well tonight was the first time i've ever dragged my baby...i had 3 runs, and i won all of them (thank u, thank u)

1st run was against an early 90's Mustang with some mods
2nd run was against a blue riced out civic that actually had that funky looking front end kit available for the CL-S with that HUGE scoop below the bumper
3rd run was against Mike (Mercury here on ACL.com)

since i don't have a digicam (that will change after X-Mas), ill write out the time slips for y'all...the temp was about 50 degrees, give or take a couple...spare tire, jack, and other items ALL stayed in the car.

1st run against the Mustang (7:46)
VSA on
SS-mode

Stang / ME!!

R/T- 0.526 / 1.299
60'- 2.534 / 2.298
330- 6.685 / 6.442
1/8- 10.075 / 9.775
MPH- 72.33 / 73.56
1000- 13.048 / 12.667
1/4- 15.534 / 15.104
MPH- 89.38 / 91.58


2nd run against Riced-out Civic (8:35)
VSA on
Automatic

Civic / ME!!

R/T- 0.701 / 1.142
60'- 2.682 / 2.417
330- 7.137 / 6.528
1/8- 10.725 / 9.832
MPH- 68.36 / 74.13
1000- 13.805 / 12.708
1/4- 16.433 / 15.135
MPH- 85.37 / 92.87


3rd run against Mike (Mercury) (9:46)
VSA off
Automatic
Torque-brake

Mike / ME!!

R/T- 1.163 / 0.984
60'- 2.413 / 2.294
330- 6.489 / 6.382
1/8- 9.782 / 9.699
MPH- 73.50 / 73.90
1000- 12.641 / 12.583
1/4- 15.049 / 15.017
MPH- 92.33 / 92.59

all in all, an excellent evening...can't wait til March when the track re-opens!!

Soopa, i know i told u i'm trying to break the 6 second barrier with only an intake...if u take out the spare, jack, and about 30 more pounds in the cabin, what r the chances??

 

OMG!!! you guys gotta learn how to launch better!! those reaction times stink

 

yeah the lights were all fudged up tonight...they didn't do the usual get ready then flash the big yellow lights all at once and u go...they did the countdown small lights then big lights...when u floor it at the green light, u get a bad R/T...i floored it in the 3rd time right when the last yellow flashed and still got a crappy R/T...weird

 

Not bad R/T and E/T on the last one. I say always leave it in D4 or D5, screw SS.
I wouldn't torque break just because of our tranny, but definitely VSA off.

Nice work.

 

those are pretty good 60' times. are you running the stock tires?

 

yup, stock tires still...the first run was ok with the tires since they were warm from my trip down to the track...the second time, i got such tire thump, more like smacking, the whole car bucked off the line...the third time was a little thump, but i burned the tires just a little and set myself on a good spot on the line

 

Hola!

Raced Scoot last night and had a blast...too bad it was my first time ever at a strip. I saw the lights and was way to lax in getting on the gas. My second and only other run of the evening had a better reaction time! .726! @ 93.12 couldn't believe that...it was against a riced/moded civic and he won @ 96.23 MPH. What am I suppose to be racing in SS, 3rd, 5th? I would guess no VSA right?

 

Did you guys "brake torque"?

 

What RPM are we suppose to be at if we do? 2000?

 

2,000 would be better than idle but I was thinking more like 3,000-4,500. That's what I do in my Pontiac. Don't know about the tranny though. That would definitely spin the tires off the line but I wouldn't use VSA. If you did spin, it would inhibit the RPM's.

 

I definately didn't do that. 2000 2500 at most. What tips can you guys give?

 

Well, they say if you see the green light, you are late. Probably should work on launch. That's the most critical time right there. That can cost you as much as a half second, believe it or not. Some of the members (not me, I have not dragged my CL-S) have great reaction times and have broken into the high 14's. That would be my goal. Get those reaction times down to under 1 sec, closer to .5 and you will see a much more enjoyable end to your run. When I was a young-un I had .45 reaction time, now, I'd be lucky to break 1 sec. Age is a bitch!

 

agreed...must work on launch...i've come to realize that in my first 2 runs, the time difference between slamming my foot and the car actually responding was about a half a second...when i torque-braked the 3rd time, there was virtually no lag...i did it around 2K RPM, and my R/T went down significantly...guess u just gotta get used to it...i'd say to get a sub 1 sec R/T for the first time is a good start!! kudos Mike for your second run...wish i could stick around to grudge again

 

Next season I wanna see more CL's there! Nothin like friendly safe fun.

 

I assume that your where power braking to get those RT's under 1?? I would seriously watch that if you are, I don't want to get into the whole tranny thing, but that's probably the last thing you want to do is power brake.

Just my $.02.

 

anything over 2k and you will spin too much and get axle tramp.
my best times have been
ss
vsa OFF
no brake torque
2/3 shift at 7k

work on launch without leaving too much rubber
do it somewhere desolate, not at track after 3or 4 tries you will get the hang of it
g/l

 

you guys suck j/k here is my 14.0 run

http://www.acura-cl.com/movies/fastvtecl.mpg

 

i have done some changes since than so i should be in the 13's now. all the tracks are closed here so i'll have to wait until next season to see.

 

LET ME KNOW WHEN AND WHERE, and I'll Come to Englishtown, I am only about 10 minutes away. Send me a e-mail at jfitz@jonathanfitz.com and let me know when.

 

Good runs, the 60s look great!!!

Just giving you a hard time, but I don't see how you won the first race looking at the numbers.

 

How much does it cost to actually run at Englishtown?

 

fastvtecCL:
My girlfriend lives in Charlotte. I will be there this weekend. Are there any performance shops or anything that are worth going to. What about as far as hang outs at night. She is not into the whole car thing but I would like to check out some of the cars in the area. Keep a look out for my CL.MYCAR

 

thats cool, we can meet up if you want. were in charlotte does your girlfriend live? you know the rule you girl has to bring someone for me too

let me know, we can set somthing up