[Shotimes] Drag Day at US 41

[Ron Porter]

"Normal" 10% alky fuel is only about a 6% overall BTU loss over straight
gas, which still is a loss, but better weather and such can make up for it
at the track. This is the stuff that's been around for years, but I still
tend to avoid it most of the time. I occasionally get and occasional tank,
mostly in the winter, to absorb any water/moisture hanging around in the
tank.

The "nasty" stuff is the straight RFG, or the RFG derivatives like Summer
gas. The "oxygenate" percentage is a bunch higher than 10% between the
alcohol (eth or meth) and some other stuff that gets thrown in. Poking
around the EPA site awhile back didn't give me much info, but I know from
seat-of-the-pants, drivability and fuel mileage that the stuff is bad news.
The Summer gas isn't as bad as the RFG I had to live with in Chicago and
Louisville, but it's close (and the exhaust smells just as bad!).

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Nimz [mailto:pmnimz@V8SHO.com] 
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 8:28 PM
To: Ron Porter; '`V6 SHOtimes'
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Drag Day at US 41


I have alky fuel all year long.  Unless you use Casey's regular from
Illinois or Mobil which doesn't seem to have any ethanol in it.  Doesn't
matter to me as I get just as good of runs on the 10% as I do the straight
stuff.
All my runs in the 14s have been on a 10% alcohol fuel mix.  No RFG fuel
down here other than that tainted with corn squeezins.

At US 41 on a typical Sunday I got 15 runs in 3 hours before noon and the
brackets.  Only on Saturday night is it packed.  Most runs are all back to
back but I usually take a 1/2 hour break in there some time.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR SHO
'93 EG mtx SHO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "'Paul Nimz'" <pmnimz@V8SHO.com>; "'`V6 SHOtimes'"
<SHOtimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 4:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Drag Day at US 41


> It's a matter of playing the odds. Even if it's cooler than the normal 70+
> degrees at the end of May, the chances of the barometer being low and the
> humidity being high are pretty good.
>
> Plus, the Detroit area, as well as many other major areas that don't
already
> run RFG year-round, start getting Summer gas in June which extends through
> September. This is an immediate power loss. I know that Chicago has
> year-round RFG, plus IL seems to have most of the alky fuel all the time,
so
> you are behind the 8-ball all year!!
>
> One large advantage of renting the strip is the advantage of getting a lot
> of runs in a short time. This is also one of the big advantages of our
> "local track". Garber & Staley had both discovered that their (former) Gen
2
> and (current) Gen 1 (respectively) run better when they do consecutive
runs
> and are hot. My '95 OTOH does not. Dave also found that the '02 Maxima
liked
> consecutive runs. This is impossible to learn at the typical dragstrip
where
> you are lucky to get one run an hour.
>
> Ron Porter
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 4:42 PM
> To: Ron Porter; '`V6 SHOtimes'
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Drag Day at US 41
>
>
> Well I'll do my best to bring in some 14s.
>
> Paul (have seen more than a few 50 degree days on the 4th of July in
> Illinois) Nimz
> '97 TR SHO
> '93 EG mtx SHO
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> To: "'Paul Nimz'" <pmnimz@v8sho.com>; "'`V6 SHOtimes'"
> <SHOtimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 2:57 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Drag Day at US 41
>
>
> > Except for one year in Raleigh NC, I've lived in this area (MI -
Chicago -
> > Louisville) my whole life. Plus I've been a drag-racing-conditions
> observer
> > for probably 30 years now. Half of the secret to good times is picking
> your
> > conditions (which a lot of people don't seem to understand....nor want
to
> > understand). Much like the near-perfect conditions we had last
> > weekend.....and why we aren't racing again until late September.
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Nimz [mailto:pmnimz@V8SHO.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 3:48 PM
> > To: Ron Porter; '`V6 SHOtimes'
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Drag Day at US 41
> >
> >
> > Ron, I didn't realize you were such an accomplished weather forecaster.
> And
> > at such a long range too......
> >
> > Paul Nimz
> > '97 TR SHO
> > '93 EG mtx SHO
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> > To: "'Paul Nimz'" <pmnimz@V8SHO.com>; "'`V6 SHOtimes'"
> > <SHOtimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 2:39 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Drag Day at US 41
> >
> >
> > > Ah yes, end-of-May racing in the Midwest! Guaranteed warm, humid
weather
> > > with a low barometer. Don't expect to see any decent slips from that
> > combo!
> > >
> > > That's why we have two racing seasons around here: March 15th - May
1st,
> > and
> > > October 1st - December 15th.
> > >
> > > Ron Porter
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > > On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 1:40 PM
> > > To: `V6 SHOtimes
> > > Subject: [Shotimes] Drag Day at US 41
> > >
> > >
> > > On May 31st SHOcago has rented the track at US 41 in Morocco Indiana.
> The
> > > SVT/SHO Society of Michigan is also coming.  Anyone that wants to join
> us
> > is
> > > welcome. $30 for all day racing.
> > >
> > > Paul Nimz
> > > '97 TR SHO
> > > '93 EG mtx SHO
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