well on my last run of the night at sac speedway i hit a 14.865 at 92.793 mph the only reason it was my last is that I broke out and went faster than the 15.0 i thought i would run.....my two previous runs were a 15.834 and a 15.361 Well for my first time at the track i was very happy with my 14 sec pass, hope to go next week and hit some even lower et's

my mods are:
aem cai
apexi n1 cat back
c's short shifter (and energy suspension)
Nitto 450 in 205/50/15

also my R has 34,000 miles on it


Modified by TypeRPaul at 8:01 AM 10/23/2003

 

pretty good. BTW, what was your R/T and 60'?

 

yeah, post your slip so's we can disect it.

 

thats pretty good, right about where you should be. you might be able to shave off a couple tenths more though. 60ft is key

 

Reaction time: .685
I1: 2.381
I2: 6.331
I3: 9.639
MPH (I3): 74.458
I4: 12.444

E.T.: 14.865
MPH: 92.793

there you guys go...i have no idea how to read these so any help would be appreciated....btw my first run reaction time was a blistering 1.217 reaction time....quite an improvement in only 3 runs for me, I think

 

Work to get that 60' time down to 2.2 and you will see great times

 

Update, hit the track yesterday again and did pretty damn good,still cant get my et below 14.8 though . I was able to stay in until the third heat(11 cars left for my group) and was eaten by a very good wrx driver who cut a .583 light to my .676 Anyways here is my slip for my best et....any advice is welcome

r/t : .777
I1 : 2.328
I2 : 6.286
I3 : 9.586
MPH(I3) 74.564
I4 : 12.387

ET : 14.802
MPH 93.825

 

how are you "launching" the car? Are you just dumping the clutch and spinning the tires? if so you need to feather the clutch more and dont spin the tires so much(if at all) and that will bring your 60ft down some. Hold revs at about 4-5K and when it gets to the last yellow bulb, let the clutch out slower and try not to smoke the tires.

 

yea im still having problems with my launch....i think im getting to much tire spin and then it seems like the car seems to bog down for a while before i get into vtec...so 4-5k...i was launching at 3800 last night...btw what tire pressure should i run?....the nitto's say max is 35 psi and i ran 23 psi last night...is this to low?

 

Nitto drag radials? or street tires? If they are street tires Id probably run them around 15-18psi and heat them up some. It kinda depends on the conditions though and many street tires dont really get sticky no matter how much you heat them up.

 

nah they are nitto 450's ....not the 555's so yea they are street tires....15-18 psi really...ok...souns good to me just have to drive really slow on the way home from the track...lol

 

the track should have an air station somewhere on premises so you dont have to drive home on low pressure.

 

Yea, those are pretty good.. the best I could do my first time was 15.1, but a trap of 93.xxx mph.... my launch times were horrendus... i wish i had my timeslip with me so i can get the exact 60 foot times, but they were pretty bad..

 

trap seems a little low, I think you should be around 94 mph..what was the altitude of the track?

Oh yeah slip the clutch more ~4K and spin the tires going up to the lights to get any stones, etc.. off you should be able to get a 2.1 60 and go mid 14s