When the crew celebrate the throttle wack,you know (even at the cost of a few 10ths on the ET) it should be mandatory on a warm up between passes Give the fans what they like 👍
they are using the power of the engine to get the friction discs which drive the wheels to get a better bite into the floater plates which are driven by the engine
what they need for consistent faster times is more money to spend on parts for the car ....Scotty palmer still sacks it to seat the clutch and the run pretty consistently in the 3.80s
to bad these guys don't have the money to run more races....watch for Blake alaxander he runs part time in funny car he does it ,I have a video of him waking it seat the clutch at zmax dragway
Throttle whacks are for entertainment purposes and no longer are used by the top teams as they have come to realize it does little to nothing. Clutch discs are measured, paired and after a warmup the gap is measured again and the clutch pedal adjusted. What would I know, I was clutch assistant, left side, for many years on a top ten funny car team. The stories the fans have come up with are always a source of amusement for us.
When the crew celebrate the throttle wack,you know (even at the cost of a few 10ths on the ET) it should be mandatory on a warm up between passes
Give the fans what they like 👍
With Alexis' car giving it a single wack doesn't seam to hert et on her car
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It really should be mandatory.
love it. been so long since I've seen someone seat the clutch. good stuff
HE DID IT IN ATALANTA THIS YEAR! So glad my kid got to see this in action!
Who chopped onions? Oh the nitro 💣
Not an expert but how does that seat a clutch?
they are using the power of the engine to get the friction discs which drive the wheels to get a better bite into the floater plates which are driven by the engine
@@concertscoastersandnitro725 thankfully they've figured out that you get more consistency for the seating just by holding the brake for 5 secs...
what they need for consistent faster times is more money to spend on parts for the car ....Scotty palmer still sacks it to seat the clutch and the run pretty consistently in the 3.80s
yup i was there
to bad these guys don't have the money to run more races....watch for Blake alaxander he runs part time in funny car he does it ,I have a video of him waking it seat the clutch at zmax dragway
Throttle whacks are for entertainment purposes and no longer are used by the top teams as they have come to realize it does little to nothing.
Clutch discs are measured, paired and after a warmup the gap is measured again and the clutch pedal adjusted. What would I know, I was clutch assistant, left side, for many years on a top ten funny car team.
The stories the fans have come up with are always a source of amusement for us.
This team is genuinely using this to seat clutch disks being they are mainly using other teams used friction plates