Ran at the track tonight (caddy got owned)
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Ran at the track tonight (caddy got owned)
Ran at GLD tonight, but didn't do well at all. I had a hard time hooking up, and could not get my launches down. At first I was runnin 2.2 60' times. This is ok, but on my better runs I'm 2.0-2.1. It showed in my ET that I wasn't hooking well.
60' = 2.226
1/4 mile = 13.827@102.09
I have video of this next run. And in fact the cadillac running next to me snapped his half-shaft on launching. lol. You can hear the big CRACK just after we launch.
My time for this was
60' = 2.228
1/4 mile = 13.808@101.87
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After the caddy broke, there was crap all over the track. They cleaned it up, and it was an hour before I got to run again. Unfortunately this let my Kumho MX's cool down, and they do NOT do well cold. PLUS it got quite a bit colder by this time as well, so my 60' times went to ****. I was getting 2.4's. eww.
Anyways, another guy in an S2k was there and wanted to run me. He knew I had gears but wanted to run anyways. I said that's fine even though I couldn't hook up. Here's the video, but the best part is this. You can hear his friends talking in the background saying "tom's got him, tom's got him!" (I'm not Tom). They keep talking and then the ET's go up.
Me
13.997@101.05
Him
14.077@100.43
lol. This is the interesting part. My 60' time for that run was a whopping 2.372. HIS 60' time was great at 2.170. For those that don't know .2 seconds in 60' is a LOT. I'd say he had a good 2-3 cars on me on the launch alone. My gears simply wound him in the rest of the way, and I had passed him by the 1000' mark.
Video here:
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I'm gonna go back again once it gets warmer. I also did not have a tire pressure gauge, so I was running about 32psi in the back tires. (normally I run about 22-24) That makes quite a difference in the launch as well.
Ah well, crappy night, but that's expected as I get used to the new gears and launching.
60' = 2.226
1/4 mile = 13.827@102.09
I have video of this next run. And in fact the cadillac running next to me snapped his half-shaft on launching. lol. You can hear the big CRACK just after we launch.
My time for this was
60' = 2.228
1/4 mile = 13.808@101.87
right click, save as
After the caddy broke, there was crap all over the track. They cleaned it up, and it was an hour before I got to run again. Unfortunately this let my Kumho MX's cool down, and they do NOT do well cold. PLUS it got quite a bit colder by this time as well, so my 60' times went to ****. I was getting 2.4's. eww.
Anyways, another guy in an S2k was there and wanted to run me. He knew I had gears but wanted to run anyways. I said that's fine even though I couldn't hook up. Here's the video, but the best part is this. You can hear his friends talking in the background saying "tom's got him, tom's got him!" (I'm not Tom). They keep talking and then the ET's go up.
Me
13.997@101.05
Him
14.077@100.43
lol. This is the interesting part. My 60' time for that run was a whopping 2.372. HIS 60' time was great at 2.170. For those that don't know .2 seconds in 60' is a LOT. I'd say he had a good 2-3 cars on me on the launch alone. My gears simply wound him in the rest of the way, and I had passed him by the 1000' mark.
Video here:
right click, save as
I'm gonna go back again once it gets warmer. I also did not have a tire pressure gauge, so I was running about 32psi in the back tires. (normally I run about 22-24) That makes quite a difference in the launch as well.
Ah well, crappy night, but that's expected as I get used to the new gears and launching.
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Rep Power: 0 nice runs. looks like you could see som 13.4 - 13.5 once you get some god solid runs in. the videos came out pretty clean too. congrats I woulda thought you'd be trapping higher? what elevation is your track?
poor cad-zilla lol
I woulda thought you'd be trapping higher? what elevation is your track? poor cad-zilla lol
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my traps were higher if i got better launches. i'd expect that if i can bring the 60' time down from 2.22, i should be able to run 13.4-13.5 in the 103-104 range.
my traps were higher if i got better launches. i'd expect that if i can bring the 60' time down from 2.22, i should be able to run 13.4-13.5 in the 103-104 range.
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Originally Posted by PBitCivic
Hey S2000man01 was nice meeting you at the track
by the way... are you turbo'd? I thought I saw an FMIC
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
gotta love rear wheel drive. Those are some crazy times for a car with an intake and gears right?
then again maybe I'm still adapting to the gears. I used to be able to just rev to 5k and dump. not anymore. I spin too much.
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Rep Power: 400 It was ok at first, but then when that caddy f'ed up his half shaft, they sprayed the entire track with stuff to clean. i was spinning on my 1-2 and 2-3 shift the rest of the night.
But my bov developed a leak... so now it's a hissing turbo argh 
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Originally Posted by jonnyg
fast car 
do those gears help out alot?
do those gears help out alot?
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Originally Posted by S2000man01
hehe if i was able to make up a big jump he had at the beginning i think so.
Damn, I guess I didn't read that part. Sounds good man, makes me wanna get gears on my M.
What gears did you get? 4.77?
What are stock gears?
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Originally Posted by jonnyg
Damn, I guess I didn't read that part. Sounds good man, makes me wanna get gears on my M.
What gears did you get? 4.77?
What are stock gears?
What gears did you get? 4.77?
What are stock gears?
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