Back to the track this week.....

[Mike P]

Well, it's been long enough since my last trip out to the drag strip. So my local track in Stanton, MI has test and tune this Wednesday 5/20 (from 4:30pm - 9:30pm), and also this Friday 5/22 (from 5pm - 10pm).

Although I still do not have my drag radials & tires. I am going to give it a go again on the crappy Goodyear RSAs - 18" :puke:

I may even try launching in 2nd gear a few times, because 1st gear melts the tires for the 1st 90 feet.

Obviously I know I need drag radials & I am getting them, but in the mean time, I've gotta try to improve on my 12.65 :nud:

I'm not even sure how much torque management I have in my current tune? I may have to go to get a ECM/TCM re-tune. I'm not sure if it will help?

Anyway, I think I will most likely go on this Friday's session.


...

[Darkside]

Good luck Mike, you'll need it on those tires. I'm hoping to have slicks by the end of the week, and hopefully hit the track next week.

[Mike P]

Darkside:

What wheels are you going with?


...

[-Ray-]

Mike I'll be racing tomorrow for the 1st time since last year. Our track opened last week and I was in Michigan.
I'm running the stockers too.

[Bhuge]

I hope to get to Milan soon, but it probably won't be this week.

[Mike P]

Mike I'll be racing tomorrow for the 1st time since last year. Our track opened last week and I was in Michigan.
I'm running the stockers too.


Good Luck Ray! I haven't talked to you (directly) in the longest time, it seems like.

Let us know what you run at the track. Good luck & talk to you later!



- Mike - :)



...

[edmanet]

Good Luck guys......I might also go on WED. I'll just have to remember to take some extra wire tires. LMAO


Mike if you lived closer I'd let you try my DRs out.

[fastg8mi]

wow i was going to say maybe ill join you but i just google maped the strip from me in new baltimore and its like 3 and a half hours. milan's only like an hour so im going to stick with going there haha. good luck though

[chipman283]

Hey Ray do you ever go to ORP?

[Mike P]

Good Luck guys......I might also go on WED. I'll just have to remember to take some extra wire tires. LMAO


Mike if you lived closer I'd let you try my DRs out.


Roy:

It's funny that you say that, because I'm kind of between jobs right now. (The wife definitely brings home the bacon). And I don't start until the end of June. I was really thinking on coming out to Maryland to either MIR, Capitol, or the other place that you, Robert, & Reggie go to.

If you guys are going to go to the track between now & the end of June, definitely PM me & let me know.



...

[GeorgeInNePa]

Roy:

It's funny that you say that, because I'm kind of between jobs right now. (The wife definitely brings home the bacon). And I don't start until the end of June. I was really thinking on coming out to Maryland to either MIR, Capitol, or the other place that you, Robert, & Reggie go to.

If you guys are going to go to the track between now & the end of June, definitely PM me & let me know.



...

Cecil County, Md.?

[Mike P]

Thanks George you are so astute! :)

Yep: MIR, Capitol, or Cecil....



...

[-Ray-]

Hey Ray do you ever go to ORP?

Yes, I'll be there tonight. You coming down? Mike, you don't mind if I share the thread do ya? :)

[edmanet]

Thanks George you are so astute! :)

Yep: MIR, Capitol, or Cecil....

...

We usually go to Capitol or Cecil. PLus another track 75/80 just reopened. I also like to go to ATCO[NJ] every once in awhile. The air is always good there...maybe 2 to 3 tenths.


Let me see if I can get some guys together for WED 5/27. Cecil has test and tunes on WED nights. Would next WED be good for you ??

[Devilish34]

We usually go to Capitol or Cecil. PLus another track 75/80 just reopened. I also like to go to ATCO[NJ] every once in awhile. The air is always good there...maybe 2 to 3 tenths.


Let me see if I can get some guys together for WED 5/27. Cecil has test and tunes on WED nights. Would next WED be good for you ??

If you put something together let me know..

[Mike P]

Yes, I'll be there tonight. You coming down? Mike, you don't mind if I share the thread do ya? :)


I don't mind at all...... :)



...

[Mike P]

We usually go to Capitol or Cecil. PLus another track 75/80 just reopened. I also like to go to ATCO[NJ] every once in awhile. The air is always good there...maybe 2 to 3 tenths.


Let me see if I can get some guys together for WED 5/27. Cecil has test and tunes on WED nights. Would next WED be good for you ?


Roy:

Next Wednesday 5/27 might be kind of soon. I was thinking maybe somewhere during the first 1/2 of June?

I'll PM with you & will give you my cell number and stuff.

Do you guys ever run on the weekends? If so, which dragstrip?



...

[-Ray-]

Mike,
My best 60 was 2.040, I ran a 8.444 1/8 mile.
My best 1/4 mile was 13.733 @ 82.66 with a 2.193 60'

[GeorgeInNePa]

Thanks George you are so astute! :)

Yep: MIR, Capitol, or Cecil....



...

Thanks, I work out and try to keep fit...

[GeorgeInNePa]

Mike,
My best 60 was 2.040, I ran a 8.444 1/8 mile.
My best 1/4 mile was 13.733 @ 82.66 with a 2.193 60'

Today?

[-Ray-]

Today?

Yes sir.

[Mike P]

Mike,
My best 60 was 2.040, I ran a 8.444 1/8 mile.
My best 1/4 mile was 13.733 @ 82.66 with a 2.193 60'


Ray:


Hmmmmmmm, I would have guessed that you'd be running way faster than that?

:hmm:


...

[-Ray-]

Ray:


Hmmmmmmm, I would have guessed that you'd be running way faster than that?

:hmm:


...

1/8 mile isn't bad. I wasn't running a 1/4 mile. I didn't have a helmet so I had to back peddle.
I thought 13.7 was pretty good considering it was only 80 mph.

[GeorgeInNePa]

1/8 mile isn't bad. I wasn't running a 1/4 mile. I didn't have a helmet so I had to back peddle.
I thought 13.7 was pretty good considering it was only 80 mph.

Why didn't you run it out the back door on the last pass? If they told you to go home, it wouldn't have made a difference.

[-Ray-]

It's my home track. I'll run it out when I'm wearing a helmet.

[jbradsh1]

Why didn't you run it out the back door on the last pass? If they told you to go home, it wouldn't have made a difference.

Till next time he goes there. :spank:

[Mike P]

Yea, Ray - 8.4 in the 1/8 mile means that your are easily in the 12's :)

Nice.....



...

[Darkside]

Darkside:

What wheels are you going with?


...

Found a pair of FREE F-body 17" wheels. Going to buy some MT ET Streets.

[GeorgeInNePa]

Till next time he goes there. :spank:

I'm assuming he'd be smart enough to bring his helmet next time.

[Mike P]

Found a pair of FREE F-body 17" wheels. Going to buy some MT ET Streets.



Hey Darkside:

What are the specs on the F-body 17" wheels. I'm thinking about just checking out some junkyards in Saginaw, MI for 2 wheels like those.

To mount some MT ET Street Drag Radials on them......



...

[johnh]

I so need to get back to the track...but work and wife are not cooperating...don't they know I need to improve my times!

[edmanet]

MIke you ever make it to the track ??

[Mike P]

I so need to get back to the track...but work and wife are not cooperating...don't they know I need to improve my times!


They should totally know! :)




MIke you ever make it to the track ??


I didn't get a chance to go this week (Friday 5/22). I'm going to go in the next week or so. Maybe on a Saturday or Sunday - and I'm going to see if I can meet up with Jesse aka BigWillys58 from Cadilac, MI.

I can't wait to run again, hopefully with drag radials.

Roy, if I have to I'll come out to Maryland! :)



...

[Superdave]

Yeah, I don't think you will get no where without some kind of tires. Pointless to try really! You have a beast there! :)

[edmanet]

Yeah, I don't think you will get no where without some kind of tires. Pointless to try really! You have a beast there! :)

I agree. I ran 12.90 @ 116 on street tires. With no changes except for bolting some DRS on and getting some good air I ran that 11.95.

[johnh]

I don't think you will get no where without some kind of tires.

Yep, I've seem him spin, spin, spin....lol

[-Ray-]

Mike,
Going to the track in a hour or so. I have my drag radials mounted. It's only 70 degrees!
George, I got my helmet today, so I'll be sure and be smart about taking it with me. :)
Any guess on what I'll run?
BTW, how much air so I need in the MT Streets on the way to the track?

[Mike P]

Mike,
Going to the track in a hour or so. I have my drag radials mounted. It's only 70 degrees!
George, I got my helmet today, so I'll be sure and be smart about taking it with me. :)
Any guess on what I'll run?
BTW, how much air so I need in the MT Streets on the way to the track?


I don't believe in drag racing..... :rofl:

Good luck Ray! Cut some sub 2.0 60 foot times and let the chips fall where they may! You've got wheels & tires now..... Awesome!

I just ordered my MT ET Street Radials from Summit Racing today. They will be here before this Friday! :)

P.S. - Last night I went to go smoke a Parliment in my driveway and it was in the upper 50's last night! I was like.... "Perfect weather for the track!"

Good luck! And let us know how you do!


...

[Mike P]

Ray:

I can't wait to see what times you run, because you have all the sweet mods done except for the camshaft.

I guess I'll put a guess in..............

I say 12.41 @ 111mph




...

[-Ray-]

Ray:

I can't wait to see what times you run, because you have all the sweet mods done except for the camshaft.

I guess I'll put a guess in..............

I say 12.41 @ 111mph




...

If I did that George will be upset. I'll have to go to Atco to run that time. I'm hoping for a 12.7 with a 1.8 60 ft.

[Devilish34]

Mike,
Going to the track in a hour or so. I have my drag radials mounted. It's only 70 degrees!
George, I got my helmet today, so I'll be sure and be smart about taking it with me. :)
Any guess on what I'll run?
BTW, how much air so I need in the MT Streets on the way to the track?


Charles will never race his car bc he's too scared

Ray 12.65@ 113.89 with a 1.789 RT :)
1.9 60'

18-20psi I believe

[GRRRR8]

Ray start out with 18psi and about a 7-10 sec burnout.

[norm8332]

Ray start out with 18psi and about a 7-10 sec burnout.

Get that nitrous installed yet? Did you say july 3?

[edmanet]

Get that nitrous installed yet? Did you say july 3?

I'm glad you said that.

[edmanet]

Ray start out with 18psi and about a 7-10 sec burnout.

You beat me to it.

And in good air....12.65

[-Ray-]

I didn't come close. My best 60' was 1.95 and I ran 13.06.
Tires are too short. It was shifting into 4th, or hitting the rev limiter 1/2 sec. before the traps. I'll need Kirk to adjust my tune.
I also spun with 18 psi.
Zero track prep, but I had fun and met more people.

[Devilish34]

I didn't come close. My best 60' was 1.95 and I ran 13.06.
Tires are too short. It was shifting into 4th, or hitting the rev limiter 1/2 sec. before the traps. I'll need Kirk to adjust my tune.
I also spun with 18 psi.
Zero track prep, but I had fun and met more people.

Thats all that mattered....what track?

[-Ray-]

Orp

[GRRRR8]

I am going to mount a walker to the front of your car Ray! :nah:

Better track prep, 1.80 60fter and you are solid in the 12s.

[GRRRR8]

Get that nitrous installed yet? Did you say july 3?


I'm glad you said that.

Funny. :) Roy I hope you are keeping the 11.90s warm. I dont think I will do better then a 11.80, if that in this weather.

[-Ray-]

Maybe i should stop drag racing.

[GRRRR8]

Maybe i should stop drag racing.

Hell no! Practice practice practice. You are making good power. A few tweaks to the tune and some launch practice and you are there. Hell I remember the 1st time ran your car and look how much better you are doing.

[edmanet]

Funny. :) Roy I hope you are keeping the 11.90s warm. I dont think I will do better then a 11.80, if that in this weather.

I hope you get an 11.80. That'll give me something to shoot for. LMAO

Ray don't give up....practice your launch and get those changes made to your tune. Don't feel bad I ran an 13.20 with 433hp earlier in the year. If it wasn't for a member here who took the time to coach me on the starting line I would have been hard pressed to make it to the 11s w/o his advice.

[Devilish34]

I hope you get an 11.80. That'll give me something to shoot for. LMAO


1 kid is done with day care this September :devil:

[Mike P]

I hope you get an 11.80. That'll give me something to shoot for. LMAO

Ray don't give up....practice your launch and get those changes made to your tune. Don't feel bad I ran an 13.20 with 433hp earlier in the year. If it wasn't for a member here who took the time to coach me on the starting line I would have been hard pressed to make it to the 11s w/o his advice.


Ray: Don't give up drag racing! Like you said, they probably had really bad track prep.....


Roy: Can you please share that advice with me? As I will be going back to the track, not this Saturday, but next Sat. 7/11/09 in Ubly, MI :)


...

[GeorgeInNePa]

Ray:

I can't wait to see what times you run, because you have all the sweet mods done except for the camshaft.

I guess I'll put a guess in..............

I say 12.41 @ 111mph




...


If I did that George will be upset. I'll have to go to Atco to run that time. I'm hoping for a 12.7 with a 1.8 60 ft.

I wish Ray all the luck in the world...

as long as he's slower than me.

[GeorgeInNePa]

I didn't come close. My best 60' was 1.95 and I ran 13.06.
Tires are too short. It was shifting into 4th, or hitting the rev limiter 1/2 sec. before the traps. I'll need Kirk to adjust my tune.
I also spun with 18 psi.
Zero track prep, but I had fun and met more people.

What tires did you get?

ET Street or ST Street radial?

[-Ray-]

LOL
I can't stop, I'm addicted now.
George I got the MT Street radials. 3743r's. They are much smaller than the stock 19's.
I know there is no track prep on Tuesday night street legals. Indy Horse Power has the track this Sunday. Hopefully I post a new personal best.
I don't know why it sticks on the street but not at the track.

[GeorgeInNePa]

LOL
I can't stop, I'm addicted now.
George I got the MT Street radials. 3743r's. They are much smaller than the stock 19's.
I know there is no track prep on Tuesday night street legals. Indy Horse Power has the track this Sunday. Hopefully I post a new personal best.
I don't know why it sticks on the street but not at the track.

All that rubber on the track and any "dripping" get really greasy if there is no prep work done.

The street is very grippy because it has a coarse surface.

[-Ray-]

Sent an email to Kirk, he's going to work on my tune for me.

[wreckwriter]

Ray, how are you launching? Are you stalling it up or nailing it from idle?

[-Ray-]

I'm stalling it. I'm guessing around 2000, I can't see as I have my eyes on the last yellow light.

[wreckwriter]

I'm stalling it. I'm guessing around 2000, I can't see as I have my eyes on the last yellow light.

Try flashing it from idle.

[-Ray-]

I'll be at the track Sunday morning. Test and tune, then racing per class. I'll give that a shot. I really only have 3 runs on the tires. Each time I let out a little more air.

[wreckwriter]

try it. 2 reasons: less spin (at least for me) and since you need to keep your attention on the tree you'll never get consistent launches without a 2-step by stalling it up.

[dline]

ok what are the tips on drag racing these cars? launch techniques?? gear shifting???

[-Ray-]

ok what are the tips on drag racing these cars? launch techniques?? gear shifting???

Why don't you try reading the sticky's in this forum?

[Mike P]

ok what are the tips on drag racing these cars? launch techniques?? gear shifting???



Why don't you try reading the sticky's in this forum?


Yep, good place to start. You still may have questions after that read. And you may have questions after your first time at the track with the G8.



...

[dline]

sorry i was looking for general tips for racing these cars, the stickys are just general drag racing rules and tips.

like what mode should i have the shifter in? launching from idle?? what gear should i try to go thru the traps with, tire pressure with oem tires???.....seems other people are also looking asking for tips on racing these cars, guy above mentions how frustrating runs turned into 11s by a members tip on launching these cars.

[GeorgeInNePa]

ok what are the tips on drag racing these cars? launch techniques?? gear shifting???

What, if any, drag racing experience do you have?


What, if anything, has been done to your car?


Yes it makes a difference.

[dline]

probably have 80 runs down the strip in my stroker ram.

the car will have a tune and cai, when i hit the track and probably wont be super hot out.

[-Ray-]

sorry i was looking for general tips for racing these cars, the stickys are just general drag racing rules and tips.

like what mode should i have the shifter in? launching from idle?? what gear should i try to go thru the traps with, tire pressure with oem tires???.....seems other people are also looking asking for tips on racing these cars, guy above mentions how frustrating runs turned into 11s by a members tip on launching these cars.

A lot of this info has been posted already. You can imagine what it would be like if it needed to be re-posted every time someone asked.
If you have 80 runs on another vehicle, I'm sure you'll find the best methos for your car.
When I bought my G8, I had never raced down a strip before.