went to the track on Sunday. my first time and I'm going back Saturday! had a blast and came 4th in the all motor street class. came behind a two z's that were running consistent 14.4-6 but managed to get down the line quicker in the head to head rounds.

my fastest time was a 14.249 @100.1 mph. my 60' was 2.3 because of my bald potenzas and bad front mount.

got some used nitto nt555 and used bfg g-force t/a kdw. any suggestions as to which is the better tire?

I'll probably end up gutting my car next time.

here's the vid of the run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLRJj...e_gdata_player

 

hell yeah, phee! which track are you running?

 

Awesome. Some good traction and you can get lower. the 555s are good tires. My buddy uses them on his 400hp at the wheels mustang. Once warm he can stand on it with little to no spin.

 

with your track still being open , ours closed like a month ago

 

get the mount fixed-
it makes a differance in how the axles react to torque,, when everything is held to its designed geometry

 

Nice phee... cant wait to see the run with the stickier tires...

 

Nice, anymore footage? Haha at intense wheel spin from 1st and into 2nd.

 

 

I have more footage but it's of other cars. my girl was with me but she was in the car for the other runs. I have an import face off this Saturday and I'm trying to get some better times. I'll have the kdw's on the front of my car and the nittos in the back.

everything I've read tells me the kdw's are grippier. the g35 guys hate the nittos. but I'll swap em out and report back.

these aren't the n555 they are the nT555

 

Montgomery motor sports in the vid.
silver dollar this weekend. I hear SD is a slower track

 

ah i thought you were talking the nt555r.

The BFG are grippier but probably going to be NOISY. My buddy had them and the road noise after 10k miles was unbearable
What PSI were you running?

 

i was running 28 psi with on that run. i dropped it lower and pulled a 14.400 but i hit the rev limiter on every shift

 

i probably wont care much about the noise. but ill see what you mean when i put em on. Hopefully its not louder than my exhaust

 

I wish there was a easy way with something like a Emanage to remove the revlimiter for stuff like this. (just be smart to not over rev it) that way you wont lose time with the limiter, especially 3rd, that one is like throwing a anchor out.

 

I'd kill for that. my tach sticks so it's hard to tell the correct shift point when the needle won't move

 

Its better to shift b4 redline when the hp curve is going down again. I did 14.1. Street tires hankook v12 grips good enough.

 

my tq curve goes up all the way to redline. it doesn't drop off

 

So you say that my tq band is so much different and drops suddenly after 6500? I think we are loosing the time reving motor past 6800. Did you get your car dyno'ed?

 

yea i got the car dyno'd. the shop owner hasnt emailed me the graph and im too lazy to drive up there. but my powerband goes upward all the way to the redline

 

what kind of dyno ? and how many whp did your car pull?

here is mine
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y.../jakub-cls.jpg

 

I put down 257 whp and 232 ft lbs

 

just saw your graph. time for an exhaust man!

 

sweet!!

 

i must say wow for that TQ man! but what kind of dyno was that ?
and what mods do you have besides headers and intake ?

 

a dynojet. I was surprised with the tq as well. I have headers, pulley and 2.5 custom exhaust

 

well ended up only getting two runs in at silver dollar. 14.4 and the. I broke my axle on the second. (the launch was perfect)

my team and I replaced the axle but I missed the entire qualifying round and could only get a test and tune run. put down a 14.3@99 with a 2.31 60'.

the bfg's are way sticky tires. I had to leave the hole real soft at the end because I didn't want wheel hop.

new season is in spring and I'll either have the j&r 2nd gen turbo or a 100 shot depending on my sponsorships.


wish me luck peeps.

ps: I'll work on getting some endlink bushings made

 

How the F u gonna get sponsorship ?

 

but yeah

 

glad to hear you got it back together. sorry i couldn't have been more help on the phone.

what's your paint guy's name and phone number again? thinking about having the dakota resprayed soon.

 

I'll text it to you. wanna keep the thread on topic. it was fun changing an axle with a flat head, socket wrench, and a hammer.

 

WHat suspension you running?

 

Saturday was fun, too bad we didn't race each other on the track. Maybe next summer

Base on your time I'm 1 sec slower then you. I need work on my launch an get better track tires. It was very good that axles got fix an we got 1 last lap in before it closed.

 

my azn brotha helped me get that axle

 

nice run phee. i still gotta hit up a track too

 

season starts tthe 27th. ill be there with my bad mounts and then ill go again after my xlr8 mount. i am going to baby the car this time.

 

Did you end up adding anything to the car this winter?

 

i added a 3.5 inch intake and im waiting on my XLR8 mounts.

i rebuilt the trans with a new 3rd gear (Tsb) because of a grind.

new hankook ventus v12 evo tires

i also added a stereo so that ADDEed some weight to the car.

 

What kind of suspension setup do you have?