First time out at the track ever!!
04-05-2009, 02:16 PM
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First time out at the track ever!! Well went up to Bowling Green yesterday to the 1/4 track to get some times and to practice with the car. I borrowed some BFG drag radials from a buddy so I had to learn how to drive the car with those too. They are TOTALLY different from street tires and well now I want some! 
Anyways, trying to drive a high powered manual car is pretty fun. It is a blast when you get it down though. I only had two passes and the first one was a pretty big wash. I didnt do a long enough burn out, didnt launch at a high enough RPM and missed 4th because I was trying too hard.
Second run I did everything pretty good. Had a huge 8-10 second burnout to get the tires hot. Launched around 4500 RPMS (still too low though) and shifted pretty good in my mind. So for the first time out EVER at a dragstrip I think I did all right.
Here is the second run.
60'..........2.021
330'.........5.693
1/8..........8.692
1/8 MPH....84.07
1000'........11.182
1/4...........13.313
1/4 MPH.....106.13
All in all, it was fun. I need some more seat time but with my mods I could break into the 12s with good driving.
BTW, turn off your TC before attempting your burnout!
Anyways, trying to drive a high powered manual car is pretty fun. It is a blast when you get it down though. I only had two passes and the first one was a pretty big wash. I didnt do a long enough burn out, didnt launch at a high enough RPM and missed 4th because I was trying too hard.
Second run I did everything pretty good. Had a huge 8-10 second burnout to get the tires hot. Launched around 4500 RPMS (still too low though) and shifted pretty good in my mind. So for the first time out EVER at a dragstrip I think I did all right.
Here is the second run.
60'..........2.021
330'.........5.693
1/8..........8.692
1/8 MPH....84.07
1000'........11.182
1/4...........13.313
1/4 MPH.....106.13
All in all, it was fun. I need some more seat time but with my mods I could break into the 12s with good driving.
BTW, turn off your TC before attempting your burnout!
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I know, I was pretty happy for literally my first good run out.
Yea, the launch is pretty damn tricky but I had a friend who took his completely stock 99 SS to 12.9s so he was a huge help.
Yea, the launch is pretty damn tricky but I had a friend who took his completely stock 99 SS to 12.9s so he was a huge help.