Originally Posted by Steve Hellums
Yes he did pull his filter, I was there. I couldn't believe he would want to take the risk of sucking something into his S/C. All three of us with SRT 6's there pulled out our lower grills to try to get more air to our HE's later in the day. The weather was not a good for racing, low 80's and the air just felt thick. He was claiming a 12.2 run with a 1.5 60ft too, but the left lane was having some trouble. I really don't think he ran the 12.2, here's one of my slips from running in the left lane right after he done the 12.2 run. I think he pulled the filter to try to get another 12.2 run, I could claim to be first into the 10's
I watched a few SRT6 drag videos linked on this forum where I had thought I had seen the filter removed. When both horns are re-mounted on the driver side, one would expect to see a big filter on the passenger side. It also seemed that "12.2" has become the "holy grail" of 1/4 mile times. I wasn't sure so I shrugged it off.
But when RIOT was the only SRT at the Midwest Drags who ran a "12.2" (there's that number again) and then I was looking at those pictures posted on the MB Forum, I figured that had to be the trick to hit the "holy grail" of 1/4 mile times.
I actually thought that pulling the filter would work - dangerous yes - but effective.