by Trinten » Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:53 pm
Okay, Mason Dixon Dragway - 550 ft above sea level. Todays track conditions (we had the track from 8a till noon). Temp was in the high 70s/low 80s, humidity around 60% the whole day.
And I really. REALLY need to get better at learning how much throttle I can use to avoid wheelhop/spin, without losing potential.
Most of my runs were all over the place in all the marked categories, a few people looking at my slips were like "Dude, you need to learn how to control your car." Yes. Thank you. By 3rd I could hammer it without any slippage, which is good. And no idea if my clutch slipped at all or if it was my wheels spinning at times - can't really hear the tires over the engine/exhaust.
Instead of typing up all the stuff on these slips, I'll just scan them when I get home and get them put up.
The good news is, the parents of the man this event is named after, had trailered their sons car to the event "just in case someone needs it." Also thankfully, they live in Charlotte. I didn't realize Joel's car was streetable/legal (didn't know how much more work his dad had put into it after Joel passed away). So it's now strapped to their trailer, and they'll follow us back to our place tomorrow. His trailer is pretty slick, besides a winch, it slides back/down, becoming it's own ramp.
When the axle snapped, I was able to baby it back to where we parked, but it wouldn't move under it's own power from there, and I wasn't going to push my luck with putting more power through it to do so. A bunch of guys gladly came over to help push it around to get it on the trailer. That's the great part of this particular group of people who get together for this memorial meet, it's like an extended family. Guys bring spare parts and things are getting fixed right there if/when they break. Downside is, it's a (mostly) MN-12 (T-birds, cougars) club, so no Pontiac guys... especially no Fiero. lol. I was able to "join in" because I used to have a T-bird many years ago and am I'm good terms with these guys.
CowsPatoot thinks I just broke the tripod. I know Drive Shaft Shop has beefed up axles for the Fiero, but are the tripods beefed too?
1986 Pontiac Fiero GT, 355 cubic inch small block Chevy putting down 371 HP and 381 ft/lbs torque at the wheels, with more to come!