Strip Takers/extenders

March 10, 2019, 11:21 AM

I have had the same problem on my 3rd gen. I put a stripe taker on and set it at 3". On a normal time run it's not breaking the beam as the frt rises under acc. Dump at the stripe and the et drops and the MPH goes up for a breakout.
A tube chassis 3rd gen would be OK, but stock suspension with a lot of travel and it doesn't work if you set the taker at the legal height. If you made it scrape the ground at rest it might work OK.

March 10, 2019, 12:21 PM

botmbulb

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Originally posted by Toad1:
Lenny, you do great math by the way, what about at 90 mph in the 1/8th?

10" at 90 mph is .006

March 10, 2019, 01:01 PM

wideopen231

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Originally posted by Lenny5160:
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Originally posted by wideopen231:
According to my math(normally good,but hey) its worth about .026 in quarter.

That might be true at walking speed.

At 170 mph, 10" is worth a little more than .003.

hey its a lot of calculation w/o calculator at the time. I dropped a 0 behind decimal. still enough to breakout or loose by in bracket race. Especially true when you consider most front ends are lot more than the 10" example I as using.

March 11, 2019, 09:29 AM

Lenny5160

quote:
Originally posted by Toad1:
Lenny, you do great math by the way, what about at 90 mph in the 1/8th? Got me a plan going for something SLOW.
Thanks,
You coming down for the $50K and $20K at CFMP?

I see that Bud picked me up on the math question.

I won't be coming down for the SFG race. I like racing for money, but at a certain point it just feels gross to me and the promoters are the ones making all the money. I choose not to participate. Good luck to those who do!

March 11, 2019, 11:56 AM

ski_dwn_it

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Originally posted by Mr Bill:
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Originally posted by ski_dwn_it:
I have one and have it on adjustable tension hinges found on Amazon. To keep it up or down. 1. I can just reach under and fold it flat for loading and unloading the car. Or 2. put it down last minute, not last second 3. if it hits something like the first one that was held tight of sheet metal it will
fold and not get damaged.

Made my last one out of a thin plastic cutting board (walmart). I keep about 5 of them in the shop for various things they are a great tough material.

Reason I use one is my corvette nose to spoiler causes inconsistency if I am on or off the brakes. $10k finals round several years ago - on brakes hard and ran fastest run of the day with .001 breakout....lightbulb went on about halfway
home what occurred. Ran one ever since.

Ski, would you happen to have a pic you can share?

I'll try to get you a pic tonight. I have it off the car now.