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Old 01-19-2009, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by mdacton
... b/c all his buddies are going to outrun him.
turbo 350's are king of the world!!!
everyone has an opinion.....
Ahhhh but you forget, shoe polish is the great equalizer. Having the slower car he will leave first and be in front of the faster car. His buddies will be chasing him.
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Old 01-19-2009, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by kazman
Ahhhh but you forget, shoe polish is the great equalizer. Having the slower car he will leave first and be in front of the faster car. His buddies will be chasing him.
I'd rather run em down and mash the brake
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Old 01-19-2009, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by mdacton
I'd rather run em down and mash the brake
I seem to have a problem with that. Not with the idea but with the execution. I have a habit to either take too much mov (more than .019) or end up giving the stripe back (like loosing by .000x ouchie mama). I have way more experience racing in the slower car and find it easier to back in on the top end and adjust the mov by taping the brakes. I have a better win ratio having the slower car. But then again, I'm a slow, deep staging sand bagger.

I think we got a little off topic. lol
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Old 01-19-2009, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mdacton
you think this guy is going to be all that serious? I bet its his first car......


he won't have a PG 6 months, b/c all his buddies are going to outrun him.

turbo 350's are king of the world!!!


everyone has an opinion.....
I was a loyal th350 user for 7 years, and won many races and a track championship with it, but was finally talked into a pg by a friend of mine who builds them. My buddies opinion carries alot of weight with me so I switched at his urging, I picked up .15 with the glide and new converter everything else was the same. All I'm saying is that a pg is the ideal trans for a bracket car, but not the only in my opinion.

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Old 01-19-2009, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mdacton
you think this guy is going to be all that serious? I bet its his first car......

Nah, I hope I haven't sounded like this is my first car. No offence taken. My first car was in 1981, A 1970 Camaro with a 396, long gone. However, I am fairly fresh to the small block EFI cars, and lovin' them.
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doesn't the pg work better with a lighter car?
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Originally Posted by slowride94z
doesn't the pg work better with a lighter car?
Yes they do.
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Old 01-20-2009, 10:58 AM
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doesn't the pg work better with a lighter car?
That's what I thought to, but my raceweight is 3300 lbs and with the right converter I picked up .15.

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