Re: 178/181/185 pulley comparison
lol read my post again, I said "Back" 1/8.
I also agree with you 100%. Spinnign kicks your MPH up. The Best MPH we ever hit on the Red Sled was 166mph and that was actually done on our smaller 25" slicks, compared to our normal 158 on 26" slicks. The car spun so bad it left 2 black marks from the pad to the 330 cone. Our best ET's always have the best 60's and lower mph's. Again I'm not arguing with you I'm agreeing with you. It's simple understanding, the more you spin the quick you plug the gears and the sooner you end up in high gear to crank up that MPH and take advantage of the gearing.
If you deduct the 1/8 times from the 1/4 times you get the back 1/2 times and those don't change much from run to run unless you pumped more power into the car.
Again the Red Sled will run a solid 3.1X back 1/8 on any strong run be it a 9.316 or a 9.613. Only time we see the back 1/8 drop is when we throw more power at it, timing or boost. We have even made drastic gearing changes. but the back 1/8 et does not change.
I'm to lazy to do it but seriously, go pull up the back 1/8 et's for those cars.