Racing on memorial day.....
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It was nice to see everyone at teh track.
Next time I will be driving my POS down the 1320 hopefully with a FMIC.:)
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i was wondering if anyone else was having with traction. after 3 passes i dropped the air pressure down from 32 to 22 and went from mid 1.9 60' to 2.2-3 60 fts. so i wasnt sure if it was that or if the track was gettin worn.
couldnt muster better then 13.3 on the 2nd pass. rest were 13.4's with 2.0 and a bunch of 13.6's. car kept deciding to start in 2nd gear. even with that it was still spinning.
next time out i'll be shootin for 11's but yall know how that goes :rolleyes:the white foxbody at the the end ran pretty good and so did ur car dave. that tranny of urs shifts nice. powerglide?
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What was the DA?
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Yeah, on street legal days the track slowly gets worse as more dirt gets on the track, and as the traction compound gets torn off. It didn't seem to affect Homers race car tho, but being lightweight, having the suspension/chassis setup and a healthy sized slick is probably why.
Yes, I run a powerglide.
DaveH
'94 Supra- 7.77 @ 176mph -
92BlackTT wrote:
^impossible on a stock sti...that is if we both talking about the same sti.No not stock..........intake, turbo xs fuel mangement.......the map he was running was at 16 psi......soo, it shoulda been faster than that. Sure it's just 2 parts. but you know how that goes.
It was the black one with the charge speed front end, I believe.
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Phats wrote:
No not stock..........intake, turbo xs fuel mangement.......the map he was running was at 16 psi......soo, it shoulda been faster than that. Sure it's just 2 parts. but you know how that goes.It was the black one with the charge speed front end, I believe.
oh, Im thinking of a different black one.
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Yeah, on street legal days the track slowly gets worse as more dirt gets on the track, and as the traction compound gets torn off. It didn't seem to affect Homers race car tho, but being lightweight, having the suspension/chassis setup and a healthy sized slick is probably why.
I had the small tires on it (29.5x10.5x15), actually thought the starting line was better Monday night than on Sat/Sun, since track temp was finally decent and there was less humidity in the air & I increased air pressure 1 lb to 8.5 lbs, since had too much wrinkle and was folding tires over when launching.
The LC6 held up nicely and track actually has too much rubber on it right now & needs to be scrapped. Alot of sand/dirt was on track from cars parking in the dirt/mud than making runs, but that was the fun part for me, seeing if we could stay in the groove & drive through it, (First pass obviously I didn't and peddled it a couple of times to drive back into it) & the groove was tight and their wasn't much room for error.
**First ** pass was a 10.21 @ 133.47, 2nd pass I didn't get a correct time but with Data Logger info and short times was a high nine leaving soft probobly at the same MPH. 3rd pass was decent up to 660' (9.78 @ 140mph) but car nosed over after that and we just missed the tune and are running too lean with the alcohol with 172 jets & I don't think the 4:88 gears are helping like we thought.
Didn't change suspension, just tire pressure, since only have ladder bar/coil over system and only changes to shock settings and spring rate that I can make will only help on rough tracks.
Hopefully we get it figured out since car is now slower than it was $7K ago & I am still slower than 2Wheeler :mad:
PS:
Bad93ex Says: What was the DA?
May 30, 2005
07:47:40 PM
2356 DA
71.7 Degrees F
45.8% Humidity
57.5 Degrees F Dp
0.47 Vp
0.925 ADR -
hmm. i have a boost controller set at 16 psi, headers and turbo back exhaust...maybe once he gets those, he'll be up there with me in the low low 13s.
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So the best I was able to muster out of the GSX this weekend was a 15.1. Anytime I tried to launch hard the clutch would spin. So I had to launch at like 2500-3000 rpms. Consequently my BEST 60' of the day was a 2.27, and that was my 15.1@92. With a different clutch I should be able to easily shave off .5-1.0, but I don't think we'll ever know.
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btleier wrote:
So the best I was able to muster out of the GSX this weekend was a 15.1. Anytime I tried to launch hard the clutch would spin. So I had to launch at like 2500-3000 rpms. Consequently my BEST 60' of the day was a 2.27, and that was my 15.1@92. With a different clutch I should be able to easily shave off .5-1.0, but I don't think we'll ever know.Blake, I FEEL YOUR PAIN! I'm not going to say anymore. those that were there know what I'm talking about.
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heh, well I guess 29.5x10.5 is small compared to what some people run.
I can't get anything bigger than a 28 under my wheel well.The track was sticky at first, but it deteriorated quite badly. You car would prob lift the wheels and hook on a gravel road. LOL I know my car would just spin, and Ethan said that he lost all hope of launching his bike well after a hour or two. What is your weight bias front/rear? I noticed that you had ladder bars on there, why not 4-link? (obviously the ladder bar works I guess). The odd thing is that my car had no traction issues other than right on the starting line. I saw that you got loose in the middle on the one pass, my car just drove down the track with no issues. I wasnt spraying so my 1/8 mile mph was only 103-105.
homer wrote:
I had the small tires on it (29.5x10.5x15), actually thought the starting line was better Monday night than on Sat/Sun, since track temp was finally decent and there was less humidity in the air & I increased air pressure 1 lb to 8.5 lbs, since had too much wrinkle and was folding tires over when launching.The LC6 held up nicely and track actually has too much rubber on it right now & needs to be scrapped. Alot of sand/dirt was on track from cars parking in the dirt/mud than making runs, but that was the fun part for me, seeing if we could stay in the groove & drive through it, (First pass obviously I didn't and peddled it a couple of times to drive back into it) & the groove was tight and their wasn't much room for error.
**First **pass was a 10.21 @ 133.47, 2nd pass I didn't get a correct time but with Data Logger info and short times was a high nine leaving soft probobly at the same MPH. 3rd pass was decent up to 660' (9.78 @ 140mph) but car nosed over after that and we just missed the tune and are running too lean with the alcohol with 172 jets & I don't think the 4:88 gears are helping like we thought.
Didn't change suspension, just tire pressure, since only have ladder bar/coil over system and only changes to shock settings and spring rate that I can make will only help on rough tracks.
Hopefully we get it figured out since car is now slower than it was $7K ago & I am still slower than 2Wheeler :mad:
PS:
May 30, 2005
07:47:40 PM
2356 DA
**71.7 Degrees F **
45.8% Humidity
57.5 Degrees F Dp
0.47 Vp
0.925 ADRDaveH
'94 Supra- 7.77 @ 176mph
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