Pio

Took her out to LACR again last night. LACR is one of the slowest tracks west of the Mississippi, where our buddies 580 hp 2004 Turbo Porsche ran a corrected best of 11.6 @ 122mph on his 2nd pass (12.0 @119 on the slip). Info on why LACR is so crappy? Read the end of this thread.

Last Wednesday I was upset that I could only get the car to go 12.5@114 w/ a 2.00 60ft (corrected to 12.1@118 for sea-level) I knew the car had 11 second potential so we convinced a good friend who's is a pretty decent driver to go out and race with us- this guy had never been in my car until last night and bam -

first run 12.41 @116.7 2.07 60 ft
second run 12.40 @ 117.9 2.23 60 ft
third run 12.45 @ 108.1 2.06 60 ft (missed 3rd)
Fourth run 12.32 @ 113.6 2.09 60 ft (missed 4th)
Final run 12.18 @ 117.3 2.09 60 ft

That 12.18 @ 117.3 corrected is an 11.81 @ 120.8 - had my friend known that car better (remember - he hadn't even sat inside it til last night) I bet he would've cut a better 60 ft and gotten a 12.0 at LACR. I learned a bunch about how to launch the car last night and planning on going back soon to get that 12.0 which would be an 11.6 with Toyo RA 1's out back. Will report back when better times are had.

Another Vette with 440 rwhp and 4.10 gears just wasn't hooking & was having tranny issues- saw him run a 12.7 - If your reading this, please report on your best time.

For those who dont know why LACR's such a slow track.

A.its 2,700 ft above sea level. I'm told the horrid DA augments the altitude at times making the track "feel" or "perform like its much higher up.

B.Its an extremely dusty / sandy track & usually has a nice Antelope Valley wind that is almost never at your tail.

C. And of course our friends that run 15 second imports (we're in LA, remember) drive through the water box, then dust of the water a bit on their way to making the starting area as wet as a teenagers bed on Mtv's Room Raiders. There are a lot of import racers that do it right, much respect to them and a bunch of really quick 4 bangersits the newbies that mess up the starting area for the rest of us

FYI - Correction factor for LACR according to NHRA on their web sight is .97 for et and 1.03 for mph.

DocT

Very nice runs on such a track!

algws6

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i would kill for that kind of DA. try running over here, our track is at 4200' and DA is usually never less than 4500'.

Pio

What are some regular times up there. Damn, I thought LACR was crappy...

algws6

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cam, bolt ons, gears, ccw drag pack i ran a 12.01 last month. a budy of mine did a 11.7 last night with heads, cam, bolt ons, and ccw drag pack. yup i sucks pretty bad up here. congrats on your time.

NX74LS6

Ofcourse the LACR website gives a correction factor that NEVER changes which is horribly wrong . In the winter at near 10.00 pm the DA has dropped to as LOW as 1800'. However on the opposite side of the spectrum in the hot summer days the DA can be as high as 5800'. LACR's correction can be off by as much as .3 !! Case in point I had a '79 T/A 403 /700R4 at LACR it ran 14.68 all day ( I know it's slow - I'm not bragging) on a hot day the correction was 14.23 @ 96.9 6 days later I went to Carlsbad ( sea-level) and ran a 14.00 @ 99.1 . Case 2 '01 SS A4 with just a bullet , MAF , MAFT, FTRA in the hot nights of LACR ran 13.55 @ 103.5 ( corrected 13.14 @ 106.1) a week later went to Carlsbad and with a weaker 60' (2.00 LACR - 2.07) I ran a 12.96 @ 108 !! Again correction factor had my car slower than it was . At the time of Pio's Z's 12.18 the DA was 2608' at 9.30 pm. The track prep at LACR is pretty poor on the Wed. and Fri night test and tunes the imports drag water all over the launch area. While its' not unusual to see guys at Atco rip off 1.80 60' on street tires and stock SL1 F-Bods run 12.8 BONE STOCK you won't see that here in CA . I had the pleasure of running at Mission Raceway in VCR B.C. Canada . The track is 22' above sea level the DA when I was there was an absurd 550' BELOW sea level- submarine racing. Track prep was fantastic and at the time my '97 T/A ran 2 tenths quicker than Carlsbad. A guy I was racing had a '96 Z28 A4 with just exhaust and he was pulling off low 1.9 60's and 13.66 @ 100. He didn't even have a filter !! There's no doubt if Pio brought his car to Mission Raceway he could run an 11.6 with little trouble. It's not that the drivers from CA suck it's just we have a few 'handicaps' to deal with.

Flash99

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Well if your going to LACR to get wonderful timeslips, as you already know its not gonna happen. Anyone who's ever been there, knows that track stinks to high heaven. Its a little better in the summertime with the heat on it, and I plan to go alot this summer. Traction in the winter is non-existent. Heres my video from 3 weeks ago on street tires and 18" Z06 Chrome Wheels.

http://video.ls1tech.com/video/0FFD4...1E6AEAA674.htm

Pio

Wow, 117+ thats great mph @ LACR - What are your mods? Noticed in your sig you have an M5 - there was a brand new one there last Friday - guy wasn't driving very well, 14.0 @ 104. Hope to meet up at LACR sometime!

1fastz

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me and my buddies go to bakerfields track, much much better times!!!!.. im sure you would hit mid 11's with your setup for sure.... i dont have nearly as much power as you and im hitting pretty good times

M3Corvette

Man that sounds like one slow *** track!

Flash99

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It is thats for sure. Looking forward to breaking 11's in my goat soon there. Fontana is easy on the motor.

Questsi

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My best at LACR is an 11.5 @ 121 with 17" ET streets. At Famoso, I ran an 11.5 @ 125 with 18" Nitto DR's with a slower 60 ft and grinding 4th gear.

Pio

Wow, I posted this over a year ago. Can't believe its still around. Anyways, this car is getting some work done to it and should be a bit stronger very soon.

LACR is a crappy track for great e.t.'s but at least it gets us off the streets.
BTW- the 12.1 was acheived with a faulty MAF.