scott riley
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We ran at New England Dragway yesterday. Hot as heck! 85-90, with dew points 65-69, barometer low - 29.67-29.80". Which surprises me why my sled (the 02 SRX) ran as good as it did. Broke out first round with a 10.85 (@ 116.64 with 1.517 60ft), best the sled has ever run (I had the guy covered by 2-tenths on the light, but he runs a 168mph bike and I was not going to let off and let him zoom past me)! Tailwind wind speeds of 10-15mph with gusts up to 20mph probably helped.
Kendra's sled (00 SRX) ran OK too. 60ft's were back to consistant 1.461 - 1.482 after changing the primary spring from Y-S-Y to Y-W-Y which brought the engagement from 3100 to about 3900. Tony, you were right, that engagement was too low and the cause of the "stumble" I had been chasing the past few times out. I'll keep working on that engagement RPM. Best run was 10.52 @ 121.68. She lost second round with a late light.
Hope to race again this coming Sunday. When do you run again, Tony?
Kendra's sled (00 SRX) ran OK too. 60ft's were back to consistant 1.461 - 1.482 after changing the primary spring from Y-S-Y to Y-W-Y which brought the engagement from 3100 to about 3900. Tony, you were right, that engagement was too low and the cause of the "stumble" I had been chasing the past few times out. I'll keep working on that engagement RPM. Best run was 10.52 @ 121.68. She lost second round with a late light.
Hope to race again this coming Sunday. When do you run again, Tony?
YAMMIEGOD3:16
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SCOTT GREAT RESULTS.ARE RESULTS ARE SO CLOSE. LAST TIME I RAN MINE WAS AT A 1/8 MILE EVENT. I WAS LAST SLED STANDING BUT WENT .477 RED IN SEMIS. SLED WAS RUNNING 6.90,s AT 98 MPH (slow). KEEP IN MIND, I DROVE. I AM 238. huge factor. CRAZY ON THE HEAT SCOTT. I WON,T RUN MINE WHEN ITS THAT WARM. MY TRACK HAS A BIKE AND SLED EVENT ONLY ON SUNDAY. GET THAT ENGAGEMENT UP TO ATLEAST 4500. that tail wind helped ya alot, but hey, thats free mph LOL 3:16 (yammie tony)
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scott riley
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My sled was running 6.82 @ 96, 6.79 @ 98, and 6.77 @ 98 in the 1/8. Yeah I know I have a weight advantage. Lucky with good genetics. LOL! Yeah, I am going to keep moving up the engagement. I have read that 4500-4600 works for the SRX's. When I raced cars, I don't recall the wind being so effective. I will have to keep this in mind for dial-in's in the future.
YAMMIEGOD3:16
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scott riley said:
3:16 (yammie tony)
staggs65
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lightweights....lol
scott riley
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150 lbs soaking wet and holding a brick! LOL! My wife is lighter still. 
staggs65
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i'm damn near 2 of you...lol but we've met so you know that
YAMMIEGOD3:16
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MY NEIGHBOR THAT USUALLY DRIVES FOR ME IS 150. HE HAS BEEN 6.56 @ 100 IN THE 1/8 BUT WITH ME, WAY SLOWER. WHO CARES. BRACKET RACING LOL. 3:16 (yammie tony)
staggs65
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YAMMIEGOD3:16 said:
thats why I need to get into asphalt. Been losing weight but even at my "fighting weight" I'm still too big.
scott riley
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Smart man for not posting my weight (Scott's wife)
staggs65
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scott riley said:
lol
scott riley
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Apparently my account has been hijacked! LOL!
ALLSEASONRIDER
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I banned my wife from Totallyamaha & Vmax4.com.....and yes I still cannot say if she ways more than you Scott....could work out real badly for me...
scott riley
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New update from yesterday: No record breaking runs, but no changes either. Kendra's sled was very consistent in the 60' 1.479, 1.480, 1.474. Unfortunately she had a -0. 002 red light and ran a 10.683 on a 10.68 dial - in first round! Needless to say she was beside herself but very happy with the sled. I made it to second round but was later and ran a little further off my dial - in. One of these days we are both going to go many rounds and get these awesome blue Yamaha's in the limelight!
YAMMIEGOD3:16
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scott 30 sled field i come in 5. our 700 sx won sled class and $500 first prize. srx ran good. 10.90,s with my big butt, .500 lites pretty consistent. problem i am having is rebuild ing my skid every time out. freaking grass racing. 3:16 (yammie tony)
scott riley
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Sadly we don't get many sleds out hear. This week there were 7 and that was 2 more than usually. Total sled/bike count was 19. Still having fun though.
How come you are having to redo the rear suspension so much?
How come you are having to redo the rear suspension so much?
YAMMIEGOD3:16
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just blowing old wheels from years of grass racing. hey question. how much gas you run in your srx,s while tar racing. 3:16
scott riley
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Oh, okay. I am embarrassed to admit that both sleds have a lot of worn parts. Got to start going through them, just hard to find the time and money.
I try to keep between 1/4 and 1/2 tank of fuel in them. This week I had too much in mine, probably closers to 3/4+. I replaced the sender before racing (float rod had broken off) but now it is not reading accurate. Reads more fuel than there actually is. Haven't looked into that yet either.
I try to keep between 1/4 and 1/2 tank of fuel in them. This week I had too much in mine, probably closers to 3/4+. I replaced the sender before racing (float rod had broken off) but now it is not reading accurate. Reads more fuel than there actually is. Haven't looked into that yet either.
YAMMIEGOD3:16
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i tryed and run with less that that. sled coughed going down the track. i won,t do that again. 3:16 (yammie tony)
3:16 I ran into that same issue last year ice dragging on my '02. As soon as gage was just below 1/4 tank she would cough about 300' out. Great job on the tar wish we had sleds running in southeast wisconsin. My local track has 2 maybe 3 sleds running. Keep the Srx running strong!!!!!!