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Musclecar Magic Sacramento Sunday September 10, 2017.

Dennis H

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All Mopar! Sacramento, California. This looks good. Put it on the calendar. Enjoy your Mopar by exercising it. That is why they were built. Don't need to win, just smoke them and have fun. Car Show too. An older track, probably on the endangered list. Wear it out before the kids get it.
 
Yeah guys! Lets get together on this one and make a big turnout. We don't know how much longer this Drag Strip will be around since houses are being built up to and around it. You know the assclowns are going to complain about the noise EVEN AFTER buying a house near a drag strip!
This is the last Mopar show in Northern CA of the season. Lets do this!
 
Thank you Dennis for this thread.
 
It has been reported that Kern Dog will attend and bring his red Charger. And, Darius might make a pass. These are significant events both! See you there.
 
Thanks but I have had my car there several times. ONE time was embarrassing...
I decided that I would drag race the car. I had not clocked the car with the 440/493 setup yet but was expecting a low 12 ET. I heard that for that time, I'd need a helmet. I bought one along with a 5 gallon drum of 110 octane race gas. I put in new plugs and went to the track. The car was idling great, it seemed to feel fine but when I made my first pass, it coughed, spit and sputtered once I got it past half throttle. I turned a mid 14 at some crappy mph. In the pits, I looked it over but found nothing wrong. No loose plug wires, plenty of fuel pushing through, no vacuum leaks...
The second run was as bad as the first. Anything over 1/2 throttle and the car cut out and sputtered. I was embarrassed. At home I took a deeper look. The plugs were improperly gapped to .045. I thought a wider gap would help make a bigger spark. Also, the air gap in the electronic distributor had slipped from the correct .008 to .020! The wider gaps made almost no difference under light throttle conditions but once the cylinders were packed with air and fuel, the spark was too weak and inconsistent to allow it to run right.
Okay, a mid 14 is not a terrible number but when you are expecting to be 2 seconds faster with a clean pass, it sucks ***.
 
I have no idea how fast the GTX will be. I just want to make a run or two to say I did it. Lots of people have asked me what it does in a 1/4. I don't plan to do anything more than get in it and drive it to the track, pump mid grade gas and all.
 
Tentative now, as I have other upcoming travel. Weather looks like low 90's. Rumored I won't get through tech without a driveshaft loop. Don't have one or plan to get one.
 
Regarding the driveshaft loop....I'm going to ask some of the guys in the racers forum...
 
Looks like a drive shaft loop is considered by many to be a great thing to have even if you don't race it. I have never had a U-joint blow out or have a drive shaft fail but I have heard the stories.
Tonight at the September Capital City Mopars club meeting, a guy from Sacto Raceway was there to promote the event.
 
Thinking about heading up Saturday from SoCal. Anyone know of a good place to stay nearby with some bars, restaurants, etc.? Rancho Cordova or stay somewhere in Sac? Is the swap meet pretty good? Wondering if I should drive the truck (diesel hog) or take the little Mazda SUV (half the fuel cost. More beer $$$!).
 
vtadmax said:
Thinking about heading up Saturday from SoCal. Anyone know of a good place to stay nearby with some bars, restaurants, etc.? Rancho Cordova or stay somewhere in Sac? Is the swap meet pretty good? Wondering if I should drive the truck (diesel hog) or take the little Mazda SUV (half the fuel cost. More beer $$$!).
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Kern Dog said:
Looks like a drive shaft loop is considered by many to be a great thing to have even if you don't race it. I have never had a U-joint blow out or have a drive shaft fail but I have heard the stories.
Tonight at the September Capital City Mopars club meeting, a guy from Sacto Raceway was there to promote the event.
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I snapped a u joint back in the day on my GTX - Fortunately nothing else was damaged. Now with 30% more hp I'm glad they exist. I was too young/dumb back then to even consider something like that. Now days I feel a lot better with one on - especially for what they cost. I will rarely get on the thing now days anything like I used to - but like,the insurance.
 
Reservations made! See you guys up there! Can't wait! Fri night in Watsonville - USAC / CRA Sprint Cars, Sat night in Chico - World of Outlaws, and Mopars and drag racing on Sunday in Sac. My up-until-now botched vacation is looking better by the minute!
 
If my time machine makes it, see you there. Leaving San Jose around 7.
 
If you are drag racing, you have to wear long pants.
I do not like to wear long pants. I have to wear them for work 5 days a week but I don't work on asphalt.
 
Not racing. Bringing helmet anyway.

Update, can't find helmet! WTF.
 
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