10.88@129.60mph 1.659 60ft at Crapitol Raceway!!!
07-03-2010, 06:29 AM
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10.88@129.60mph 1.659 60ft at Crapitol Raceway!!! Now with VIDEO! of first pass!
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=MVI_1552.mp4
Well the quest for 10's is over already and we are going for better times hopefully soon pending weather
I went to Capitol Raceway last nite (friday July 2nd) to try to better my 11.11 at 129mph times done at cecil last week and got the permanent boot for sub 11.49's at cecil county dragway.
I rushed home from work got home by 5:15pm, changed my cloths, double checked I had everything and out the door the wife and i went for the 1.5hour drive to Capitol Raceway. We get there and went tech in right away. The tech guy says if you run 11.49 or better you need a bar. I told him i think it'll be in the high 11's...ish.
Pulled up to the staging lanes and sit for about 30minutes. The staging lanes that are up hill so you have to keep starting your car or let it idle I make it up the line. Everyone told me Capitols track prep is less than desirable. I took the typically ran at 20psi rear mickey thompson drag radials down to 16psi right away. I did a big burnout and pulled up to the line almost hitting the 2 cones that are barely wide enough for the car to go through to keep cars in the groove I guess. I brought the RPM's up to 3000 (thinking keep it low I'm gonna spin). Car dead hooks and falls on its face but recovers fairly well and boogies out. I go through the gears and say well with the bog and air temps I'll keep into and get a idea.
84*degrees outside-195*engine coolant temp on launch
1st PASS:
60ft-1.693-Bad bog
330ft-4.719
1/8mi-7.156
1/8mph-103.42
1000ft-9.232
1/4-10.985
1/4mph-129.80
So I was surprised to say the least when i got the slip and no warnings yet. I decide to let the car cool, change the clutch fluid. I go back to the line not changing the tire pressures due to felt that it was good just need to changed launch RPM.
74*degrees outside- engine coolant 182* on launch
2nd PASS:
60ft-1.659-very slight bog but damn good!
330ft-4.628
1/8mi-7.053
1/8mph-102.51-slightly over reved 2nd gear looking at 60ft on board
1000ft-9.118
1/4mi-10.880
1/4mph-129.60-VERY slightly tapped the rev limiter in 3rd just held it to long
This came with no warning just a smile from the ticket lady (I think she knew i was famous)
I immediately pull the car back in the staging lanes due to they close at 10pm and it was 9:34pm already. There were several break downs and they do take their time cleaning up which is fine with me I guess. Better safe than sorry something was missed for a extra run.
70*outside-185*engine coolant temps on launch
3rd PASS:
60ft-1.692-light spin
330ft-4.644
1/8mi-7.071
1/8mph-103.77-damn nice mph!
1000ft-9.145
1/4mi-10.895
1/4mph-130.07-NICE!
At this point of getting the slip the gentleman pulls me over to the left before the time slip tower. Looks at the slip, looks at the # on the car. Goes back to the timeslip tower. Comes back looks at me, looks at the slip. Gives me the slip and goes to walk away. Turns around and says you need a little more than a Tshirt when running like that FYI. I politely appologized for my ignorance and went on my way
Overall I'm very happy with the performance of the car with the mods at the track that I ran at. I found it odd the car didnt pull better 1/4mi MPH in the cooler less humid air but thats hard to compare from track to track sometimes. I also figured on my way home that at Cecil I had ran 11.11 at 129mph in 80*'s and humid with a horrible 1.84 60ft. Now going from 1.84 60ft to 1.65 60ft I would've thought the car would've dropped an easy .25-.30ish. Which wouldve taken me on the same day down to approx 10.86-10.81's. Now i have a better 60ft and better air and MPH didnt pick up much in the 1/8 or 1/4mi and my ET didnt come down to where it should have. I feel the car has ALOT more in it and alot of potential to achieve my goal of 10.5x's at 132mph in the fall/winter in the air that we're fortunate to have in our area. Going to try to figure out the DA of last nite. I'm guessing around +500DA but want to be pretty close for my records/logs.
Calculated DA was +700DA at the time of the last pass. Not bad... but I know theres better coming in a few months!
Thank you to everyone thats helped with building the car, the parts, the motivation and support from my fellow forum members!:thumbs:
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=MVI_1552.mp4
Well the quest for 10's is over already and we are going for better times hopefully soon pending weather
I went to Capitol Raceway last nite (friday July 2nd) to try to better my 11.11 at 129mph times done at cecil last week and got the permanent boot for sub 11.49's at cecil county dragway. I rushed home from work got home by 5:15pm, changed my cloths, double checked I had everything and out the door the wife and i went for the 1.5hour drive to Capitol Raceway. We get there and went tech in right away. The tech guy says if you run 11.49 or better you need a bar. I told him i think it'll be in the high 11's...ish.
Pulled up to the staging lanes and sit for about 30minutes. The staging lanes that are up hill so you have to keep starting your car or let it idle I make it up the line. Everyone told me Capitols track prep is less than desirable. I took the typically ran at 20psi rear mickey thompson drag radials down to 16psi right away. I did a big burnout and pulled up to the line almost hitting the 2 cones that are barely wide enough for the car to go through to keep cars in the groove I guess. I brought the RPM's up to 3000 (thinking keep it low I'm gonna spin). Car dead hooks and falls on its face but recovers fairly well and boogies out. I go through the gears and say well with the bog and air temps I'll keep into and get a idea.
84*degrees outside-195*engine coolant temp on launch
1st PASS:
60ft-1.693-Bad bog
330ft-4.719
1/8mi-7.156
1/8mph-103.42
1000ft-9.232
1/4-10.985
1/4mph-129.80
So I was surprised to say the least when i got the slip and no warnings yet. I decide to let the car cool, change the clutch fluid. I go back to the line not changing the tire pressures due to felt that it was good just need to changed launch RPM.
74*degrees outside- engine coolant 182* on launch
2nd PASS:
60ft-1.659-very slight bog but damn good!
330ft-4.628
1/8mi-7.053
1/8mph-102.51-slightly over reved 2nd gear looking at 60ft on board
1000ft-9.118
1/4mi-10.880
1/4mph-129.60-VERY slightly tapped the rev limiter in 3rd just held it to long
This came with no warning just a smile from the ticket lady (I think she knew i was famous)
I immediately pull the car back in the staging lanes due to they close at 10pm and it was 9:34pm already. There were several break downs and they do take their time cleaning up which is fine with me I guess. Better safe than sorry something was missed for a extra run.
70*outside-185*engine coolant temps on launch
3rd PASS:
60ft-1.692-light spin
330ft-4.644
1/8mi-7.071
1/8mph-103.77-damn nice mph!
1000ft-9.145
1/4mi-10.895
1/4mph-130.07-NICE!
At this point of getting the slip the gentleman pulls me over to the left before the time slip tower. Looks at the slip, looks at the # on the car. Goes back to the timeslip tower. Comes back looks at me, looks at the slip. Gives me the slip and goes to walk away. Turns around and says you need a little more than a Tshirt when running like that FYI. I politely appologized for my ignorance and went on my way
Overall I'm very happy with the performance of the car with the mods at the track that I ran at. I found it odd the car didnt pull better 1/4mi MPH in the cooler less humid air but thats hard to compare from track to track sometimes. I also figured on my way home that at Cecil I had ran 11.11 at 129mph in 80*'s and humid with a horrible 1.84 60ft. Now going from 1.84 60ft to 1.65 60ft I would've thought the car would've dropped an easy .25-.30ish. Which wouldve taken me on the same day down to approx 10.86-10.81's. Now i have a better 60ft and better air and MPH didnt pick up much in the 1/8 or 1/4mi and my ET didnt come down to where it should have. I feel the car has ALOT more in it and alot of potential to achieve my goal of 10.5x's at 132mph in the fall/winter in the air that we're fortunate to have in our area. Going to try to figure out the DA of last nite. I'm guessing around +500DA but want to be pretty close for my records/logs.
Calculated DA was +700DA at the time of the last pass. Not bad... but I know theres better coming in a few months!
Thank you to everyone thats helped with building the car, the parts, the motivation and support from my fellow forum members!:thumbs:
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07-03-2010, 07:31 AM
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Yeah your neighborhood pal!!!!!!!
The DA was +700ft on the last pass using the calculation per Crapitols website being 41ft above sea level. The funny thing to that, is you drive up a 300+foot hill to get to the track. Now thats funny!!!
The DA was +700ft on the last pass using the calculation per Crapitols website being 41ft above sea level. The funny thing to that, is you drive up a 300+foot hill to get to the track. Now thats funny!!!
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07-03-2010, 10:07 AM
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You lost me on that one? I ran 10.89 at 130mph with the C5 with just H/C/I and then with the big motor in the C5 ran 10.9's at 133mph in 90degree heat. SO eat a poopsickle! Maybe MikeP has video for us?
07-03-2010, 11:56 AM
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just breakin your stones Turd boy. yeah Mike, whats up with the Vid..well it is close to 1, i think he may be taking his little afternoon nap...old people have to do that from time to time.
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Instant gradification sucks, "unless you are the one with the gradification!!!!!"
Gotta let Turdy stew on this a while.... 
there's more to come later in the year as well. 
07-04-2010, 10:28 AM
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Congrats fartlicker. Now how about you keep that thing off the track until fall so you don't get another permaboot before you get that good 10.5X mineshaft air!!!!!!!!!!
07-04-2010, 10:35 AM
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Good thinking capt. Reido. However to achieve that I need to practice running the car, shifting, launching, maybe eak out a little more power, weight out of the car and figure out a good clutch to use.