A THANKS FROM ME ORAGANISERS,

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Aug 01, 12 3:12 pm

HEY GUYS.
TONY/JIM/RICH/TIM AND ANYONE ELSE THAT GETS INVOLVED IN THE BOOKING/PREPERATION OF THE MOPAR NATS

OUR GROUP CREWE MOPARS AND MY DAUGHTERS HAD A GREAT TIME AS USEUALL NO GRIPES FROM US AT ALL, ITS GREAT WE CAN ALL SIT BACK AND THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WILLING TO GIVE UP THERE TIME TO ORGANISE SUCH AN EVENT AND COMING UP ON 20 NEXT YR UNBELIEVEABLE

THANKS AGAIN CANNONBALL WATTS AND DAUGHTERS,
PS THAT HEAVY HITTIN CHALLENGER WILL BE OUT NEXT YR TO KICK KING OF STREET BUTT,

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Wed Aug 01, 12 3:59 pm

Hear Hear

PERFECT !!

Well done Tim / Jim / Richard / tony .... not forgetting all the wives + girlfriends + Carl etc who help the big 4.

A huge thankyou from me and keep up the good work

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Wed Aug 01, 12 4:28 pm

Totally agree.... Had a great time with my lad Alex, he loved it.... Good times all round....thanks!

Cheers Steve and Alex

R.RUNNER · Post by **R.RUNNER** » Wed Aug 01, 12 4:30 pm

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Wed Aug 01, 12 5:22 pm

well said Mr Ball

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Wed Aug 01, 12 6:52 pm

Have to agree !!
Fantastic meeting

Gary

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Wed Aug 01, 12 10:08 pm

Aye......Great Event!!!

Keep up the good work!!

Demon James · Post by **Demon James** » Wed Aug 01, 12 10:11 pm

Fantastic first visit of many to come, totally hooked

A huge thank You to all the organisers

sublimemike · Post by **sublimemike** » Wed Aug 01, 12 10:29 pm

big

Don · Post by **Don** » Thu Aug 02, 12 9:44 am

I agree with Duncan, great weekend and no moans what so ever from me, even waiting in the lanes to race is ok as its a great chance to chat with your 'neighbours' and push each others cars! Ok, so my car seemed to be plagued with problems, fixed one then another cropped up but still enjoyed the weekend immensely. Only managed a 12.0 instead of a pb of 11.6 but still.... A big thanks from me to all the organisers and cant wait for next year. Gonna try and get the 'Bird in the 10's so a big goal for me

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Thu Aug 02, 12 11:10 am

Don it will take a lot of cash & a big motor to get the bird into the 10's but worth every penny, go for it

Don · Post by **Don** » Thu Aug 02, 12 11:37 am

Andy, thanks for the reply and your knowledge is much appreciated. The motor is just short of 8 litre and currently rated (according to Mopar Performance) at 550bhp. Is squeezing another second out of it all possible do you think? My current PB is 11.62 at 118mph and a 1.7 60' time. The 3.93 rear has woke the car up no end but the motor is still a stock hemi.

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Thu Aug 02, 12 11:59 am

Most on here know a lot more than me, but with a full weight B body you need a hell of lot more power to go just a little bit faster.
11.6 is a good time & about right for a 550 bhp full lard b body, that what my red runner used to run 493 ci 850 demon etc

Les Szabo · Post by **Les Szabo** » Thu Aug 02, 12 4:14 pm

Awesome Hemi car, saw one of your runs on saturday....but to go from 11.6 to 10.9 will require another 75hp or so as things stand,.....what I would do is make sure you put all new plugs in before you run at the track if you don't already?, street plugs won't help, check your timing and all settings...make sure the motor and carb/s are well on song first, and if your really serious, set up another diff with 4.56 gears and put them in, unless you run a Dana?..you gotta get that weight moving quicker in the first 60, that'll make a big difference, only prob is you may run out of cam?, don't think rpm or heads will be a prob

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10's as it stands?......don't think so, maybe 11.3 with the gears? and a motor well on song and good air, the motor may fall down a bit at the top end though?....don't know whats in it.

All the best with it

Les

Don · Post by **Don** » Thu Aug 02, 12 5:48 pm

Thanks Andy and Les for your expert advice. I was just speaking to Ian at Hausers and he pretty much said the same thing. He said to launch that big ol' b body quicker off the line i'm either going to have to spend a fortune on the 472, or the better option would be to go for bigger cubes - maybe like 572 which should give me close to 700bhp. The rough running on the Saturday turned out to be carb accelerator pump adjuster came loose, lost its clearance and caused over fuelling, other problems included a valve cover gasket that decided to start weeping, luckily Dave B had a set of new gaskets. I think the weather took care of the rest of Sunday, still a great weekend tho, great to spend a bit of time with Duncan, and Mick with the Dart who i pitched next to, really nice guy and so knowledgable.