Herbold Racing!

The chronicle of my adventures with a 1973 Plymouth Duster 340 drag car.

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Entries from August 2008

First Time Out Timeslips

August 24th, 2008 · No Comments

And here are the timeslips from the first time out!

For all passes the shift light was set to 5000 RPM.
Pass 1 RPMs:
Launch: Idle
1-3 Shift: 4500
Stripe: 5000
Pass 2 RPMs:
Launch: 1900
1-2 Shift: 5200
2-3 Shift: 5000
Stripe: 5100
Pass 3 RPMs:
Launch: 2800
2-3 Shift: 5000
Stripe: 5300

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Tags: SpeedWorld

Permanent Grin on My Face

August 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I know I haven’t posted a blog entry for many weeks now! But today’s entry is going to be a whopper making up for that, so you’ll forgive me!
Last Friday was a huge day for me. But before I get to that, I’m going to catch you all up on what I have [...]

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Tags: SpeedWorld

Out Racing…

August 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’ll be back tomorrow!

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Tags: General · SpeedWorld

Defective Tach?

August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Last weekend I decided to try and tackle the very last thing on the car that needs to be working before I can take it to Speedworld for test and tune. That blasted tachometer. It is a 5 inch Auto Meter Autogage. I redid all the connections and read the instructions a [...]

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Nice and Dry

August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

My apologies for not keeping my blog updated during the last two weeks.  A few things have been happening with the car!  Nate from Arizona Differential Specialist picked up my car on July 16 (a Wednesday night) and took it to his shop the next day.  He was able to work on the car without [...]

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Tags: General