Seattle09GT
04-23-2011, 08:23 PM
There was a huge number of cars at the track today, and they were running multiple events. Car Club Challenge, Cash Attack, High School Drivers, Motorcycles, Pro Sport, and the mini drag racers. Only got four runs in from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM.
Weather was PERFECT, with just a slight head wind. The track was ass - a lot of complaints about it being poorly prepared.
The bottom line is a better driver would have very likely gotten my car into 13.0x today. I hit the traps over 107 MPH twice, and I have a new personal best, but I couldn't hook up on launch to save my life. On my second run my rear end broke out completely on the 1 - 2 shift - despite that I got over 106 MPH at the traps. Actually had my worst run ever today, a 13.807.
My best run 13.354 @ 105.85. Got bracketed up against a pro stock driver on the first round of CCCA (WTF, seriously, why the Hell are Pro Stock drivers allowed in the amateur CCCA event) so what a shock they were .02 on their R/T and .07 on their dial in. However I was flat footed on my launch, .22 - did better on my dial in of 13.300 (as I couldn't get a good launch I just took my best known time).
Given it was 4 PM and the first round of CCCA had just started it seemed very unlikely there would be any test and tunes.
I really tried everything - after I broke loose on the 1-2 shift I dropped my shift torque to 50%. Dropped my rears to 25 psi, traction control off, heater on full blast, AC off, etc. etc.
Drag radials will be here by the 5/7 event, hopefully better times - I'm hopeful with the good 1/4 mile speed - but with 60' times in the 2.1 to 2.2 range I've got to get the spin under control.
Weather was PERFECT, with just a slight head wind. The track was ass - a lot of complaints about it being poorly prepared.
The bottom line is a better driver would have very likely gotten my car into 13.0x today. I hit the traps over 107 MPH twice, and I have a new personal best, but I couldn't hook up on launch to save my life. On my second run my rear end broke out completely on the 1 - 2 shift - despite that I got over 106 MPH at the traps. Actually had my worst run ever today, a 13.807.
My best run 13.354 @ 105.85. Got bracketed up against a pro stock driver on the first round of CCCA (WTF, seriously, why the Hell are Pro Stock drivers allowed in the amateur CCCA event) so what a shock they were .02 on their R/T and .07 on their dial in. However I was flat footed on my launch, .22 - did better on my dial in of 13.300 (as I couldn't get a good launch I just took my best known time).
Given it was 4 PM and the first round of CCCA had just started it seemed very unlikely there would be any test and tunes.
I really tried everything - after I broke loose on the 1-2 shift I dropped my shift torque to 50%. Dropped my rears to 25 psi, traction control off, heater on full blast, AC off, etc. etc.
Drag radials will be here by the 5/7 event, hopefully better times - I'm hopeful with the good 1/4 mile speed - but with 60' times in the 2.1 to 2.2 range I've got to get the spin under control.