2006 review

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blownalky

Original Poster:

146 posts

211 months

Sunday 31st December 2006
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hi all,
as some forum members have been askin for this.
so i thought i would get the ball rolling.
if you dont know me ,this year i crewed for tommy moller(tf) and frank bennett(nfaa).
i work on cylinder head and also help on the tuning of both cars.
i wont go into a meeting by meeting account of the year.
just that tommy ended 05 on a hi in second place and we was expecting good things.
frank was back after a few years and was also expecting good things.
for both teams this year had been a fight for every run.
from tommy running 4.81 number one q at the main event.
then the fuel pump giving out when firing for the first round .
then chasing silly problems all year.
mainly fuel pressure probs.making it cough the blower when it wanted.
then finally running 5.06 at the fireworks meet.
then franks, this was mainly down to a parts problem.
even thou we tried to work around it by tuning.
we still got him down every track he turned up at.
and still came second in the nfaa.
which we believe frank could have won if not for the last meeting being rained off.
still there you go.
will do better 07.

cliff




Edited by blownalky on Sunday 31st December 23:16

john 215

58 posts

208 months

Monday 1st January 2007
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Hi Cliff,excellent run down on a busy year,always intrested in reading the up's and down's of racing.How did you,if you dont mind me asking,find your way into helping out with race teams?
Happy New Year,John.

blownalky

Original Poster:

146 posts

211 months

Monday 1st January 2007
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i thought everyone knew far more then me,
then i asked .
i was wrong.
thats about it.
just ask?

john 215

58 posts

208 months

Monday 1st January 2007
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Thanks for the advice,will do just that.
Good luck with your racing this year
Cheers John.

drags06

454 posts

212 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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interesting reading, thanks and all the best for 07

BennettRacing

729 posts

212 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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blownalky said:
hi all,
as some forum members have been askin for this.
so i thought i would get the ball rolling.
if you dont know me ,this year i crewed for tommy moller(tf) and frank bennett(nfaa).
i work on cylinder head and also help on the tuning of both cars.
i wont go into a meeting by meeting account of the year.
just that tommy ended 05 on a hi in second place and we was expecting good things.
frank was back after a few years and was also expecting good things.
for both teams this year had been a fight for every run.
from tommy running 4.81 number one q at the main event.
then the fuel pump giving out when firing for the first round .
then chasing silly problems all year.
mainly fuel pressure probs.making it cough the blower when it wanted.
then finally running 5.06 at the fireworks meet.
then franks, this was mainly down to a parts problem.
even thou we tried to work around it by tuning.
we still got him down every track he turned up at.
and still came second in the nfaa.
which we believe frank could have won if not for the last meeting being rained off.
still there you go.
will do better 07.

cliff




Edited by blownalky on Sunday 31st December 23:16




Well said mate we would of won it too! bloody weather.

And them F***ING pistons, leakdown on them was 85% minimum when we checked it...

No wonder it run like a turd