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Dunc the Funk:
Hiya, yes we are running Dragstalgia. We've got the motor tuned fairly well considering we're only running an MSD 7AL. Taking 150 or 175 litres of methanol for the 3 days. Luckily I've found a cheap supplier nearby. Suspension is done now & we're really lookin forward to it. 8)

Finnish Fireball:
Great, then we will follow your race on Santa Pod TV youtube, their streams are top notch and Dragstalgia is the best nostalgia event in Europe
https://www.youtube.com/c/SantaPodTV/featured

Dunc the Funk:
Dragstalgia report:
First meeting with solid mounted rear end. Disappointed to find that because there were so many entries overall, our class had only 2 runs Saturday & 2 Sunday.
Friday RWYB only got one pass in, steady checkout that still clocked 8.2 @ 150.
Saturday I leaned out the tune a bit more with some new jets & pills from Good Vibrations.
This really worked, we ran 60' in 1.118, 1/8 in 4.84 @ 145 & 1/4 in 7.585 @ 173 Very pleased as last pb was 7.77. Coverage here at 4:20 in (13:56 on clock).
Tune good, plating just taken off ground straps on most cylinders, couple still rich. I leaned them out a bit.
Next run had some shake as the driver really stamped on it but slowed at the top end, we think this was due to the throttle pedal position. Neil Townson in the other lane sadly lost the body on his beautiful 'Northern Spirit' altered. (8:32 or 18:10 on clock).
Sunday we had the pedal adjusted better, slightly less wing angle & ran 60' in 1.115, 1/8 in 4.83, 1/4 in 7.572 @ 178. Coverage here at 3:52 (13:29 on clock).
Really pleased with that! Good crowd in the stands applauded as we drove past, what a feeling! Des said he forgot to pull the chute before the finish & hit a bump under braking causing the car to bounce badly. We couldn't see anything wrong with it but on the last pass it turned right in front of the guy in the other lane. That was one scary moment but he was quite far behind & got off the throttle to avoid collision. (at 7:02 or 16:39 on clock).
Body & panels off now, going to check for bent/cracked parts.

Finnish Fireball:
Congrats of the new PB!!! Stream quality was very nice all weekend. Do you know what happened to Frantic backing up to that garage, what caused it? Also I just found out that "The Villain" FED is no more, they can't save it after it scrubbed the wall. What a waste it was such a beautiful and fast dragster.

Dunc the Funk:
Thanks. I don't know what happened with Frantic, I was in the stands at the time, heard an engine rev higher than you expect from the end of the staging lanes, looked over & saw it shoot diagonally through the garage roller shutter door & then seem to stop abruptly inside. I think it was going forward but it was more or less a blur to me. Sad to hear about the Villain, I regret I never saw it run from the stands, only seen it on video I think. I didn't see the incident, we were queuing behind the stand when it happened. Poor Des was strapped in for maybe an hour due to that & a nostalgia F/C oiling the track I think?

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