Took the car to the track today.
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Took the car to the track today.
Myself and three co-workers went to Firebird raceway tonight. My car ran twice, won twice.
Here are the slips from the runs. For the first run, I dropped the tire pressure to 25 PSI to see if that will help drop the 60" times, it didn't help. After the run, I pumped them back up to 38PSI. That improved the trap speed by almost 1.5 mph.
If you plug the #s from the second run into 0-60 calculator, you will get 6.6 seconds, which is amazing for a car with 176k miles.
The video is of the first run, my camera died after it...so second run got recorded by my friend, I will post it once he sends it to me.
Car had 75% full gas tank, a spare, jack, four tennis racquets, 45 tennis balls, and set of golf clubs in the trunk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn0en...ature=youtu.be
Here are the slips from the runs. For the first run, I dropped the tire pressure to 25 PSI to see if that will help drop the 60" times, it didn't help. After the run, I pumped them back up to 38PSI. That improved the trap speed by almost 1.5 mph.
If you plug the #s from the second run into 0-60 calculator, you will get 6.6 seconds, which is amazing for a car with 176k miles.
The video is of the first run, my camera died after it...so second run got recorded by my friend, I will post it once he sends it to me.
Car had 75% full gas tank, a spare, jack, four tennis racquets, 45 tennis balls, and set of golf clubs in the trunk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn0en...ature=youtu.be
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As far car running factory times at 176k miles, this goes against the stereotype that people have of cars with over 100k miles being junk. I know a lot of people that avoid buying anything that exceeds 100k, this car proves them wrong. Maintenance > low mileage.
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mugenspire (11-18-2012)
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You probably could have knocked 2tenths off by gate shifting
Oh and at your mileage your motor is just broken in. My tl ran low 13s this summer and my motor has 300k on it.
Oh and at your mileage your motor is just broken in. My tl ran low 13s this summer and my motor has 300k on it.
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Hmm, how could gate shifting shave so much time? Car will still do 1-2 shift on its own even in the SS, so that leaves me with 2-3 shift. Does SS allow the car to rev higher, or does not cut power on the up-shifts?
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On 3G maybe, on high powered AMG/M division cars- absolutely. On 2G, traction control is designed to reign in the wheel spin, not to maximize the launch as on AMG cars. It cuts the power on my car and bogs it completely, so leaving it on is pointless. You can test when it is wet, mash the gas and see what happens once wheels break traction.
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our TCS applies the BRAKE to wheel with higher speed
it only works up to 16mph/25kph then it shuts off
Its original design intent was to get you up an icy sloped road.. from a dead stop
Thats why you turn it OFF for drag race start
SS has higher line pressure and will force a faster shift
AZ is this the trans with the desert run issues?
my 01 has full control of SS 1-2 upshift
seafoam will keep your engine like new inside,,and oil changes
general note for racers-
DO adjust the valves and clean out the TB and intake
Seafoam works well for injector cleaning etc a week before race
run with all items removed from car- if the worst happens and you eat wall upside down and spinning,,golf clubs are a 100 mph hazard to workers and spectators!
not to mention the weight penalty
I would run an aftermarket headlight HID kit to save weight too!
it only works up to 16mph/25kph then it shuts off
Its original design intent was to get you up an icy sloped road.. from a dead stop
Thats why you turn it OFF for drag race start
SS has higher line pressure and will force a faster shift
AZ is this the trans with the desert run issues?
my 01 has full control of SS 1-2 upshift
seafoam will keep your engine like new inside,,and oil changes
general note for racers-
DO adjust the valves and clean out the TB and intake
Seafoam works well for injector cleaning etc a week before race
run with all items removed from car- if the worst happens and you eat wall upside down and spinning,,golf clubs are a 100 mph hazard to workers and spectators!
not to mention the weight penalty
I would run an aftermarket headlight HID kit to save weight too!
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cheekoo (11-18-2012)
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Good information there 01tl, yes this is the same transmission. I can also shift the 1-2 in SS, but transmission shifts on its own during the 1-2 if left alone.
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Gate shift (place the shifter all the way down in 1st), NOT SS. Gate shifting will let you hold 1st a little longer and 2nd longer. It reduced my tl-p times when i was auto (best of 14.9).
Last edited by fsttyms1; 11-17-2012 at 10:31 PM.
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you can still remember way back,,,, when you had an auto trans in your TL?
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^ That will do it every time
I wish i had video taped my race with a friends slightly modified 04 mach 1 (which runs mid high 12s) where i ran door to door with him to 120 and actually pulled on him after that to 140
I wish i had video taped my race with a friends slightly modified 04 mach 1 (which runs mid high 12s) where i ran door to door with him to 120 and actually pulled on him after that to 140
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