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well our quickest & fastest guy here in MD. has been 1.62@84 MPH with a Pro-Mod and a Xenon ALPHA and his car weighs a hefty 52 oz.[X(] so at some point, the weight doesn't make that much of a difference. I know the car weight that day because I weighed it for him with my scale. One thing that John has that I/we don't is a pawl second gear clutch where we have the shoe system that can slip. The pawl style grabs and doesn't slip at all. The goal is to get some 1.5's in 2010 outta a Pro-Mod ''NITRO'' ride and that would be a nasty, nasty ride.

John lightened his car to 47-48 oz. and it was getting airborn on the top end crashing alot. He got it back to 50+ oz and it stays glued to the track. I am able to run my car at 44 oz. and it still hug the tack but then too I aint running no low 1.6's either.
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A whopping 52oz's. WOW!! That's dang near a pound over min. That Xenon must be a beast of a mill to pull that weight for those times. Never seen a pawl clutch, but it sounds like the way to go.

Checked the mail to today, and got the RB.15 back from Rick. Couldn't resist opening it up. PURE WORK OF ART, right down to the engraving on the crank. If the engine runs like it looks on the inside, I will drop some low times this season. Getting really anxious on my next engine purchase, so Rick can do his thang again. I wanna hit some 9's and 8's right out the box this season and go from there.