RE: Geezer Drags-The rest of the story

[george smith <bt6t4@xxxxxxxxx>]

Congrats Rich! Sounds like you're getting some consistency down. Got yourself a bonafide sleeper!
George


--- On Mon, 8/31/09, Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Geezer Drags-The rest of the story
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:26 AM
> 
> My speeds were within 1/2 mph everytime. Right at 67 to
> 68mph.
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> ==================================================================
> Steve Mick wrote:
> > 
> > Rich, what was your best speed through the 
> > traps?.......................MO
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Rich Kinsley" <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 8:10 PM
> > Subject: Geezer Drags-The rest of the story
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly
> w/goodies
> > >
> > > OK I gotta 'fess up. I ran 6 passes. The first
> was against a guy I've
> > > met many times with his homebuilt little
> roadster. It kinda looks like
> > > the old Excaliber or maybe Dusenberg. Kinda
> smallish and running a 292
> > > 6cyl Chevy with a 4 barrel, etc.. He wanted to
> race me the first round
> > > for practice as he thought we'd be competitive.
> He was right, we were
> > > relatively close. I beat him 10.44 to 10.67. Next
> round I raced a bad
> > > '69 Dodge who turned a 7.55 to my 10.41. These
> runs were practice. Then
> > > I had a solo run which was a 10.25.
> > >
> > > When the racing started I was matched up again
> with the same roadster
> > > and beat him with a 10.25 to his 10.58.
> > >
> > > Run #5 amazed me. I was up against a nice little
> white Pontiac. I think
> > > it was a 64 Catalina. I beat him handily with a
> 10.34 to his 11.54.
> > >
> > > Then I had a long period of about 1.5 hours
> before I ran again. My
> > > engine was very cool and I had to get up to the
> line pretty quickly. The
> > > class I was in was small block, street tires,
> flag start. That included
> > > 400 blocks and even stroked ones. Some were 427
> "small block" Chevies. I
> > > got matched with a nice '56 Chevy with some
> stroker. When we pulled to
> > > the line I was too cold and didn't realize it.
> When the flag dropped my
> > > engine died instantly from 8 barrels of cold air
> dosing the fire. RATS!
> > > He didn't take off either so they let us line up
> again BUT my timer was
> > > running! Anyway when we took off he blew me away
> with a 8.69 to my
> > > (choke) 36.49. I think I should've gotten the
> award for the longest time
> > > of the day :-) Could'a used an egg timer.
> > >
> > > Well it was fun! I was disappointed in that I
> thought this was running
> > > well enough to get into the 9's now. (Remeber
> we're talking 1/8th mile.)
> > > It was much better though but I did have a 10.16
> on the day I raced Paul
> > > in '07. I had a 10.28 against him to his 10.12.
> (He'll do MUCH better
> > > now I know.)
> > >
> > > I'm gonna hit up some Test and tunes for awhile
> and try to get this
> > > dialed in better. The driverside bank runs richer
> than the pass bank for
> > > one thing. The antique manifold has a divider
> seperating the sides. So
> > > I'm going to start tuning each side a tad
> different and see how that
> > > goes.
> > >
> > > Sorry for the long post. Just too much fun :-)
> > >
> > >
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> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> 
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