Pinks All Out 2009!
It was a blast. And, as usual, I can't go to a track and not have tuning issues.
I signed up for the G bracket. That's 9.50 to 9.99 cars. I've never had this combination down the 1/4 so it was purely a guess. These brackets were how they divided up the crowd to call them up to the lanes.
My first pass on Friday was a complete disaster. The outside temp was over 100F. Hot. The nitrous bottle pressure got up there past 1200 psi. I was lucky the safety relief didn't blow. I've had high bottle pressures before, but nothing like this.
I went to purge the bottle down just before moving into the water box, and nothing. I was frantic. Pushing the button, wacking the switch panel. But, to no avail. That pass was without nitrous and is not worth mentioning.
Back at the pits I tested the solenoids and all was good. When I put the high bottle pressure back to them, no worky again. I closed the bottle valve and cracked open the hose at the bottle to bleed down some of the pressure in the line. As the pressure came down, the valve started to work. An important lesson at the most inopportune moment.
There is a point where enough pressure will not allow the nitrous solenoid to open.
We grabbed a towel, soaked it with ice water and covered the bottle with it. That brought the pressure down to a perfect 900-950 psi. The next pass was with the towel still on the bottle.
It was a blast. And, as usual, I can't go to a track and not have tuning issues.
I signed up for the G bracket. That's 9.50 to 9.99 cars. I've never had this combination down the 1/4 so it was purely a guess. These brackets were how they divided up the crowd to call them up to the lanes.
My first pass on Friday was a complete disaster. The outside temp was over 100F. Hot. The nitrous bottle pressure got up there past 1200 psi. I was lucky the safety relief didn't blow. I've had high bottle pressures before, but nothing like this.
I went to purge the bottle down just before moving into the water box, and nothing. I was frantic. Pushing the button, wacking the switch panel. But, to no avail. That pass was without nitrous and is not worth mentioning.
Back at the pits I tested the solenoids and all was good. When I put the high bottle pressure back to them, no worky again. I closed the bottle valve and cracked open the hose at the bottle to bleed down some of the pressure in the line. As the pressure came down, the valve started to work. An important lesson at the most inopportune moment.
There is a point where enough pressure will not allow the nitrous solenoid to open.
We grabbed a towel, soaked it with ice water and covered the bottle with it. That brought the pressure down to a perfect 900-950 psi. The next pass was with the towel still on the bottle.
