April 4, 2009. Sacramento Raceway. Firing up the dragster to see if it can make a run today, and the answer is no.
Home made 4-cam hemi fire up #2
This fire up was to test the clutch. The idea is that you set the clutch to slip at a certain RPM, not only so it will not spin the tires at the hit, but so you can control the car to get it into reverse after the burn out and stage the car. You want to have just enough drag to where if your hand is off the brake the car will creep, but not so much that the brakes won't hold the car. You also want to be able to bring the rpms to the point where the motor runs clean so when you hit it the ...
