Didn’t do too well, but I had a blast. Made six runs with a best time of 15.125 with a reaction time of .623. (My average reaction time was .510) next time I'll just start on the last yellow and be much better.
The first run I drove right through the water and didn’t do a burnout. The starter had me roll down my window and explained that next time be sure to do a burnout, or drive around it. EVERYONE who worked at the track was awesome, really good people, and super helpful with everything. Sadly, my first run was the only one that the car ran right, the other 5 runs it was cutting out at different times. Not sure what it was, but at home it was running fine. The altitude at home is 6800, at the track it’s about 5200. I also had way too much spinning off the line the first 3 runs (it’s an open differential). The last two runs I did burnouts - I also revved at the line to about 5000 rpm and then feathered the clutch a lot better. But every run I left a lot of time out there - either spinning, sputtering, or bad reaction. I made a ton of notes and feel I will do a lot better next time. Plus next time I’ll have a posi to go with my Centerforce dual friction clutch. I truly believe that if I could have got the car running cleanly and gotten off the line around .300 I would have been at 14.5ish range. Get the posi pumpkin in the car and I should be in the low 14's at a mile high.
And yes "Fastback 427", I'm hooked!
Any ideas what would cause the car to go flat during a run? I've never experienced valve float, but I image what I was experiencing feels like that. However, it happened once at about 4000 rpms in first gear. Another time it happened in 1st and 2nd, and another time it happened in 3rd. Usually around the 4500 - 5300 rpm range. It was a lot hotter than the car is used to. I had to let it cool down between runs because it was up to 215 degrees.
regards, Dave Jones