{"id":6056,"date":"2016-04-09T17:36:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T00:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2016-06-24T10:25:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T17:25:52","slug":"test-tune-pacific-raceways-april-9-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2016\/04\/09\/test-tune-pacific-raceways-april-9-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Test & Tune Pacific Raceways April 9, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jim Doyle photo – April 9th 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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This Saturday we took the ’57 out for its first hits of 2016 with the new 1-7\/8″ fenderwell headers Chris built for the car. On the tune-up end, we advanced the camshaft 2-degrees from the last time the car went down the strip on July 25, 2015 to hopefully pick it up to the 1\/8th.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We also installed new springs on our coil-over rear shocks and a new tandem master cylinder over the winter. We have a full report on all our work on the cars over the winter posted here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Roger & Paul with Chris’ final product!<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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As we moved forward in the staging lanes for our first hit, we could not help but think of the tragic passing of Mark Lyle. He was the NHRA Chief Starter but he started here at Pacific Raceways<\/em>\u00a0and Division 6, and had long ties with the crew and many of us local racers. Mark and his family lived in North Bend, WA. Our tribute to Mark is posted here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On our first two hits, the track was a bit dicey on the top end due to all the tree pollen, but by our third hit the very capable\u00a0track crew at Pacific Raceways<\/em> had it working well. Here’s our video report. – Roger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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