got the car back a few days ago and i havent been in a few months, so im goin to go see how much the s/c helped me.... my best b4 was an 8.79 at 82 but i normally ran 9.0-9.2... i will be very happy for a 7.9 hoping for atleast low 8s and a sub 2 60'.. best so far is 2.031

 

goodluck. Have you practiced launching the car yet to try and control your wheelspin?

I remember I had to learn how to launch all over again when I was turbo due to excessive wheelpin in 1st and 2nd.

 

yea, ive practiced it a few times and its weird sometimes i have no problem then sometimes at 50 the tires spin... just got to get used to it..... did just get done playing with an evo9 mr with a few mods and i was right next to him from 30-70, then 40-70, then from 20-90 i starting pullin on him...

 

so the track wasnt prepped at all... was only 2 people there... 1st and 2nd gear was a joke.... did get my best time so far on last run.. trapped way high for what i ran.. tires breaking lose the whole way.. think i can easily get low 8s maybe even 7s with good prep and some slicks... was on my stock 245 rears...


ran it 6 times
1st run
60': 2.34
et: 9.50
mph: 84.04

2nd run

60:2.281
et: 8.971
mph: 84.4

3rd run

60 2.367
et 8.95
mph 86.78

4th run- car wouldnt shift to 3rd

60: 2.25
et: 9.29
mph: 66.05

5th run

60: 2.33
et: 8.89
mph: 85.99

6th run

60: 2.154
et: 8.66
mph: 89.87

 

I still don't get why people run 1/8th miles. If 1/8th mile drag is your thing. Then why not just get an AWD turbo car and be done with?

 

sometimes, that's all you have around the area and not enough 1/4 miles open every week...

 

1/8 mile is useless for me before I get traction it's over

 

yeah i was bout to say, its the only damn track around here... not like im saying yeah lets skip the 1/4mile track. id love to run the 1/4 just none close enough to me

 

you can use the 1/8th to practice launching and your 1/8 ET if that is all you have near you until you get to a 1/4 track.

If you can get your 1/8th into the low 8's or high 7's you know you are a 12sec car for sure.

The runs were getting faster as you started finding your car's new sweet spot.

 

yea i woulda stayed all day and learned how to launch it better but i just got it back and really didnt want to blow something up yet... there was only me and a n/a 300zx there.. he broke on 4th run... track was dead but i had to see what it had... very happy with trapping 89.9mph though..

 

1/8 mile is a great place to get a lot of runs and get your 60' down... if you cant get a decent 1/8 mile ET, you won't have a good 1/4 mile. It's a great opportunity to see what your car is doing and what tweaks are needed for quicker ET. Besides, when else can you go from dead stop to 80 in the equivalent of one street block (safely and legally)? I’ve seen MANY cars do 1/8 in low 5 seconds!!! That’s a friggen ROCKET! (it would take most ppl out here almost twice that long.

The local 1/8 mile track is what will help us AT guys get a fix for the power cut form brake torque launch (throttle and brake at same time) – next time I’m there I’m going to data log a bunch of stuff for UpRev to analyze and hopefully figure out a way to over-ride it… The ¼ mile tracks around do not have enough runs to get the data I need… when I run ¼ mile I don’t have time to tinker with data logging or tweaking (or determining what changes are needed for the car) – that’s what the 1/8 is for.

Why is an 1/8 mile pointless to ppl? - My guess is its ppl that don’t have a clue (like many things on the forum unfortunately).

 

some people just dont have a clue and never done it b4

 

^^^1/8 mile is useless period (I have done it before), but drag racing is teh ghey.

 

then why r u in the drag section if its ghey? just giving you ****... im in one of those moods now...

 

you must have been smoked by too many others.