Go ahead put us at 96%

At 100% WE WERE PUTTING OUT CYLINDERS EVER PASS, AT 98% NOT AS MANY AND NOW AT 97% ITS EVEN BETTER, SO PUT US AT 96% SO WE WONT PUT OUT ANY AT ALL AND THEN WE CAN RUN EVEN FASTER......

 

How about 95%

 

Are you guys forced to run 97% right now or can you run less %?????

 

they can and have been........

 

NHRA would not disqualify you if you started running 95 or 96% or lower.

If you believe (or already know) it will make you faster then why aren't you already running less than 97%. Maybe you are...

Thanks for running less percent nitro before you may be forced too.

 

Yeah, The guys running 20's are only using 60% nitro and the rest is 87 octane pump gas.

 

AND UNLEADED AT THAT!!!!! Of course that chicken shhit helps alot too

 

I never tuned a nitro car, just going by Mrs. R's analogy... maybe they are

 

maybe we should get the rule book out and check for the correct additve
as some can not be detected at low levels nor is NHRA even trying.

 

When are you guys gonna get off the percentage thoughts- The a/fd cars that run 5.6-5.8 run the same percentage as Conway and others who run 5.2- It has to do with the clutch more than the nitro percentage- Same reason top fuel still runs the numbers with 85 percent as they did at 90- People like CH3No2 just don't get it--- a/fd slow cars are whining more than anyone- I can see why Will is hearing rumors of jr top fuel- This situation of uncertain rules, both present and future contributes to the low car counts and guys sitting instead of racing, cause they are wary about new blower rules or new nitro percent rules-NHRA has to find the courage and put in place and enforce a set of rules that will not change so we can get on with racing!!!

 

Nitro Auction !

Step right up..... Do we hear 94% anywhere ? c'mon gimme 94,94 bout 94 that all we ask ! come on step up, we need 94 ...... now thats no nitro !!!

think about it folks based on the opening comments ....... you get it down in % you gotta chance of getting there before you leave !

 

Les, i don't get it , but i'll bite 94% yea thats the ticket

 

Like i've said before the a/fuel combo is still in it's infancy in development and it seems that lower % is what is making them more consistent, they should be thanking the blown guys and NHRA for helping to make their cars more consistent and very competitive. But it still would be cool to see just what kind of times they could run on 100%, I DO LOVE POWER AND NITRO.

 

Infantsy, Right!!!

Hate to break this to you John but the a-fuel comb. has been around for many years. It was not a problem for the blown cars for years because the fuel cars were not competetive for a long time and when someone finally figured out how to make them run they were not consistant. One of Jay Meyers comments was that he wanted an a-fooler to run the first round every race. Remember that Will, you were around? Seems to me that the race at Vegas should put to rest all this discussion about the fuel cars and the altitude. There was more than one car there. In fact there was two or three really good a fuel cars that are as consistant and fast as any in the country and look how they struggled. Gloria is just pulling your chain only you don't know it.
Leave the problem solving to NHRA and the TAD class.
Bob Holley

 

Bob- did Chris get the gears I sent? My thoughts are the a/fd cars still had more power than the blown cars in Vegas- Just maybe, the air was not sufficient to give enuff downforce on the wing- just a thought seeing as all the a/fd's seemed to be in the same boat???Just a thought??? The BAD's were showing good MPH using less drag from the wing-----?

 

Well I think 90% would be a good place to start.

 

I'll second 90%.

 

Those of you who think that the % changes haven't made a dif, look at our (Niver's) ET's at Tucson and Vegas, with basically the same tuneup. Of course there is that issue of "sandbagging"!!! LOL

 

That wouldn't be Powermist would it???