track night
01-29-2004, 10:08 AM
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track night
I can't drive for shi+. If I could, welp, there is no stopping me (just kidding eggheads)!!!
It was freezing in Orlando last night (for Floridians, anyway): Track temps at 45 degrees, no wind, and my almanac said 78% humidity at 10pm last night...
Myself, fla-tls, SCTL-SS and someone else (who is a unidentified lurker) met at Speedworld outside of Orlando. Every redneck in the world blew their car up and with so many people and so much time wasted cleaning up the messes, we only got 2 good runs in...
For my runs:
1/4 tank of gas, spare still in the car, gym bag/briefcase in the trunk (no foolin'), lowered my front tires from the normal 37psi to 30psi...I didn't brake torque at all, no gate or s/s shifting, just a stomp and go in D5 with VSA off. fla-tls has OBX, I've got Comptech (I'll consider this a check for me since I paid more and the propaganda dyno says more gains for me). He's got Comptech Icebox, I've got Injen (he paid more money and has better gains on the propaganda dyno thsi time). I have the UR advantage over fla-tls, but he's got 17's vs. my 18's (back to being even).
Of course our SC'd friend dropped a sub 14 on us, but oh well, it was fun trying. The 4th TL-S had some massive 19's that kept him behind the rest of us, and like the front running SC'd car, out of competition here.
I just tried to attach my scanned slips, but like an idiot, I do not know how to make the image smaller (that and it is before noon and my coffee hasn't kicked in to at least allow me to think the process through). If someone can reduce them, I'll email the jpeg...
R/T .784
60' 2.254
330' 6.182
1/8 9.349
MPH 76.65
1000' 12.134
1/4 14.458
MPH 97.10
My other run was a 14.585 @ 96.74 vs. a Rustang GT who ran a 14.961 @ 100.49 after getting me on the lauch...I did have a third run with a lot of fluid on the track. I ran over a 15 and had a 60' time of 2.47 after I spun steady through second gear to 4500 rpms...We won't count that one...fla-tls times are at the link below. I beat him, but he was pretty close and he will get his 14.5's soon enough.
Lastly, for everyone who loves to magazine race and never believes certain stories and why we say the majority of the time it is a driver's race in almost every situation, a 6 speed, G35 Coupe with an intake, springs, etc. and brand new tires (only had 3500 miles on the car) ran over 15.2 not once, but twice! Go figure...That being said, if I could gate shift like mattg, I dropped the spare and dropped 'em tires to 25psi or maybe a hair lower, I still say it is a 14.2/3 car. But what do I know...
For more, got to:
http://acura-tl.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=70547
It was freezing in Orlando last night (for Floridians, anyway): Track temps at 45 degrees, no wind, and my almanac said 78% humidity at 10pm last night...
Myself, fla-tls, SCTL-SS and someone else (who is a unidentified lurker) met at Speedworld outside of Orlando. Every redneck in the world blew their car up and with so many people and so much time wasted cleaning up the messes, we only got 2 good runs in...
For my runs:
1/4 tank of gas, spare still in the car, gym bag/briefcase in the trunk (no foolin'), lowered my front tires from the normal 37psi to 30psi...I didn't brake torque at all, no gate or s/s shifting, just a stomp and go in D5 with VSA off. fla-tls has OBX, I've got Comptech (I'll consider this a check for me since I paid more and the propaganda dyno says more gains for me). He's got Comptech Icebox, I've got Injen (he paid more money and has better gains on the propaganda dyno thsi time). I have the UR advantage over fla-tls, but he's got 17's vs. my 18's (back to being even).
Of course our SC'd friend dropped a sub 14 on us, but oh well, it was fun trying. The 4th TL-S had some massive 19's that kept him behind the rest of us, and like the front running SC'd car, out of competition here.
I just tried to attach my scanned slips, but like an idiot, I do not know how to make the image smaller (that and it is before noon and my coffee hasn't kicked in to at least allow me to think the process through). If someone can reduce them, I'll email the jpeg...
R/T .784
60' 2.254
330' 6.182
1/8 9.349
MPH 76.65
1000' 12.134
1/4 14.458
MPH 97.10
My other run was a 14.585 @ 96.74 vs. a Rustang GT who ran a 14.961 @ 100.49 after getting me on the lauch...I did have a third run with a lot of fluid on the track. I ran over a 15 and had a 60' time of 2.47 after I spun steady through second gear to 4500 rpms...We won't count that one...fla-tls times are at the link below. I beat him, but he was pretty close and he will get his 14.5's soon enough.
Lastly, for everyone who loves to magazine race and never believes certain stories and why we say the majority of the time it is a driver's race in almost every situation, a 6 speed, G35 Coupe with an intake, springs, etc. and brand new tires (only had 3500 miles on the car) ran over 15.2 not once, but twice! Go figure...That being said, if I could gate shift like mattg, I dropped the spare and dropped 'em tires to 25psi or maybe a hair lower, I still say it is a 14.2/3 car. But what do I know...
For more, got to:
http://acura-tl.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=70547
01-29-2004, 04:09 PM
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Great job Apple! :smokin: I'm glad to see that your times are staying around the same or better and that's always good.
I hope that when I get my intake done I can join the sub 15sec 1/4 mile group. I was close last time 15.1 but will see at the end of February.
I hope that when I get my intake done I can join the sub 15sec 1/4 mile group. I was close last time 15.1 but will see at the end of February.
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