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  1. slow-poke

    12-11-10-9-8 just for fun

    Fairly quick for stock, 12s and mid 11s, not lacking in power, just a bit on the chubby side for a drag car;-)
  2. slow-poke

    12-11-10-9-8 just for fun

    I takes a certain kind of personality to drive car like that. I recall watching a friend of a friend make a (slow) 6s pass in his alcohol funny car. The track was not well prepped and he was all over the track at the far end > 200MPH and sideways. Pulls the chute and 5 minutes later were talking...
  3. slow-poke

    Tool I beat Tom Lipton to it!

    Interesting, and timely I will be moving my old lathe to make room for my new lathe. I ordered some pretty cheap skates in comparison but my old lathe is a light weight in comparison.
  4. slow-poke

    12-11-10-9-8 just for fun

    Agreed my days of fooling around on the street are ancient history. It just too dangerous. I recall a situation where a fairly fast car challenged me, I was in 2nd gear and my car was drifting left and turning the very light feeling steering wheel was doing nothing because the wheels weren't...
  5. slow-poke

    Drilling with the cross slide

    Thanks, that's good to know.
  6. slow-poke

    Drilling with the cross slide

    When you say rotating, do you mean the Morse Taper spins in the quill? That has happened to me when using large bits.
  7. slow-poke

    12-11-10-9-8 just for fun

    I think for people that have never been in a truly quick car that take a ride in a 15s car will think or say wow this car is fast. Well perhaps compared to a grocery getter like a Corolla. The rule of thumb at the track is every 0.1s is roughly a car length. So the "fast" leaf is roughly 50 car...
  8. slow-poke

    12-11-10-9-8 just for fun

    This seems consistent with what I observed at the track...... They have physics working against them, 6400lbs that's a lot of mass to a accelerate regardless of horsepower. Most 10s cars weigh less than half of that and require > 500HP to get into the10s
  9. slow-poke

    12-11-10-9-8 just for fun

    What truck do you have? What bolt ons? Last time I was at the drags some sort of newer Dodge diesel was in the other lane for one pass, it emitted enough black smoke to rival a coal fired plant and was still about 20-30 car lengths behind my 10s car. Not sure what bolt ons he had but that...
  10. slow-poke

    Drilling with the cross slide

    Link to AXA to MT2 tool holder, appears to have oval opening for the arbor tang to prevent rotation. https://ebay.us/m/A8sywl
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