They got rid of the bracket racing for this upcoming event... I got semis last year, so the only class that Matchbox might be able to qualify for is Open Comp. You must run 15.70 or quicker...15.701 will not allow you to run. When you run that or quicker then in eliminations they put your index a tenth quicker and the same on all the other cars. At TNT yesterday old Matchbox ran only 15.75-15.82 on 6 runs. I tried shifting at 5250 on both shifts, 5250 1-2 and 5000 2-3, 5000 at both shifts, and 5500 1-2 and 5000 at 2-3. The quickest was done when shifting 5250 1-2 and 5000 on the 2-3. My EGT readings were a bit lean when shifting at over 5000 and I jetted up. The slowest pass was when I shifted at 5500 1-2 and 5000 2-3. On my last pass I tried leaving at 2500 rpm instead of my 2200 (used since 2006) (automatic) and shifting at 5250/5000 and the result was tied to the slowest run. Running my numbers through my calculator I need to remove 30 lbs to run a 15.68...so today I started with the Very simple stuff. I removed excess wires, a small cup of various little crap, my key chain, couple of floor mats, my single wiper, a big clip board that has my reading material in it, the housing around my shifter, and even removed my wallet except for cash and a few needed cards. All that simple stuff added up to a bit over 7.5 lbs...just the wallet was a half lb!
My next mission is removal of the dirty after market carpet. Next week I will take out my seat, weigh it, drive to a J Y to check out a Honda Del Slow seat and find the weight difference before I buy it. Some of you might suggest a plastic racing seat, but to have that in the car and make it legal I must add a reinforcement bar behind it and have the seat back bolted to it...been there, done that...all weighed as much as a stock Neon seat. I have heard that the Del Slow seats are the lightest production ones out there. My Neon seat is as heavy as the Geo Metro 3 banger seat! The 8th of October is the last TNT and I hope to have at least 30 lbs out of it by then...AND NO RAIN. The following weekend is the NMCA World Finals.
The only thing I would like to do mechanically is get a points distributor for it...any of you guys have one of the Mallory units out there...or even the 1.7 conversted to our stuff? The motor is a 1994 cb 2.5.