3rd in norwalk funford true street

here goes:
it was a fun weekend. during t&t on fri i got a good run and ran a 9.88. i didn't get a slip because friday was a big cluster****. so i guess no slip = didn't happen.
saturday during true street they said if you run in the nines, you BETTER have all of your stuff in order (which i don't).
1st pass- launched 3000 @ 3.5# 1.60 60' 10.16@114. i got on the brakes pretty good at the 1000ft. i ran 114 in the 1/8.
2nd pass- 1.70 60 10.44@102. same deal, 113 in the 1/8.
3rd pass- said screw it, i'll run it out the back and get my 9 sec slip. 1.58 60' 10.17@135. WTF?!? it was breaking up pretty good, which it didn't do the other passes at all. i lost 4.5 mph in the 1/8.
that gave me a 10.24 avg, which placed me 3rd in true street (out of 120 cars). i also get $100 for the lowest 10 sec avg. not bad showing for standing on the brakes 2 out of 3 runs.
i got to run in a top 8 true street heads up race. i took 3 jets out of the back, hoping to clear up the car. well, i guess i of fouled the plugs on the 2nd run, because it broke up again to a 10.15@135. next round i lined up against the #1 true street winner. he did a 3ft wheel stand and killed me. this pass was the same as the last two. 10.18@133, breaking up.

1.60 60' 6.47@114.
last year on my 10.00@137 run = 1.58 60' 6.47@110.5. so i gained 3.5 mph in the 1/8.
the converter is a bit looser. 2200 on the foot brake last year, 3000 this year. i don't know how it's doing on the bnig end, since i didn't get a clean 1/4 run.
the w/b said 11.0 (i shoot for 12.0 on e85). plug gap is already .020"

brianj5600 said:

Who set up the carb for E85?

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me.

Are you thinking the E85 because of the RICH condition problem with that carb, or did they figure it out ?
Are the tires blowing up at the line ?

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you need to run SO much more e85 than gas, you're starting completely from scratch with the tune. i'm haven't got it yet.
the launches are good. i was only leaving @ 3k and 3-4 lbs.