Awesome! Glad you got to have some fun. And a new best time is icing on the cake!
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| Author: | drgonzo [ Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
Wow, 12.84@102. Bad arse! |
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
Awesome! Glad you got to have some fun. And a new best time is icing on the cake!
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
Quote: And a new best time is icing on the cake!
Yes and in pretty poor air too! I kind of set a 12.7-12.80 goal for this year and I may have set my goal to low. I think I better shoot for a 12.60 instead
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| Author: | Will [ Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
I think in nice, cool air you have a .5X in it Rick. |
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
May be Dennis! What do you think my chances of a nice cool day are in Knoxville in mid August??  That's what I thought too!
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
I would say September or October will be more likely. Remember, when I started tuning on my junk it ran 13:9X. It's been 12:9X since then with no big changes. |
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
After having a nice trip to the Knoxville race 2 weeks ago I headed out to another T & T at Mason Dixon again. This time I decided to do a little adjusting since I never try to adjust stuff on race day. Weather was mid to upper 80's and humid. Did I tell you I hate summer!!! I figured I would run the car just as I had the last 2 times out. We had a pretty hard headwind all day and the car ran a 13.35 @ 98.9 off the trailer. I checked timing and took 2 degrees out (30) and I ran it again. An almost identical 13.26 but I picked up a mph. I have been seeing that I am a little lean at WOT (When I can remember to look at that gauge right in front of my face!), so I went one step down on the Weber air jets to try and get to about 12.5 A/F ratio. Very happy to say that the car went out and ran a 13.08 @ over 100 mph! So it picked up almost .3 in the 1/4!! I am not sure what that means for good air and no head wind, but I am excited to find out! I made 5 runs with 4 really good lights (for me) all .018-.046 and no red lights! The only hiccup was in the $1000 to win Gamblers race that I must not have had the RPM up enough and when I hit the throttle it stumbled terribly!  All in all a good day and the car pulled back onto the trailer under its own power.
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
A bad day racin is okay. A good day racin' is great! Greg |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
Good job Rick! |
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
I did forget to say that Austin went with us to the races again. This time his 65 Mustang had 4.10 gear and a 750 carburetor on it to try and beat the lowly slant 6. Again after 5 tries his best time was a 13.26 to my 13.08. Now he is planning on building a new engine so he can definitely bury me!! Time will tell.
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
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| Author: | Badvert65 [ Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
If he wants a chance against you, tell him he'll need to put a slant in his Mustang. |
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
Very cool, Rick!! |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant" |
I'd say he needs to learn how to drive it. 
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