At what rpm are you Nitto and Comp TA guys launching. I'm using 215/50-15 ADVAN A048 SS compound with 10~12psi. I usually launch at 5300rpm with some wheel spin and my best launch has been a 2.1sec 60ft time. I need to get my 60ft times down to 1.9 so I will be more competitive with the purposely built 1/8 mile cars over here. If I launch below 5k rpm the engine bogs too much and if I go over 5800rpm all I do is spin. I just repaired the clutch switch for my Hondata so I'm hoping I will be able to get lower and more consistent 60ft times. One of these days I'm going to get a set of the new Comp TA's but until then I'm gonna stick with my A048's until they die. I don't want Nitto's because the side walls are stiffer and the compound is harder than the A048's.

I always catch the Starlet that has beats me at the lights and his ET's are faster because of his 1.7~1.9 60ft times. I can't wait until the 1/4 mile race this fall because that lil' Starlet runs out of juice after the 1/8 mile mark.

oops.. we are running less than 1/8 mile since the track is only 150m (200m=1/8mile) but my best time was a 7.6sec @ 130kph to his 7.5 @122 kph.

The Starlet also has a $7k engine that runs 1.5bar of boost to my .55bar. I might turn the boost up to .7bar for the next race but I don't want to kill this engine before the other two are built.

My LS Teg FD finally arrived so I will also be using an LS gearset for the next event on April 28. I'm looking to run 7.5 @ 135kph!

 

I guess I shoulda posted a pic of nekkid JDM honeys or something.

Here's a pic from a my first 3/4 of an 1/8 event. The guy on the right under the hut is HKS driver T. Kawasaki. I think he enjoyed destroying my name all day.

 

What kind of Mickey Mouse operation are they running over there?

 

hey... i nkow why your loseing...

Your sitting on the wrong side of the car.... you need to sit over behind the steering wheel and the gas pedal....

 

I think you are right bro'! I guess my mailman dreams are getting to me again !

 

That's the most ghetto drag strip I've ever seen.

 

4500-5000

 

i guess you've never been to 75/80 raceway in maryland. talk about ghetto.

 

do they time it with a stop watch? jinxproof99...you in MD? im in va...1

 

OMG you got a USDM front end conversion.. wehre did you find one of those.. i have been lookign for months for one of those


goes to show you some of the nicest guys fall into that USDM fad....

 

Hey, if USDM stuff is so tiite over there, see if anyone wants to buy this D15B2 I have laying around. It's chock full of juicy USDM goodness. *throws up gang signs*

****, I'll even throw in some USDM 13" steelies too!

 

Strip may be ghetto but it's better than losing my license or going to jail for dragging on the streets. Track has a professional light and system that measures RT, ET, 60ft,330ft, 660ft, 1320ft and speed. 660 and 1320 aren't used since the track area is limited.

USDM frontend... bwahahahahahahah... The 4 light frontend was available in Japan before being released anywhere else.


[Modified by Dee, 9:32 PM 8/1/2002]

 

Hehe, how weird that someone said that. I just PM's Dee the other night asking about this.....heres a copy of our conversation.