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Title: congrats!!!! jim & the wok ran a 9.830 today!!
Post by: silas on October 06, 2019, 09:53:38 PM
huge congrats to jim and the entire martin family on an amazing accomplishment!!

it's been incredibly exciting watching the wok evolve over the years as a true street/strip car and to see jim's hard work, knowledge, dedication and perseverance pay off big time!! when you're running those et's and mph's, every 10th of a second gets harder and harder to beat!! well done buddy!! we're so happy for you!!


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Title: Re: congrats!!!! jim & the wok ran a 9.830 today!!
Post by: silas on October 06, 2019, 09:56:42 PM
delete - double post by accident
Title: Re: congrats!!!! jim & the wok ran a 9.830 today!!
Post by: josh on October 08, 2019, 10:30:36 AM
Damn! That’s movin congratulations Jim!!!!
Title: smokin fast
Post by: mitchy965 on October 08, 2019, 02:15:07 PM
great work!! 143 mph indicates the power at hand, no small feat!!    wee_hee
Title: Re: congrats!!!! jim & the wok ran a 9.830 today!!
Post by: jim martin on October 08, 2019, 10:43:20 PM
Thanks guy’s !
Plan was to run in the 9’s this year, just needed to
Keep focused and chipping away at it and hopefully it would
Happen at some point . After 4 passes in the low 10.1’s I new it was real close.
And skipping. A 10 and 9.9 was a bonus. While doing it

Here is some funny bits . Since the great Canadian I have
Done ZERO maintenance, the motor is so Dialed-in I don’t need / want to touch it.
No plugs , tweeking , valve adjustments ,or oil changes.
the deck lid has stayed on and have logged a lot of street miles
Testing my new electronic clutch management controller. (ECMC).
Was waiting to go if weather ever agreed .Sunday was perfect so headed out and after 5 passes
Was able to set up new rear shocks and Get the clutch management controller real close.
This was the first time in a long time I raced with the deck lid on and I never opened it once
While I was out there, and with no daughters to help things ticked along a bit slower.
Just kept checking fuel level and rear tire pressures after every pass , checking logged data, one shock adjustment, .5 psi tire pressure drop and Clutch management controller settings.
Really great day . half pass/half pass/10.8/10.3/10.1/10.1/9.8.
I was not out worrying about running a low number just wanted to play with the clutch controller
And all its settings at the track , but after 3 in a row very low 1.4 sixty foots I decided it was getting late so time to put it all together.