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Mirror Image Racing Association Member Posts: 1,290	2015 September - Pure Stock Sept 23, 2015 20:12:15 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mirror Image Racing on Sept 23, 2015 20:12:15 GMT -5
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Grandpa on a mission.
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2015 September - Pure Stock Sept 24, 2015 21:45:36 GMT -5

Post by Grandpa on a mission. on Sept 24, 2015 21:45:36 GMT -5

Agent Orange ran 2.94s, then in heat 25 it was all over the track and it ran a 3.0. What causes a car to do that? If he ran again would it have been back to the 2.94s or did something happen that would have effected the next race? (It was it's last race.)

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2015 September - Pure Stock Sept 25, 2015 7:07:57 GMT -5

Post by BSB Racing on Sept 25, 2015 7:07:57 GMT -5

Sept 24, 2015 21:45:36 GMT -5 Grandpa on a mission. said:

Agent Orange ran 2.94s, then in heat 25 it was all over the track and it ran a 3.0. What causes a car to do that? If he ran again would it have been back to the 2.94s or did something happen that would have effected the next race? (It was it's last race.)

Where do we start? It could have got jacked up in the stop section and the steer was off, it could have had some weights come loose, could have been pushed off the rail by the car next to it, maybe the staging was off, but I doubt it, could have picked up something on a wheel, maybe a rear axle was a little loose (from the stop section) and moved out giving the rear wheel more gap than it should have had? These are just some of the possibilities, I'm sure other guys can add some more.

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2015 September - Pure Stock Sept 25, 2015 20:12:49 GMT -5

Post by HurriCrane Racing on Sept 25, 2015 20:12:49 GMT -5

I haven't had time to dissect Agent Orange but I was very disappointed in the last run. Thought I had the 6 run record in sight.

The weight pocket tape was really messed up and torn when the car returned. Being Proxy, I have no way of knowing what happened to the car. I can confirm that it now wiggles on my track too. It was dead solid when I sent it in, so something is off.

The slow motion video does show that the car was running loose. Something that wasn't evident in the live video.

I think I can make it better......

Last Edit: Sept 25, 2015 20:27:05 GMT -5 by HurriCrane Racing

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Grandpa on a mission.
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2015 September - Pure Stock Sept 26, 2015 0:45:26 GMT -5

Post by Grandpa on a mission. on Sept 26, 2015 0:45:26 GMT -5

"I can confirm that it now wiggles on my track too. It was dead solid when I sent it in, so something is off."

OK, so it was something physically wrong with the car. I was shocked that it could run so good, then out of no where slow down like that. I'm new to this, my one car, Backasswards ran like that every time in July only not as fast. I worked on it and got it faster, but have decided that it can't be a fast car due to the wheelbase being forward.

Richard Border

2015 September - Pure Stock

Post by Mirror Image Racing on Sept 23, 2015 20:12:15 GMT -5

Post by Grandpa on a mission. on Sept 24, 2015 21:45:36 GMT -5

Post by BSB Racing on Sept 25, 2015 7:07:57 GMT -5

Post by HurriCrane Racing on Sept 25, 2015 20:12:49 GMT -5

Post by Grandpa on a mission. on Sept 26, 2015 0:45:26 GMT -5

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