The Ford Barn

Lawrie · 06-28-2015, 01:15 AM

we took the dragster out to the strip on sat for the nostalgia meeting,it was a big rush job as we were only back from overseas on the wed and took a few days to get sorted.
we had a small problem with our launches and gear changes, but found that the front suspension had sagged allowing the wheelie bar again to be too high.
fixed that and in 20C in the mid arvo ran three good runs,best at 9.44 at 139.45 MPH,
had a few wins but not enough to get into the final.
the new expensive data logger is really good to use and gives us great info.
like A/F in the low to mid 11 at full throttle in top gear.
a good day.
for the first time we have some maint to do ,like a cracked water tank mount,(wow).
lawrie

colin1928 · 06-28-2015, 03:59 AM

Well done Lawrie

stangblue · 06-28-2015, 08:09 AM

9.44 @ 140mph that's a Great Day! Liked to have been there. New technology meeting old engineering Cool.

JSeery · 06-28-2015, 09:01 AM

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Sounds like a lot of fun!

06-28-2015, 01:15 AM	#1
Lawrie Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Qld, Australia Posts: 4,218	day at the drags we took the dragster out to the strip on sat for the nostalgia meeting,it was a big rush job as we were only back from overseas on the wed and took a few days to get sorted. we had a small problem with our launches and gear changes, but found that the front suspension had sagged allowing the wheelie bar again to be too high. fixed that and in 20C in the mid arvo ran three good runs,best at 9.44 at 139.45 MPH, had a few wins but not enough to get into the final. the new expensive data logger is really good to use and gives us great info. like A/F in the low to mid 11 at full throttle in top gear. a good day. for the first time we have some maint to do ,like a cracked water tank mount,(wow). lawrie

06-28-2015, 03:59 AM	#2
colin1928 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Australa Melbourne Posts: 878	Re: day at the drags Well done Lawrie

06-28-2015, 08:09 AM	#3
stangblue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 370	Re: day at the drags 9.44 @ 140mph that's a Great Day! Liked to have been there. New technology meeting old engineering Cool. __________________ Assumption is the mother of all foul-ups.

06-28-2015, 09:01 AM	#4
JSeery Member Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 16,132	Re: day at the drags Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Sounds like a lot of fun!