Back to the Track!
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Staging Lane
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From: Salina, KS
Back to the Track! Well, made my first trip up to Richmond Dragway tonight...haven't been to a track since July '08. Weird night but had fun nonetheless.
It was about 80*F, humidity wasn't too bad though I can't give you a number. Car was hot the whole time--1hr drive up from Newport News and jumped right in the staging lane. Didn't have a whole lot of time since I got there around 8pm and they close the lanes at 9:30 so I basically just hot-lapped it all night. Only got in 5 runs.
Best run was 14.20 @ 97.4
2.07 60'
Compare that to my overall best time back in San Antonio:
13.89 @ 99.9
2.08 60' <--
I ran the 13.89 before I got the cat-back and only had intake + downpipe. How is it that I can run a better 60' tonight with the cat-back but lose .3 sec and 2.5 mph? I always thought the exhaust would hurt the 60' but give a better ET and trap speed...
I know there are many many variables in play here, and I'm definitely no expert. What do you guys think?
It was about 80*F, humidity wasn't too bad though I can't give you a number. Car was hot the whole time--1hr drive up from Newport News and jumped right in the staging lane. Didn't have a whole lot of time since I got there around 8pm and they close the lanes at 9:30 so I basically just hot-lapped it all night. Only got in 5 runs.
Best run was 14.20 @ 97.4
2.07 60'
Compare that to my overall best time back in San Antonio:
13.89 @ 99.9
2.08 60' <--
I ran the 13.89 before I got the cat-back and only had intake + downpipe. How is it that I can run a better 60' tonight with the cat-back but lose .3 sec and 2.5 mph? I always thought the exhaust would hurt the 60' but give a better ET and trap speed...
I know there are many many variables in play here, and I'm definitely no expert. What do you guys think?
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Well weather/ altitude could be hurting your top end power, and its not that much better of a 60 foot. If u went from a 2.08 to a 1.98 Thats a different story. Plus being hot kills these cars. My best runs have always been my second to last. i usually get like 3-4 runs then let the car cool. and run 2-3 more runs after that. once i let the beast cool it always runs way better. I have dropped from a 15.6XX when ariving at a T&T night down to a 15.15 after sun drops and car cools, This is at banidmere speedway... No my car isnt broke 
On The Tree
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From: Sherwood OR
What are you guys doing to get 60' times like that?
What tires are you running?
I've only made a couple of runs with mine but my 60' times were 2.2 - 2.4 but still got a 13.88 but she feels like there is so much more...
What tires are you running?
I've only made a couple of runs with mine but my 60' times were 2.2 - 2.4 but still got a 13.88 but she feels like there is so much more...
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Staging Lane
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Salina, KS
Well weather/ altitude could be hurting your top end power, and its not that much better of a 60 foot. If u went from a 2.08 to a 1.98 Thats a different story. Plus being hot kills these cars. My best runs have always been my second to last. i usually get like 3-4 runs then let the car cool. and run 2-3 more runs after that. once i let the beast cool it always runs way better. I have dropped from a 15.6XX when ariving at a T&T night down to a 15.15 after sun drops and car cools, This is at banidmere speedway... No my car isnt broke
Not following you...
Very good!
I've had the itch for a while now and since moving here and having another kid in January it's just been a matter making time to head up to Richmond. I'm gonna try to head up there again probably early July...then it starts getting pretty hot so I'll not go again until September at least. With cooler temps I'm confident I can run at least a 13.8 again. *crosses fingers*Practice, practice, practice. These cars are very hard to launch just right and the only advice I can give is to find that sweet spot where you can first ease into the throttle and stomp on it when the time is right. I brake torque it to about 2500rpm. Of course, grippy tires help a lot. The first time I ran the 13.89 I was running the stock Bridgestones w/about 15k miles on them. The tread hadn't quite worn off yet. Now I have Federal SS595 with less than 2k miles on them so they hook up pretty good. I actually ran a 1.99 60' once with an ET of 13.91 @ 99.53 FWIW.
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Staging Lane
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From: Salina, KS
Just for comparison sake, there was a Charger R/T there last night that was running 14.5-14.6 all night. Didn't talk to the guy to see if it was modded or not. Looked like he was launching ok; looked like he knew what he was doing at least. Also was a newer model Mustang GT running pretty much identical numbers as me--14.2s and the like. Seemed like a lot of cars running slower than I think they should have been running...
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From: Sherwood OR
Different days/tracks - don't look too much into it.
For instance, I ran 14.2 @ 98 with an intake earlier this year.
Got a catback, downpipe, and a tune, and ran 14.3 @ 98 my last time out. Humidity was up and was about 40 degrees warmer - around 95 degrees. My goal was to match my old time, but with DR's I should be able to be well into the 13's with cooler temps.
For instance, I ran 14.2 @ 98 with an intake earlier this year.
Got a catback, downpipe, and a tune, and ran 14.3 @ 98 my last time out. Humidity was up and was about 40 degrees warmer - around 95 degrees. My goal was to match my old time, but with DR's I should be able to be well into the 13's with cooler temps.
Launching!
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From: Springfield MO
I ran a 14.02 at 98 on nexon n3000's with a 1.98 60' last fall. went to the track last weekend with hoosier drs on the front and could not break 14.10 and my 60' times were 2.1x all night. Temp was in the upper 90's and very humid. combine temp humidity and the fact that the dr's were too short 245/35/18s screwed my times up all over the place.
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Staging Lane
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From: Salina, KS
http://richmonddragway.com/ver9/
19 June 2009
14.20 was at 9:08pm
13.89 was at San Antonio Raceway (San Antonio, TX)
http://www.sanantonioraceway.com/
16 May 2008
9:47pm
(I've saved every timeslip I ever got
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