My question too..How much do you need to slow it down ?...seems to me in the 1/4 mile over the 12.00 range you could so something other than a throttle stop on something like you mentioned..
i agree with taking out the timing//thats how they slow em down from the funny cars on down ( little more sophisticated with electronics but never the less the same reults as backing down your distributer).
my 2 cents.
Brian
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