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Old 08-30-2007, 04:13 PM
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i whent to the track yesterday and it was not a good dayit was 109there very hot!... this is my first time running in the 1/4 with the gears... i ran 13.9 at 96.5 and my usuall trap is 98-99 with 2.73's.... my 60ft was 1.91... if the temp was lower how much of a diffrence would that be?
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Old 08-30-2007, 07:37 PM
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something is not rite dosent a stock 5.0 run lower that what you ran before the gears?
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Old 08-30-2007, 07:47 PM
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something is not rite dosent a stock 5.0 run lower that what you ran before the gears?
um lol? where you expecting 12 secs stock? [&:]
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Old 08-30-2007, 08:21 PM
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Dude, it was freaking 109 degrees! What do you want?
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Old 08-30-2007, 08:52 PM
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haha... this is been a hot summer...
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Old 08-30-2007, 09:50 PM
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not to mention you have stock heads
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Old 08-30-2007, 11:15 PM
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Higher temp and humidty = lower power output, that's why you were trapping a bit slower
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Old 08-30-2007, 11:33 PM
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i know the temp plays a roll but damn i didnt think it was going this bad.... is mid 13 a possibility with good weather?
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