Congratulations to Ron Silva Demon 170 into the 8's

[Bowtie Guy]

So

Thats why I keep asking what Ron's car weighs. That'll tell a lot.

I've heard tires, wheels, sway bar removed, one Kirky seat, bumper braces, washer bottle, etc. Curious how much can reasonably be saved.

Someone mentioned he may have added ballast in the trunk ?
So pull nose weight out
Add traction weight

 

[Speedy!]

Yeah 50lbs was mentioned for trunk.

My car always seemed to do better with more fuel in it.

 

[Marc W]

So


Someone mention he may have added ballast in the trunk ?
So pull nose weight out
Add traction weight

That was me because he told me that at the track. Maybe I shouldn’t be mentioning stuff like that because it’s part of his track setup secrets that get the job done. His experience getting a Demon down the track is why he sets the pace for these things. I know it’s easy to say that it’s all just pulling weight out of the car like he’s the only one who does that and that’s all there is to it.

 

[Bowtie Guy]

That was me because he told me that at the track. Maybe I shouldn’t be mentioning stuff like that because it’s part of his track setup secrets that get the job done. His experience getting a Demon down the track is why he sets the pace for these things. I know it’s easy to say that it’s all just pulling weight out of the car like he’s the only one who does that and that’s all there is to it.

I can delete my post Marc NP

 

[Bowtie Guy]

That was me because he told me that at the track. Maybe I shouldn’t be mentioning stuff like that because it’s part of his track setup secrets that get the job done. His experience getting a Demon down the track is why he sets the pace for these things. I know it’s easy to say that it’s all just pulling weight out of the car like he’s the only one who does that and that’s all there is to it.

I think he is following the same pattern as the 2018 if I remember correctly
So were off the hook LOL

 

[Speedy!]

I don't think it's a big deal especially here. This isn't FB after all and we're not racing for $10k lol.

 

[DavidKFla]

Yeah 50lbs was mentioned for trunk.

My car always seemed to do better with more fuel in it.

I always would fill up when going to the track. It was just a natural thing for me to do.

 

[Marc W]

I don't think it's a big deal especially here. This isn't FB after all and we're not racing for $10k lol.

There’s only about six of us on here that even see this. 😂. I would never open my mouth on FB.

 

[DavidKFla]

How many actually belong to fakebook?

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

To @Bowtie Guy ’s point, Ron was adding ballast in 2018, it’s no secret and nobody would ever complain about adding sprung weight that doesn’t add HP.
Removing weight, always questionable, lol

 

[AlleyCat]

Racer X with seats out in Florida could only get a 9.38 with a 143 top end. Saw it on you tube. He gave a shout out to Ron for his 8 second pass.

 

[vortecd]

How many actually belong to fakebook?

I was like you at one point not wanting anything to do with it. I find lots of info on there and it isn't all about people talking about what they did today.

 

[vortecd]

Racer X with seats out in Florida could only get a 9.38 with a 143 top end. Saw it on you tube. He gave a shout out to Ron for his 8 second pass.

Bailey also ran about the same times

 

[DavidKFla]

I was like you at one point not wanting anything to do with it. I find lots of info on there and it isn't all about people talking about what they did today.

Not interested.

 

[Speedy!]

Odd that RacerX car seemed to run slower MPH then the others I've seen.

 

[DavidKFla]

Furd disease.

 

[AlleyCat]

Very slow. 143-144 on a cool day in FL. Racer-X

 

[Speedy!]

So...

We know he bought that car for content. Hellcat/Demon vs Plaid is super popular content on YT. No idea why but maybe all the Plaid owners like that kinda stuff.

Anyway, what better way to generate buzz than to lose to the Plaid only to come back later and win. Hmmmmmm

 

[DavidKFla]

So...

We know he bought that car for content. Hellcat/Demon vs Plaid is super popular content on YT. No idea why but maybe all the Plaid owners like that kinda stuff.

Anyway, what better way to generate buzz than to lose to the Plaid only to come back later and win. Hmmmmmm

I wonder what the data looks like?

 

[AlleyCat]

Could be for future marketing for You Tube. But it looked like some honest slippage of tires. When he did hook it did not sound like he was sand bagging. The engine sounded like on full throttle. Maybe pulling timing due to he was pissed it was not hooking and ran it a lot with high iats. He even had about 80 pounds out of the interior. Who knows. It sounded good.