Spent some time with the BackMotor funny car's brakes... Checked & tested everything, and survey says... Stuck check valve for front brakes !! Could not blow thru it in either direction, tapped and banged it around, eventually freed up, but don't trust it now. Top pic is the offending 15 year ol...
Not even had a chance to diagnose the car yet... If we are closed here at the Dragstrip for another couple weeks, I'll have time to get it fixed up !! Glad to be out of the Tampa Florida area, as they are extremely hard hit by this Virus
Towed the funny car to West Palm Beach, FL Feb 9th. Unloaded car, checked it over, bumped ignition timing up 2 degrees. Warmed up engine, and idled down to turn around by ET shack, where they have a designated Trans-Brake test area... Got it up on converter, seemed to like more timing, let go of but...
They love it !! Get some funny looks when they try to figure it out. Guys from other Teams came over and checked it out, we even had the jet dragster team from Dominator check it out !! All in all it was a great event, even found a new pic on FB from us at PBIR
Back in Florida for the Winter, got the BackMotor funny car booked in at PBIR for the Citrus Nationals on Nov 30th !!
Pics from our last visit there >>
This is from the back window of my pickup truck !! I heard thru the grapevine we are getting 2 more AHRA Tracks for 2020 Season !! Glad to see them coming back, I tried to add a 3rd track by getting Tater Town in TN, but when that fell thru, I bought one of the existing AHRA Tracks, and became a sha...