Well this morning I headed down the track with Scrib...

It was a great time $20 for unlimited runs!

Here's Scrib's summary thread: Scrib's Thread
sorry I didn't post sooner, but to had make mine official, with the times slips and all....

He summarized pretty well... weather sucked... cold, wet, & windy. The track was VERY damp & slick, tire spin like Crazy!!

Humidity was 80%+, about 45 degrees..

Here's some slips.... please comment on everything, as I have never done this before!!

I was car # TO10 and Scrib was # TO9 (we had several h2h runs)

Here was my first run EVER: (thankfully by myself )




Here was my Best 1/4 ET (also best 60ft time):


Here was our closest Head to Head Run



Here was my Best Trap MPH:



CONCLUSION: My R/T's suck, but NOT AS BAD AS MY POS BALD STOCK TIRES!!!!! My 60 ft's are terrible!!!

Still had a great time!

 

sweet times man!!!!

 

great times!!!

 

R/T did come around a bit as the Day went on...

Best R/T:




Although I spun BADLY and it was POS Run!!

 

I had NO CLUE where this track was at... it's really in the middle of No where... look at this pic I took on the way down there, nothing around.... for miles!!!



Where the F am I>??



EDIT: Sorry it's so Blurry, I was doing about 90 when I took this....

 

If it was 80 degees and sunny, i think the 60fts would have been light-years better. But the over all times probably would have been worse... Shit, if the sun was out and it was only 50, we still would have been much better off. It just wasn't the day for good launches.



EDIT: Took the image out.

 

:rolf:

I told you it was in the middle of the cornfields, didn't I???

 

The only thing I saw on the way down was about 5 graphic instances of RoadKill

 

Oh yeah... all my runs were with VSA Off and Gate Shifting, no brake torquing at the line...

Is this the best way to run?? Any suggestions/comments?


I did not do any race prep. (remove spare or jack, or anything like that).

 

Who else went????????

 

good job...im totally hooked myself...at your track is it a sportsman tree or a pro tree....does it go yellow ,yellow,yellow green...or all three yellow at once than green???..at first i had a hard time not waiting for the green...than after a few times at the track i got over the mental thing was able to star leaving early...at first it was .383...then .469...than i pulled a .534 that was nice....my third time out last run of the night ...paired with no one i thought i had launched it just right...nope.... .499... missed it by that much.......i recomend toyo T1-S i have 235/45 but if i had it to do over...just to shorten the gears i think i might go 225/45....13.9 right around the corner..



BTW pull T...note there 9.7 1/8th ...compared to my 9.433 you calc'd to be a 14.8 i say more like 14.3


my best
.610
2.203
6.200
9.433 @76.77 1/8th



hav fun guys...its addictive....get some tires

 

How is your tranny holding up? Since you are very active in 1/4 or 1/8th mile race....

 

so far so good ..on my second one...

 

Steve, these are my 2 best runs to date.

Best run
60 ft 2.245
330ft 6.125
1/8 ET 9.279
1/8 mph 77.55
¼ ET 14.302
¼ mph 98.69

2nd best run
60ft 2.274
330ft 6.197
1/8 ET 9.355
1/8 mph 77.17
¼ ET 14.396
¼ mph 98.34


I've run the following:

9.412 @76.14 and pulled a 14.528 @96.88
9.443 @76.92 and pulled a 14.552 @96.37

Those 2 runs are very close to what you ran.

 

Just me and Scrib...

Spiro & Jesal were sleeping... John was MIA, and you were partying with Grandma

 

Ours was sportsman.. yellow, yell, yell, GREEN!

then.. Mad tire spin!!

 

yea you need to do something to get those 60' times under control ...

 

Fotis,

I think tires and a DRY TRACK would help!!!!!!

 

Are you saying that 225/45 will run quicker times than 235/45 ???

will the affect the accuracy of the Speedo?

thanks...

 

Damn.. 14.3s, 14.5s... That's REALLY good. What type of mods do you have???

Those 60ft times are 4-tenths faster than mine... DAMN!!!

 

headers, cai, SSR comp rims and Toyo T1S Proxies. I had a bunch of wheel hop or those times would have been even better.

 

So basically, it looks like Tires + Headers should take off .5-.7 off the 1/4 time and add ~5 mph trap speed...