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Topic: Our first race of the year.
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Hans olsson
Gearhead Posts: 718
From: Sweden
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 06-15-2005 01:43 PM
   
This is the short version of our weekend,
qualifying on friday ended with a new personal best of 7.21
(-0.550 seconds below the 7.76 1/8 mile index).Speed was 93.7 mph.
Density altitude 500-600 feet,temp around 60 deg f.
Saturday showed no improvement (worse air).
Sunday the eliminations were cancelled due to bad weather(rain).Below is a picture from a qualifying run.
This year with the correct Mach 1 grille.
Hans
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- VIN 1F05M139343
- 71 Mach 1 Ram-Air
- 351C 4V 285 HP
- F-G/Stock Aut
- Stockers are way cool!
[This message has been edited by Hans olsson (edited 06-17-2005).]
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 20708
From: Reno Nv USA M&M#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 06-15-2005 01:52 PM
Very  so that grill really paid off, with a new best and all. 
Your car looks just mean ------------------
oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs 65 coupe 351w C4 Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8" 3.40 TracLoc. My Pics
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68DARKHORSE
Gearhead Posts: 445
From: Austin, Tx
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 06-15-2005 01:53 PM
Great picture.------------------
01 GT BULLITT 04 * Avlanche Z71 WBH www.mustangmods.com/data/232/bullitt.jpg
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 1553
From: Hurricane alley
Registered: May 2002
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posted 06-15-2005 06:50 PM
quote:
Originally posted by 68DARKHORSE:
Great picture.
VERY COOL!
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MidLifCrisis
Gearhead Posts: 540
From: Frederick County, MD
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 06-15-2005 07:01 PM
Hans, terrific shot of the tires in the air! Congrtas on the personal best time. Charlie
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MidLifCrisis
Gearhead Posts: 540
From: Frederick County, MD
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 06-15-2005 07:02 PM
Hans, terrific shot of the tires in the air! Congrats on the personal best time. Charlie
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 2289
From: Stanton, Michigan 49707
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 06-16-2005 08:11 AM
GOOD JOB, HANS!! Did you make any other changes to the car since last year besides the grille? How many other 351-Cleveland powered racers racing at your track?
Ryan
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Hans olsson
Gearhead Posts: 718
From: Sweden
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 06-16-2005 02:54 PM
Changes,let me think....
From the rear, new lightweight Hoosier radials(Standard Hoosier radials last year).
200 more rpms in the converter when the car begins to move.
Now 5100 last year 4900.
Jim made the changes for free.
Thank you JPT .
New Accel spark plug wires and Autolite racing spark plugs.
Thank you Alex .
We put on a new smaller radiator and a new lite weight powermaster starter,
and added some lead in the rear.
The driver also lost some pounds(15 i believe).
All this along with some tuning advice from Alex made the difference so far.
1/8 mile time down to 7.21 from last years 7.32.There is one more 351C powered car,
a 1972 Mach1 High Output stick shifted car running in D/S.
His best run so far in the quarter mile is a 11.09(-0.710). Hans ------------------
- VIN 1F05M139343
- 71 Mach 1 Ram-Air
- 351C 4V 285 HP
- F-G/Stock Aut
- Stockers are way cool!
[This message has been edited by Hans olsson (edited 06-17-2005).]
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Marty Buth
Journeyman Posts: 67
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Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 06-16-2005 04:08 PM
Hans, Great run!! I bet you enjoyed being out racing for the first time this year. Keep up the good work! Marty "Half a V8" I & J/FIA
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 2289
From: Stanton, Michigan 49707
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 06-17-2005 08:54 AM
VERY indeed!! WISHING YOU CONTINUED GOOD LUCK! Ryan
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Big D
Gearhead Posts: 5480
From: WELLS, NEVADA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-17-2005 08:59 AM
Good Job Hans.. Looks like FUN.. But,, you look pretty serious..  Great Pic..
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Don
6T6 Fastback
331 STROKER, T-5
Metallic Royal Blue & Silver
Candy Orange&Red McGrafix
First Time out..
13.384 sec @ 103.388 mph
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 26813
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-17-2005 09:29 AM
Hans, you da man! ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA & SS/MA National Record Holder '00,'01,'02,'03,'04 &'05
First NHRA & IHRA 289 automatic Superstock Mustang in the TENS 06-99
First SS/MA in the TENS 04-03
IHRA division 5 Superstock Champion
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28 The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked."
Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!"
Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
www.moneymakerracing.com
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1614
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-17-2005 10:57 AM
Looking good Hans! The rain is not Scandinavian exclusive, I`m heading down to Seattle Washington for a NHRA Div. 6 points meet later today, the weather forecast is hardly encouraging. Our first Div.6 race at Mission is set to be fininshed in August, since it rained out after first round of elims. A few of our regular bracket races have also been marred with the wet stuff. Hey Hans, my buddy`s old 66 Chevelle SS/F car has been in Sweden for a couple of months now, have you seen it at all? I realize you likely don`t know every drag racer in the country, but I imagine there can`t be all that many Stock & S/S racers in Sweden, right?------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA M/Stock 302 5speed. [email protected]
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
74 F350 ramp truck 390 4spd
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Stang72
Gearhead Posts: 283
From: Arkel,Zuid-Holland,Holland
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-17-2005 12:45 PM
Great looking picture Hans!!!very cool indeed!!
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87gt50
Journeyman Posts: 10
From: Sweden
Registered: May 2004
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posted 06-18-2005 08:42 AM
Hey Rory, and others!I think the old Gordon Merkeley SS/F car is making its first race on scandinavian ground this weekend. At least the new owner was signed up there. Hans and Fredrik is also there. Weather forecast is looking good, I hope they will get a lot of rounds, even though it's just a 2 day event. Will let you know how it goes! Regards, Jocke, Sweden
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 26813
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-18-2005 10:35 AM
Good luck to all of our Swedish racers this weekend! ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA & SS/MA National Record Holder '00,'01,'02,'03,'04 &'05
First NHRA & IHRA 289 automatic Superstock Mustang in the TENS 06-99
First SS/MA in the TENS 04-03
IHRA division 5 Superstock Champion
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28 The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked."
Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!"
Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
www.moneymakerracing.com
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87gt50
Journeyman Posts: 10
From: Sweden
Registered: May 2004
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posted 06-18-2005 02:56 PM
Here are Hans and Fredriks results for todays qualifying: 5:th out of 15 cars, 11.425/118.44 mph (-0.725).
I just talked to Hans; tailwind all the way helped out, but track was good. Air condition could have been better...
The qualifying sheet didn't give classes, but there is a "new" driver with index 10.65(SS/F?), 10.36, 131.84 mph (-0.284). I guess that is the ex Merkeley car.
They will have at least another qualifying round tomorrow if weather permits.regards, Jocke
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87gt50
Journeyman Posts: 10
From: Sweden
Registered: May 2004
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posted 06-19-2005 06:20 PM
Hans and Fredrik eliminated the ex Merkeley car in first round of eliminations today, but lost 2:nd round to the runner up of the race.Regards, Jocke
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Hans olsson
Gearhead Posts: 718
From: Sweden
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 06-19-2005 06:37 PM
Thank you for all the kind words.We were pitted next to the ex Gord Merkley
Chevelle and meet him in the first round. Ford-1 Chevy-0
Round number two was a headsup race with the low qualifyer, a -69 396 Camaro. Ford, 11.54-116.8
Chevy 11.29-117.4 Fredrik took the lead with a 0.065 to 0.100 reaction time advantage, but it was not enough to beat the chebby. All in all a good weekend of racing. Hans ------------------
- VIN 1F05M139343
- 71 Mach 1 Ram-Air
- 351C 4V 285 HP
- F-G/Stock Aut
- Stockers are way cool!
[This message has been edited by Hans olsson (edited 06-19-2005).]
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 6007
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 06-23-2005 12:14 AM
Sounds like a decent outing. Congratulations on beating the formerly local Chevrolet.
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1614
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-24-2005 12:15 PM
Hans, I talked to Gord Merkley the other night, he had talked to the guys with his old Chevelle. Aparently they only went 1.54 to 60 feet, which is way off from the mid 1.3`s the car normally ran here. It seems that they ran it with the clutch setup as Gordon had shipped it, which was quite tight to be a safe starting point. I`m a life long Ford guy, but I really liked that Chevelle, as I did my NHRA Competition licensing runs in it. It certainly was a FUN car to drive. Please keep me posted on their progress with it.------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA M/Stock 302 5speed. [email protected]
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
74 F350 ramp truck 390 4spd
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Hans olsson
Gearhead Posts: 718
From: Sweden
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 06-24-2005 01:26 PM
This is the qualifying result for the blue chevelle.
You can see that the 60 feet time is 1.49.
Speed is in KM/H but i think you can see that.12 118 Hans Nilsson 1,735 1,490 171,10 6,652 212,18 10,366 -0,284 10,65 I will keep you posted on their progress. ------------------
- VIN 1F05M139343
- 71 Mach 1 Ram-Air
- 351C 4V 285 HP
- F-G/Stock Aut
- Stockers are way cool!
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