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Re: Shift points at Maxton and Keith

To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>, "Glen Barrett"
Subject: Re: Shift points at Maxton and Keith
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 17:46:44 -0600
Scott I've played it both ways at Maxton.... since my car doesn't seem to
spin the tires as hard as say Grib's car.... I usually shift back into Peak
torque...  but as I recall that thing of yours is loose on it's shifts....
so you might want to try the increased Rpm to shift higher so as to avoid
Peak Torque...

Without a Dyno sheet it's hard to know what to do one way or the other...
our best results with a torque motor was to stay above it.... with the D
motor we were always shooting for the highest Rpm in the next gear
change....  seemed to work.... we ran 200mph with both engines... The Cast
Iron D motor being my favorite pass of all time..... it's the one Will
Handzel wrote about in Chevy High Performance.... Very cool deal.

Keith ( I usually don't have any pistons left to shoot valves at )
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>; "Scott Cowle"
<scowle@mentorcollege.edu>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 4:24 PM
Subject: Shift points at Maxton and Keith


> Keith does not "float" the valves.  He just fires them through the
pistons.
> DIck J
>  Glen Barrett <speedtimer@charter.net> wrote:DON'T ASK KEITH, SHIFT BEFORE
THE VALVES FLOAT.
> GLEN LOL
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Cowle"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:06 AM
> Subject: shift points at Maxton
>
>
> > My new camshaft will allow the engine to rev approximately 600 rpm
> > higher than last year, and has a little more lift and duration. So would
I
> > probably be better to raise my shift point in 1st and 2nd gear on my
> 3-speed
> > automatic so that 3rd gear starts at a higher rpm , or should I worry
> about
> > getting the car in to high gear as fast as possible, with the obvious
> goal,
> > in either scenario, of being able to use some of this new rpm potential
in
> > 3rd gear to mraise my trap speed ? Scott, planning for the April meet.
>
>
>
>
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