Wacomike04
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Week 2..... Race 2 ever
So last week we experienced going 13/65 to 13/68 and LOSING rpms, mind you 13/65 was the highest ever @ 6560 rpms. This week I did practice, qualifying, 2 heats, and then a feature. It's a dusty 1/8 mile oval. I did 13/66 practice and qualifying 6230 rpms. I then went to 13/67 first heat 6420 rpms. 13/68 final heat, forgot to reset the rpms, but half lap down. 13/69 the feature 6480 rpms.
So let's get this out so all aspects can be considered. Guy I bought the motor dyno'd it and set it up for his son who is 10 and races plate clones. Guys who ran up front run 13/69-70. I am not perfect, but out of 15 laps in the feature and running high and the apex between the turns, apex of the oval to high on the straights, I HAD TO OF nailed one lap on point. My tach records the top or best rpms until the motor is turned off. I CANNOT get ANYWHERE close to 6800-6900 rpms they say a clone can handle.
My question is....
When this gentleman set up this clone for his son and dyno'd it, set the springs, ect for a restricor plate setup and it just is set up mechanically wrong for a grown man unrestricted? He simply just removed his sons plate and sold it to me the night I bought it. Could my tach be bad? How is a 13/65 the fastest it has done last week? Anything higher in the rear should increase in rpms. But it's like it reverses.....or I put MORE tooth up from there.....then it drops or increases by 50-100 rpms. Like all over the place. But 6550-6600 is top of the hill.
I have a brand.new clone motor for this next weekend which is a two day race. Thinking of just using that. Am I wrong in thinking you can't just dyno this for a 10 year old, remove the restricor plate.....then sell it to a man (360 weight class) I am 390lbs (30 over) as an unrestricted clone and it perform the same? Or should just removing the plate do it and I should be getting 6800 rpms, and my driving sucks? (All 15 laps)
Thanks,
Michael Frizzelle
So last week we experienced going 13/65 to 13/68 and LOSING rpms, mind you 13/65 was the highest ever @ 6560 rpms. This week I did practice, qualifying, 2 heats, and then a feature. It's a dusty 1/8 mile oval. I did 13/66 practice and qualifying 6230 rpms. I then went to 13/67 first heat 6420 rpms. 13/68 final heat, forgot to reset the rpms, but half lap down. 13/69 the feature 6480 rpms.
So let's get this out so all aspects can be considered. Guy I bought the motor dyno'd it and set it up for his son who is 10 and races plate clones. Guys who ran up front run 13/69-70. I am not perfect, but out of 15 laps in the feature and running high and the apex between the turns, apex of the oval to high on the straights, I HAD TO OF nailed one lap on point. My tach records the top or best rpms until the motor is turned off. I CANNOT get ANYWHERE close to 6800-6900 rpms they say a clone can handle.
My question is....
When this gentleman set up this clone for his son and dyno'd it, set the springs, ect for a restricor plate setup and it just is set up mechanically wrong for a grown man unrestricted? He simply just removed his sons plate and sold it to me the night I bought it. Could my tach be bad? How is a 13/65 the fastest it has done last week? Anything higher in the rear should increase in rpms. But it's like it reverses.....or I put MORE tooth up from there.....then it drops or increases by 50-100 rpms. Like all over the place. But 6550-6600 is top of the hill.
I have a brand.new clone motor for this next weekend which is a two day race. Thinking of just using that. Am I wrong in thinking you can't just dyno this for a 10 year old, remove the restricor plate.....then sell it to a man (360 weight class) I am 390lbs (30 over) as an unrestricted clone and it perform the same? Or should just removing the plate do it and I should be getting 6800 rpms, and my driving sucks? (All 15 laps)
Thanks,
Michael Frizzelle
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