well i just got back in town. It was interesting to say the least. with disappointments, small victories and lessons learned. i got there Saturday midday and we set up a pit right away. for those of you there we where next door to the swiss performance group. any how we made a total of 5 passes the whole time we where there. 4 on the international course and one on the run what you brung course. the first run i made i blew one of the inter coolers off the bike and coasted threw the timed mile at an earth shattering 108 mph. Got to make another run the next day. my boost gauge climbed to 20 #s which surprised the hell out of me as I thought we had fixed that problem and set it up to make about 10#. I modulated the throttle and managed a 168.9 MPH threw the timed portion. We where pretty happy about that but didn't know what to do about the high boost i was generating. we had already turned to waste gate out all it could go. We then made a mistake. we switched to a 21 tooth tranny sprocket. went with a way higher octain fuel from ERC and increased the fuel pressure. i know you should change one thing at a time but with the limited track time we figured what the hell.next day after about 7 hours in line we trailer down to the 2 mile mark to start. while i am changing the starters are shouting at the crew to come on lets go. my guys roll out my bike and start it to warm it up for me. i run out , get on it and take of. disaster. It won't build boost and keeps falling on it face running in spurts. after a lousy 143 threw the traps i turn off the course and wait to be picked up. we sit in the pits trying to figure out what happened. i have the body off and the run what you brung course is empty so we try a run there. i get threw 4th gear rear tires spinning the whole way but the engine running right so what the hell. we decide to go back to what worked before and returned everything to the way it was.i think the guys started my bike and didn't start the fuel pump running. not there fault it's my job to make sure my bike is ready to run. lesson learned. for my last run i decide screw the boost, it's the last day if it blows up it blows up. i get a good start and am getting into the timed mile feeling good about the run. I was running at 20 #s of boost but everything was holding together. i shifted into 5th just as i was about to enter the timed mile. bike was feeling good when i lost traction big time. I rolled off the throttle and back on but to late. ended up with a 165+ timed mile. i was disappointed as i know i was going at a much better speed then I had on my 169 mph pass but i blew it. On the other hand the frame tracked straight and true. i would get a little wagging out back when i broke traction but nothing overwhelming. The engine had all the power it needed for right now. Guess I'll just have to wait till next year for that 200 mph. It was great fun and something i think all gear heads should do at least once. I have some more plans for the bike this year. some changes to make it go, of course faster. i looked around a lot to see what the fast guys where doing. hopefully i learned something useful.
greg
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