Well my shakedown pass for the new mill...was anything but uneventful. First let me show you some pics of what a Glasstek hood looks like after a 100-200 foot sailing after becoming separated from the car at 100 mph looks like:
I lost the hood just before the 1/8 mile point. The steel pop rivets came apart and the whole hood left the car and I could see it thru the rear view mirror, must have been 100-125 feet in the air. Thankfully it came off after the bleachers so all the damage was confined to the hood and not any people. Anyway, I soft pedalled the car on launch and could tell that I was getting some tire spin at the launch and I lifted when the hood came off and just finished running it thru the gears (when I could find any). I had the trans mis-adjusted and it took a while to get third gear, I figure that cost at least a half second. You can tell from the timeslip what was happening after the 1/8. The good thing is, that nothing other than the hood broke. I also broke the 10's barrier :giggedy: :banana: even though I was just doing a checkout run which turned out to be my only run for the day, they won't let you run without a hood unless you have air cleaners, and of course I didn't have any. The car is strong. I'm really happy with how the motor running. My goal of mid 10's is well within reach, I think I'd have gotten it today if the hood stayed on. All in all I'm happy with the car so far, but the pop-rivets won't be going back on, time for some good old fashioned fasteners this next time around. The hood is repairable so that's ok too. Anyway here's a pic of the time slip, the guy I was running against had N/T and they tore off his section of the slip.
I lost the hood just before the 1/8 mile point. The steel pop rivets came apart and the whole hood left the car and I could see it thru the rear view mirror, must have been 100-125 feet in the air. Thankfully it came off after the bleachers so all the damage was confined to the hood and not any people. Anyway, I soft pedalled the car on launch and could tell that I was getting some tire spin at the launch and I lifted when the hood came off and just finished running it thru the gears (when I could find any). I had the trans mis-adjusted and it took a while to get third gear, I figure that cost at least a half second. You can tell from the timeslip what was happening after the 1/8. The good thing is, that nothing other than the hood broke. I also broke the 10's barrier :giggedy: :banana: even though I was just doing a checkout run which turned out to be my only run for the day, they won't let you run without a hood unless you have air cleaners, and of course I didn't have any. The car is strong. I'm really happy with how the motor running. My goal of mid 10's is well within reach, I think I'd have gotten it today if the hood stayed on. All in all I'm happy with the car so far, but the pop-rivets won't be going back on, time for some good old fashioned fasteners this next time around. The hood is repairable so that's ok too. Anyway here's a pic of the time slip, the guy I was running against had N/T and they tore off his section of the slip.
if you let pff you definitely have low 10's and who knows maybe a 9 in there?
