This was the first time I've been to a track to drag racemy car, It was a beautiful day, probably high 70's low 80's. It was at Gateway International Raceway in Illinois/Missouri. It was specially rented out, so there wasn't a crowd, I could race, drive back around and race again without waiting. Let me give you the heads up on my car...

93 Honda del Sol S with a B16A3 swap and a auto to manual swap, AEM Cold air intake, DC 4-2-1 header, exhaust, and AEM pullies. Heavy 16" rims in the back, stock 13" steelies in the front(only because I bent one of my good rims on a pothole), full interior, half tank of gas.

I don't have the timeslips for my first few runs because I didn't know they were printing them at the start line, but my first run was a 15.16, I can't remember what I got on my next 2 runs, but they were just a little worse than that. My best run was this...

R/T ... .519____ 1.098
60' ... 2.402____ 2.404
330 ... 6.621____ 6.480
1/8 ... 10.024 ____ 9.796
MPH ... 73.83 ____ 74.61
1000 ... 12.958____ 12.639
1/4 ... 15.413____ 15.058
MPH ... 91.14 ____ 93.12

I'm on the right, a RSX type S was on the left On one run I screwed up going into 3rd gear twice, and the RSX only beat me by .002 seconds

My buddy Terry got this time in my car...

R/T ... .713____ 1.004
60' ... 2.389 ____ 2.422
330 ... 6.498____ 6.589
1/8 ... 9.825 ____ 10.116
MPH ... 74.87 ____ 70.51
1000 ... 12.672____ 13.088
1/4 ... 15.090 ____ 15.584
MPH ... 93.27 ____ 90.94

My car is on the left. I know I can break into the 14's, I probably would have eventually with more practice, but it started raining. It was definitly fun though. It would be cool if you guys could critique my timeslips.

Mike Lohrman






[Modified by MikeTheVike, 4:57 PM 4/12/2002]

 

Work on your 60' times! You should be getting 2.2-2.3 (or lower?). I think your mph indicates that you could be significantly faster.

 

Yeah, my GSR runs 14.5@94, so you definately have the MPH, just work on launching.

 

Yeah, 60' times could be better. What tires and pressures were you running up front? With a better launch you'll definitely be in the high 14s.

 

I had the crappy 13" rims with some crappy tires, I don't even know the brand. I think the brand was actually different on the left and right side. So that definitly held me back. But thats good news to hear that I should be into the 14.6's!