As you know tonight I was at the New England Drag Way..

The Weather: Partially cloudy. Temp 47-37, Humidity: 75-89% B.P 30.13

My CLS: Injen CAI, NGK Iridium Plugs, OBX Headers, UR Ultra SS Kit, and 18" 235/40/18 555 Nittos (Near Bald, greasey, and feel like burned platstic!!!), Wheel wheight 23 Lbs. No Spare Tire, No Jack. 3/4 Tank of Gas

I could not improve my personal record of 14.613 @ 95.81 MPH

I learned a lesson, a Lot of Torque and NO traction, you go nowhere, time to save for stickier tires for next summer

I had 4 runs for the whole night. I started at Front PSI of 38, then 32, 29.5 and finally 28.. Rear were at 37.5 PSI. All runs were 1-2-D4... and I missed 1-2 few times (hit rev-limiter) and had tons of wheel spin and wheel hops... In short, I could not have good launchs.

On the other hand, I had fun, ... On the second, I beated an old V8 domestic car (14.63s@92.73MPH) by hole shot of 0.1523s....In addtion, on my third run I beated a Prelude SH (15.58s@89.42MPH) by 1.2532s... but I red-lighted

Due to very bad traction, my times are so so... so here we go:

<pre> <font size = 2>
<b>

Track Date Time R/T 60' 330' 1/8 1/8 MPH 1000' 1/4 1/4 MPH C&D Weight T.P. Fr/RR Shift Temp. BT </b>
New England Dragway 18/OCT/02 7:01 PM .551 2.370 6.357 09.576 75.93 12.388 14.750 95.71 N/A Lb 37.5/37.5 PSI D123/R.L. 45 1800
New England Dragway 18/OCT/02 8:29 PM .573 2.383 6.411 09.671 75.29 12.501 14.874 95.30 N/A Lb 32.0/37.5 PSI D123/R.L. 39 2000
New England Dragway 18/OCT/02 9:21 PM .264 2.364 6.352 09.563 76.49 12.360 14.718 95.84 N/A Lb 29.5/37.5 PSI D123/R.L. 40 2000
New England Dragway 18/OCT/02 9:56 PM .841 2.343 6.341 09.554 76.43 12.351 14.707 95.91 N/A Lb 28.0/37.5 PSI D123/R.L. 38 2000




</font>
</pre>

 

Why did you put your tire pressure so high? Try 22 or 25 lbs next time and plan so you are low on fuel. Let us know how you do! Rears do 35 or so for the least friction.

 

Tires man, get new tires!

 

The first, next spring are new tires....

Candidates for now are:

Yokohama Es 100
Yokohama Parada Spec-2 (if they release a 235/40/18)
Goodyear F1 ( the new tire that look like Toyo T1-S)
Toyo T1-S
Nitto 555 (or its replacement)

Mother in law is pressuring me to go with Michelin Pilot A/S 235/40/18 and said .... ditch the 16" snowy crap ....

 

Go with the Yokohama ES100s only $105 a tire on tirerack and next time at the track run with a 1/4 tank of gas.:P

 

3/4 tank issue... I just filled couple days ago, I had in mind to buy a cheap platic pump to pump out the gas from my CLS and drain it in the Sienna... but no time....

I jsut decide to hit the track the same day.... But I guess my problem was not the weight but Traction Probelems....!!!

And that sucker ES 100 can be pumped up to 51 PSI... So I guess I have to pump 44 PSI for day to day driving

The ES 100 235/40/18 is for 140 and FREE shipping at tires.com