Bracket Talk
Valve spring question
July 11, 2021, 03:53 PM
Mike RietowValve spring question
When was the last time you raced B!tch T!TS? What year?
No Florida caliber Super Pro bracket racer is interested in racing you and your estrogen filled man b00bs Ed, It's not just me not interested in pulling up alongside you.
Name one?
What would everyone say? You went up there to race a half women, half man freak, with b!tch T!Ts.
July 11, 2021, 04:06 PM
1320racerthe only caliber that you are is one of a pathetic delusional wannabe that thinks he knows yet ain't done shyt outside of your duck pond since 2008, 13 years ago, nor is your nothing extraordinary 6 second, cutup shyt box worth talking about!
July 11, 2021, 04:08 PM
Mike RietowWho in their right mind trades vintage steel and gleaming chrome for your plastic injected molded abortion?
No one in their right mind
July 11, 2021, 04:11 PM
1320racerthis was in your backyard last year yet you with your claimed superior skills and car were nowhere to be found
and you'll be a no show again this year!
July 11, 2021, 06:30 PM
Mike RietowB!tch T!ts, you're a nobody who doesn't race.
Give me one good reason you should be someone, I'd wanna drive 1500 miles to race?
It's not only me, there's no one else on this planet interested in racing you, because you're a nobody, with no drag racing skills.
You can keep saying someone is scared, but it's that you're a nobody, no one is interested in driving 1500 miles to race you.
Now if you wanna be a somebody, drive to Orlando, we'll race. I'm sure they'll get us paired up first and second round.
That's my home track, Orlando, come on down if you wanna be a somebody.
July 11, 2021, 06:48 PM
1320racerretard, not only are you skeered to race me, you're scared to race "Florida caliber Super Pro bracket racers" in your own backyard. Why is that mikey, you claim to have superior intellect, superior skills and a superior car.
mikey me thinks you are a pus sy?
July 11, 2021, 06:53 PM
Mike RietowMan boobs Ed, who in Florida am I scared to race.
Are you drunk on estrogen again?
July 11, 2021, 07:07 PM
Mike RietowThese aren't claims of being able to go double 0 on a 370 Pro Tree staged shallow at 3200 lbs on a 10x28 tire.
They're examples,...
not to impress you but to impress upon you, your lack of drag racing know how.
July 12, 2021, 05:36 AM
1320racerwelcome back once again to 2008. retard, ybs and drrs self proclaimed internet bracket racing god again provides us with a list of local bracket racers from 13 years ago and two meaningless time slips from 4 years ago.
Again retard, why weren't you trying to compete at this race with your 6 second POS in your backyard last year and why won't you be there again, trying to compete in 5 months?
WE know, why, because you're SKEERED to race real bracket racers, SKEERED you'll be exposed for the liar and fraud you are!!
July 12, 2021, 08:14 AM
Mike RietowEstrogen Ed B!gley drunk on his own boob juice early today.
The 2021 plan is to win a Super Pro race on a 8.5" wide slick x 26" tall, as far as we know, we'll be the first to do it with a legit Super Pro car, dial'd 6.99 or faster.
We'll be dial'd 6.41
It don't matter where you race, Florida caliber is 015 total or better, to be competitive.
July 12, 2021, 08:45 AM
Mike RietowI got one race and one time run on a all new engine & transmission - rear gear combo I threw together.
Soon as the tune is 100%, I'll change to a 3.50 rear gear and a set of 10" Weld double beadlock Magnum wheels a friend is loaning the cause, and a 8.5 x 26 M/T bias slick.
Effective gear will be essentially the same.
July 12, 2021, 06:28 PM
SLICKSTERMike if I read that time slip in round 5 correct your opponent was trip zip dead 2 for a .002 package. Mike you were .002 takin .005 being a couple of little ones under. I would say that was a drag race and the luck was in the other lane. You could offer a million dollars to that opponent or any one else to put up 2 in a row like that and be safe as never happening 2 in a row. Not impossible but .002 total 2 times in a row on a bet wont happen. Mike the only thing there was where you pulled in line. Thake the stripe and break out. Give the stripe and be over and behind a no win situation but a fantastic race between 2 bracket cars and no one has anything to be ashamed of.
July 12, 2021, 07:13 PM
1320racerretard brags about his POS that moves .017 in 330' over the course of the event and he moves his dial in from 6.50 to 6.41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11fjdJ2_Q0rd 1 @ 8.08:45
rd 2 @ 8.49:20
rd 3 @ 9.23:00
semi @ 9.49:20
Final @ 10.13:05
July 12, 2021, 07:22 PM
Mike Rietowquote:
Originally posted by SLICKSTER:
Mike if I read that time slip in round 5 correct your opponent was trip zip dead 2 for a .002 package. Mike you were .002 takin .005 being a couple of little ones under. I would say that was a drag race and the luck was in the other lane. You could offer a million dollars to that opponent or any one else to put up 2 in a row like that and be safe as never happening 2 in a row. Not impossible but .002 total 2 times in a row on a bet wont happen. Mike the only thing there was where you pulled in line. Thake the stripe and break out. Give the stripe and be over and behind a no win situation but a fantastic race between 2 bracket cars and no one has anything to be ashamed of.
Yeah that's a guy who pitted with me at Sunshine I did the 434 sbc and transmission at the time. We were both running the left to avoid racing each other, but he almost ran over the tree a couple rounds earlier on his slow 5.84 in the left. When I pulled around the corner I see we're paired up, he was having problems in the left. He hadn't been down the right lane. Good race, nothing left on the table either lane.
He went on to have a great weekend, if I'm not mistaken he won the most rounds and points for the weekend. I think he was in a couple final rounds too that weekend. 70 Nova, looks like mine but big tires, lexan fiberglass doors etc etc.
I had to work, so I just ran Friday and peeled out. Overcast and 70 degrees, perfect day race conditions.
July 12, 2021, 08:05 PM
SLICKSTERMike I think I just noticed that was at Orlando Speed World. Used to go there for the winter series as they put a race on there before Moroso 5 day. Went there 1989 to ? when they stoped putting on the warm up there. If I remember right it was a 1/4 mile race for Fri,Sat,Sun, before the race at Moroso. We were running 8.40s for the first few years there and the like 8.20s and no problem either lane for dragster. One year it just was not on the schedule any more and just went away. Tim Butler, Woodrow Bracket, and I would hang and have a great time there before going to Moroso. In my opinion all the tracks we went to down your way worked great but Bradenton was just a touch better than the other two but still all were great at that time.
July 12, 2021, 08:06 PM
Mike RietowIt's even worse than that Estrogen Ed B!gley.
July 12, 2021, 08:40 PM
Mike Rietowquote:
Originally posted by SLICKSTER:
Mike I think I just noticed that was at Orlando Speed World. Used to go there for the winter series as they put a race on there before Moroso 5 day. Went there 1989 to ? when they stoped putting on the warm up there. If I remember right it was a 1/4 mile race for Fri,Sat,Sun, before the race at Moroso. We were running 8.40s for the first few years there and the like 8.20s and no problem either lane for dragster. One year it just was not on the schedule any more and just went away. Tim Butler, Woodrow Bracket, and I would hang and have a great time there before going to Moroso. In my opinion all the tracks we went to down your way worked great but Bradenton was just a touch better than the other two but still all were great at that time.
Did Woodrow play guitar and make up funny songs about everything that happened during the day? That dude is a riot!
I saw Butler a couple weeks ago at Orlando before getting rained out. He come up and chest bumped me, I said damn I barely recognized you. Tim looked the same LoL!
Orlando was 1/4 mile back in the day, you're right. I'm not sure why they did away with the winter race at Orlando. You're right it was odd. The race always seemed busy when I attended spectating.
I remember the SLICK 50 cars being there, it was a cool race, good racing atmosphere.
July 12, 2021, 10:49 PM
SLICKSTERMike yes Woodrow playing guitar and also I could not tell you where in Orlando but I was running Kendall oil and this one parts store Woodrow turned me on to sold it buy the case way cheaper that I could even think about around here. Remember stocking up down there. Also went to Bo Laws shop a time or two when I was down that way as I was running Bo Laws stuff then. Good times and great racing atmosphere. I think that Scotty and Edmond were sporting the Slick 50 Logos at that time. Tim Butler good guy I met him and Steve Cohn in the 80s racing up this way. Another name from the past Robbie Diamond along with Kenny Underwood I first met there at Orlando speed world. Im thinking those races were 5 granders to win.
July 12, 2021, 11:50 PM
Mike Rietowquote:
Originally posted by SLICKSTER:
Mike yes Woodrow playing guitar and also I could not tell you where in Orlando but I was running Kendall oil and this one parts store Woodrow turned me on to sold it buy the case way cheaper that I could even think about around here. Remember stocking up down there. Also went to Bo Laws shop a time or two when I was down that way as I was running Bo Laws stuff then. Good times and great racing atmosphere. I think that Scotty and Edmond were sporting the Slick 50 Logos at that time. Tim Butler good guy I met him and Steve Cohn in the 80s racing up this way. Another name from the past Robbie Diamond along with Kenny Underwood I first met there at Orlando speed world. Im thinking those races were 5 granders to win.
Diamonds shop is still a couple two, three miles up Ulmerton Rd from Sunshine. Yep those are all Sunshine - Bradenton racers. Cohn used to race a Javelin, I think it was, at Sunshine. Diamond had a big BBC in a Willie Rells three link x- Pro Stock third gen 78-79 Camaro, Butler had a Rock bar & lounge called Playground South paying his way for two cars Pro and S/Pro, Underwood had a Horton dragster. I think all of em were on Bo Laws carbs, Butler still is on Bo Laws carbs.
A lot of racing back then. Sunshine & Bradenton ran 41 week seasons, Orlando , West Palm and Jacksonville did too. Lakeland paid $1500 to win on Wednesday night.
Good times for sure.
July 14, 2021, 06:07 PM
HS professorBack to spring pressure ........
Just set up a set of steel BB 188's with a 3/8 valve and titanium retainers with 230 on the seat 600 open. Had four set of springs to choose from, chose these.
Put together a budget 496 using a bunch of spare parts to put in the Firebird while we freshen the good engine. Think it will pull 7000 rpm's ..........