I thought it'd go faster....

So, I finally got out to the track last weekend.

Last season I was running 12.30s - 12.40s (depending on the weather). I swapped out the Crane 454/480 lift cam for a Lunati 513/533 lift cam and got rid of the small stock radiator and put in a big aluminum jammie. I was hoping to pick up at least a tenth.

The first run was a 12.48, but afterwards I found that the throttle wasn't opening all the way. So I fixed that, but didn't get a second time run so I had to guess on the dial for 1st round. I wound up racing against the other Mike Beck and dialed a 12.40. I was ahead of him at the line so I got off the gas and broke out with a 12.38. If I had stayed in it it would've been a low 12.30-something.

On the first time run the plugin for my shift light fell out so I had to keep an eye on the tach to shift. 1-2 I shifted at 6000, 2-3 I shifted at 6200, but it nosed over right before I shifted so I guess I was shifting too high. In the 1st round I shifted at 6000 (with the shift light working) but at the top of 1st gear it kind of sputtered, then at the top of 2nd gear the tach freaked out and it sputtered again. I'm not sure what was going on there... I didn't get a chance to check the plugs, so I don't know if it was fuel related, or spark related, or what.

I was really hoping for a low 12, even thought about a high 11.

:-(