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Originally Posted by dwallace
Hey Guys,
As a former Drag Strip Owner, I urge you to NOT experiment with your times using and not using A/C on the strip. It's just not worth it, especially for the cars behind you. It's too hard to keep good traction on the track with Street Tired cars running, but, add the water, and you have a major accident waiting to happen, and best case scenario for the guys behind you, is they all have faulty ETs, that they can't explain. And believe me, when there is an accident or traction problem, the serious racers are going to check out the car that had just ran down that lane ahead of them.
It's an automatic expulsion at most tracks.
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This.
We constantly have to make announcements over the PA reminding people to not run the AC while in the lanes, and if you enter the burnout box with water dripping, you will be sent right out the "breakdown chute" and not be allowed to make a pass. it's stupid and dangerous for the other racers as well as for yourself. Especially dangerous for bikes, as they tend to run a groove that is right where your AC condensate would drain to.
As far as other effects, while Greg is correct that at WOT the AC clutch is cut off, few people realize that with many EFI systems, especially Ford EEC-IV, the tune actually changes with AC active, small timing advance is cooked into the calibration... This has been debated and proven, and a racer's trick is to unplug the compressor clutch and have the AC switched on on a run. Some swear it can add 10 horsepower... Seriously...  .
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GREG'S GOATS:
1970 GTO Judge
RA-III, 4-SPD & A/C. Power Windows, Power Seat, Power Brakes, Steering, AM/FM, 8-Track, Formula Wheel, Rallye Gauges, Remote Mirror, Numbers Matching. Assembled at Pontiac, MI Plant 5/26/1970.
1968 GTO
461 CI, RA-III heads, Hotchkis springs, UMI suspension, Bilstein shocks, 12-bolt 3.73's.
1966 GTO Ragtop
4-Speed, AM/FM, Original driveline.
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