Big Timmy
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I know this is a bit off subject but I ran the MSD rev limiter and launch control on my 70' Challenger drag car with a 572" Indy Maxx Aluminum hemi. I had to shave over 4 tenths off of the car in the first 60 ft. I dropped the 60 ft times from about 1.18 to about 1.60 to keep it from breaking out and running under 8.90 e.t. index in the Super Comp class. It was so boring to even drive the car after installing the required electronics package to do this. That I quit running the car at all in the catagory and started running it in the fast brackets. It will run in the 8.50s or quicker but it is much harder on parts. Much more expensive as well to maintain. Pretty much lost any interest after stepping up to all the electronics. They had to go. I spent $75,000 to get the car to go into the 8s and I have to spend another $2500 to slow it down. Ridiculous.
The scary part was the fact you had to drive the car out of the hole on a launch with your foot buried against the floor on the pedal stop under the gas pedal and the cars throttle stop is activated during launch. It leaves the line hard as you release the transbrake button to get a good reaction time as it breaks the light beams and then it noses over on the throttle stop and it will some what unload the chassis for about 2.5 seconds. It then opens back up again and you have to drive it out with out lifting or you will possibly crash if you do. The computer is controlling everything including shifting. You are just along for the ride. Its hairy trust me.
Like the introduction of all modern electronics in any motorsport. My experience with running the throttle stop,launch control and delay box as well was something you basically had to do too be competetive. Every other car and dragster was running the same set up. They probably had there set up dialed in a bit better too.
I got tired of being clipped all the time by S/C dragsters going 20mph faster in the last 100 ft. as well. This was simply because all the participants were infact sandbagging in a way with all the electronics. The electronics made the cars and dragsters more consistant but some much more boring to drive. I really missed the balls out performance of the cars real potential. So I have officially quit drag racing and the car is being sold.
Thats why I had to build my 66'Plymouth Belvedere so I could do what ever I wanted with it and it's street legal as well. Expensive, yes but much more enjoyable.
The scary part was the fact you had to drive the car out of the hole on a launch with your foot buried against the floor on the pedal stop under the gas pedal and the cars throttle stop is activated during launch. It leaves the line hard as you release the transbrake button to get a good reaction time as it breaks the light beams and then it noses over on the throttle stop and it will some what unload the chassis for about 2.5 seconds. It then opens back up again and you have to drive it out with out lifting or you will possibly crash if you do. The computer is controlling everything including shifting. You are just along for the ride. Its hairy trust me.
Like the introduction of all modern electronics in any motorsport. My experience with running the throttle stop,launch control and delay box as well was something you basically had to do too be competetive. Every other car and dragster was running the same set up. They probably had there set up dialed in a bit better too.
I got tired of being clipped all the time by S/C dragsters going 20mph faster in the last 100 ft. as well. This was simply because all the participants were infact sandbagging in a way with all the electronics. The electronics made the cars and dragsters more consistant but some much more boring to drive. I really missed the balls out performance of the cars real potential. So I have officially quit drag racing and the car is being sold.
Thats why I had to build my 66'Plymouth Belvedere so I could do what ever I wanted with it and it's street legal as well. Expensive, yes but much more enjoyable.
