'n Tune were 540s and 550s. Better than that 650 last Thursday but -  KOH was starting so I decided to play the cards in my hand rather than fiddle with it any more. I got those killer lights by rolling in a bit more than usual.

 

NEXT WEEK:

Next week I'll continue tuning up the pressure switch.

 

I'm thinking I'll try the double pumper - see if the traction holds with four barrel launches.