Well I finally made it to the track this year for the first time. Over the winter I completely rewired the car, added a crank trigger and a data logging system. The car fired up better than ever and ran really well in the garage and loading onto the trailer. Little did I know. When we got to the track we drove the car around the pits and it ran great. When our 1st time trial came up my son did a burnout and staged. As you can see from the datalog #2 the timing was steady but the motor wouldn't rpm. This became very apparent when he launched the car and he let off and basically cruised down the track and back to the pits. With only a few time trial available before eliminations I decided to run the ignition off of the MSD's magnetic pickup and retime it which solved the rpm problem allowing the motor to rev past 5000. One thing to note is how much more the timing "sewing machines" in the datalog #13 which is a pass using the MSD's distributors magnetic pickup. The car and really consistent the rest of the weekend so I did not spend more time on the crank trigger. Today it dawned on me that for some odd reason I have had to run my ignition box on the "points rising trigger" setting to make the MSD distributor work in the past. I think if I change my ignition box setting to magnetic falling it will solve my issues with the crank trigger. I guess that will teach me to go to a competitive race weekend with zero test passes on a new combo. Jim
