Great seeing everyone again. Hat's off to all the SCTA crew for another excellent event
The Casper Report: Got one run in Saturday at 141mph. Truck went to 153, then electronics defueled it and coasted through the WELL MARKED finish line.
Got back in line and didn't make it. Sunday, made some changes, but still shut down at 153 but netted a 145 trap. Had time for another pass, made some bizarre tuning changes, and truck did a Rice Crispy Runup, Snap-Crackle-Pop, but somehow got past the 153 up to a 157 before the lights. Couple more passes and I think I would have figured the problem out. Truck handled very well, with little wheelspin.
It was so cold Friday night, that the truck would not start Saturday AM. If the air is not hot enough, we can't ignite fuel. We gave it a blow job by getting Kat's truck's exhaust pointed at the air inlet and reving it up, which worked. Diesel exhaust is mostly just hot air, since there is no throttle. So Sat night, Kat warmed up the truck at 12, I got up at 3a, and did it again, then again at 5am. We also got the nose pointed at the heater outlet of our MH and put on Tom's Spiderman blanket on the hood it keep it warm. Once again, Spiderman saves the day.
Now we are going drag racing again with the truck. Put the 4x4 back on, remove the ballast and regear. Hoping for a 9 sec ET with Kat driving.