It cleared off around 10:30 this morning so I headed to Joliet. When I got there they were still running the first round of Pro time runs, so I took the car to Tech still on the trailer and got my wristband.
Weather was beautiful. Low 70's, sunny, humidity was tolerable, and just a slight crossing tail wind. 
I made my first time pass and the car just plain felt weak. I had the shift light chipped at 4600, and the light came on in high gear around 1100 feet, but it pulled clear to the end.
R/T...................046
60'.................2.043
1/8th mile.......9:43
1/4 mile.........15:04@89
I got back to the pits and pulled the plugs. Everything looked good, but just to be safe I changed bottles for one I knew was full, and waited for our second time run.
1/2 hour later they called Pro to the lanes for the first round of eliminations. 
Not listening to the little voice inside my head telling me to dial 14:70 I dialed at 15:00 because the car felt so weak the first run. There's so many voices in my head that I don't pay any of them much attention anymore anyway.
I draw a guy who has won 2 of the races so far. He's dialed in the low 13's.
R/T............045
60'............1.94
1/8th mile..9:24
1/4 mile....14:879@79 hard on the brakes.
If I had run it out it prolly would have gone 14:75 or so. 
I also had the other guy nailed 3 tenths on the tree. I should have dumped him sooner, but I was afraid he was gonna drive around me at the big end. 
As it was I shut the motor off at 1200 feet and got on the brakes hard about 1250. 
I am a little disappointed in the ET gain, but I have done no tuning at all on this setup. I am using the 390DP I bought from Wayne and Dave in Vegas, and it needs a little touch-up as it does have some fuzziness here and there.
I'm also pretty sure I have too much fuel pressure on the nitrous. I will flow it this week and make sure.
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