Originally Posted by Tod74
Did any of you help Earl out with his delay box while you were together?
Todd, that's kinda funny, the delay box did come up in our conversations during the nite. Jimmy Smith runs the 7.00 heads up class on a pro tree. I made several different release plungers for his PG, moving the undercuts, bigger and smaller undercuts,etc. We got it worked out that his 3,000lb plus Camero actually goes red on a 4.00 tree. It goes red so often that he has to put .015 in the delay box to run a 4.00 tree. Almost no one believes that. But it was proven at the last 7.00 race when a pro racer said no way. He went 3.87 red on the first run, and the guy said he was antisipating the lite. Well Jimmy said o'k watch this, he dialed in .015 in the box and next run went .404 and proceded to run .400's all nite. But the answer to your question is no, Earl/suicide bomb, has yet to use his trans brake and in fact only sets at idle on the starting line and punches it with a 5500 stall converter. He has a lot to gain from the 9.12 he has ran so far this yr. He's not slow he just has to get used too the car with a better cam and motor. I think he can run 8.60's or better, but when his best previous run was 9.40 last yr. it's kinda a learning courve.
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