temp affect track times???
temp affect track times??? long story short i usually run 8.30-8.50's in the 1/8 2.2-2.3 60' with my FRC i have lg LT's no cats vortex intake ported tb and 180 therm. mph usually 89 those speeds and times were with nittos with outside temp around 70-75 degrees. i went today with new setup linelock, MT et street radials i was hoping for sum great times, anyway temp today was 98 degrees track temp was around 135 degrees and the best i could muster was a 8.0 at 88 mph with my best ever 60' 1.80. i have run 1.96 60' and ran a 8.11 so with my new 60' my et should have been lower 7.80-7.90 so i'am blaming the heat for my lost in et AM I RIGHT???
long story short i usually run 8.30-8.50's in the 1/8 2.2-2.3 60' with my FRC i have lg LT's no cats vortex intake ported tb and 180 therm. mph usually 89 those speeds and times were with nittos with outside temp around 70-75 degrees. i went today with new setup linelock, MT et street radials i was hoping for sum great times, anyway temp today was 98 degrees track temp was around 135 degrees and the best i could muster was a 8.0 at 88 mph with my best ever 60' 1.80. i have run 1.96 60' and ran a 8.11 so with my new 60' my et should have been lower 7.80-7.90 so i'am blaming the heat for my lost in et AM I RIGHT???
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As mentioned above, summer time can drop your times by 2-5 tenths in the 1/4 (about 1-3 in the 1/8) depending on set-up. Read the stickies to see if you can correction factor it, or at the very least record what conditions you ran these times in to compare it to cooler fall/winter air.
Derek
Derek
thanks that makes me feel a little better i am hoping for 7.80's in better weather , i plan on installing a ls6 intake manifold, mgw shifter, and a new clutch (ANY SUGGESTIONS???) then we will see what happens maybe 7.60's!
