what altitude is everyone racing at??

last time at the track i ran 13.60 @ 103.4 w/ 2.099 60'
weather was
60F
52Hum
30.24 bar.
i race in ks at an altitude of 1300 asl
im just trying to figure out why my car is a slow turd cause it seems like everyone else with similar mods is in the low 13's high 12's

so what are you guys runnin and what conditions and altitude

Atco Raceway - 93 ft.

;)

Originally posted by 5SPDCHK
Atco Raceway - 93 ft.

;)

What she said. I love that track.

NPR is sitting at 15 feet.

Up here it's Bandimere, 5800 ft! :(

Anywhere I travel to is lower than my local track.

Track elevation 3350
Typical race day density altitude 5000+

I think it's about 850ft, but the density altitiude is seldom less than ~1,800ft. One day two years ago it was like 400ft, there were lots of new bests (and lots of broken cars).

Rich Krause

4400ft with a normal DA between 7K-11K.

Welcome to the slowest NHRA track in the country.:D

Originally posted by GhostZ
4400ft with a normal DA between 7K-11K.

Welcome to the slowest NHRA track in the country.:D

:eek:

Ouch. Get into the 12's there though you could only imagine what would happen at sea level. :D

Rockingham is around 375 ft with a normal DA of 1000. Now my little 1/8 track I race at here on the coast is 50 ft and I have seen the DA as low as -650, that's good air.

Randy

Originally posted by GhostZ
4400ft with a normal DA between 7K-11K.


11,000 d.a.? Are you sure? I race at 4000' elevation and the highest I have ever heard of was about 7000' d.a. on a 100 degree summer day. I've had my car up to 8900' elevation and it was dog d!ck slow. It has never been even close that slow at 4000' ever.

Last year we had a couple of really bad days when the DA hit 7000 feet. I just wanted to go home and lie in the sun. It was too hot and muggy to race especially when you're in a fire jacket sitting in a black car in the staging lanes waiting for a track cleanup.

Originally posted by Steve Y
11,000 d.a.? Are you sure? I race at 4000' elevation and the highest I have ever heard of was about 7000' d.a. on a 100 degree summer day. I've had my car up to 8900' elevation and it was dog d!ck slow. It has never been even close that slow at 4000' ever.

Absolutely positive....I work for RMR.

:(

Originally posted by Fastbird93
:eek:

Ouch. Get into the 12's there though you could only imagine what would happen at sea level. :D

You're telling me.....N/A sucks up here. Old setup was running 13.2 on street tires. We'll see how the FI treats me.

:D

Gateway International Raceway = 400 ft.
Mid America Raceway = 515 ft.

DA's normally around 1000.

Originally posted by GhostZ
Absolutely positive....I work for RMR.

:(

What is RMR?

Originally posted by Steve Y
What is RMR?

Rocky Mountain Raceways

:D

Albuquerque Dragway 5,600 feet elevation. Have seen the da as high as 10,000 feet.


Land of 13 second stock Vipers and 14 second stock LS1's

from what i hear last year at RMR the lowest DA was around 5500 feet. i talked to a guy from denver that was on vacation with his car and he was running almost a half a second slower here then at bandimere (sp)

good ole utah i guess :rolleyes:

Originally posted by camaro_dave
from what i hear last year at RMR the lowest DA was around 5500 feet. i talked to a guy from denver that was on vacation with his car and he was running almost a half a second slower here then at bandimere (sp)

good ole utah i guess :rolleyes:

Yeah the lake air doesn't help our DA out at all.

And those Colorado boys always complain that they have a slow track ;)

Originally posted by camaro_dave
from what i hear last year at RMR the lowest DA was around 5500 feet. i talked to a guy from denver that was on vacation with his car and he was running almost a half a second slower here then at bandimere (sp)

good ole utah i guess :rolleyes:

Some how I doubt that a track that is 1400 ft lower than bandimere is more DA, humidity from your lake does not effect DA greatly. Pressure and temp do the most.;)

I knid of doubt you have 11k DAs when Bandimere in the summer only gets up to 10-11.5k.

the highest i have actually seen it was when we were TNTing this kids car and it read over 10,000.

stock LT1's run about 15.00 and 14.99's. my friends vette with a higher stall, K&N intake kit, shift kit, and exhaust went 14.2x.

i was at the track on a day it was raining and about 60* and the da was high 6's low 7's.

you should come run your car herre in utah and see how that works out, it'll feel like a turd!

Originally posted by Serene
Some how I doubt that a track that is 1400 ft lower than bandimere is more DA, humidity from your lake does not effect DA greatly. Pressure and temp do the most.;)

I knid of doubt you have 11k DAs when Bandimere in the summer only gets up to 10-11.5k.

Doubt all you like.....it still won't change the facts.

http://www.rmrracing.com/2003/drag/drag-strip.htm

Originally posted by 95Bird
NPR is sitting at 15 feet.
Gotta love it. :D :D :D

Originally posted by GhostZ
Doubt all you like.....it still won't change the facts.

http://www.rmrracing.com/2003/drag/drag-strip.htm

I dunno why we are arguing over it, but bandimere is still the highest track in real elevation and DA. Yours is up there though;)

elevation here(grangbendmotorplex) is 642 ft
average DA is 1000-1500.

Originally posted by Serene
I dunno why we are arguing over it, but bandimere is still the highest track in real elevation and DA.

The car does not care what the real elevation is, only the DA.

Good ol Bandimere speeway. 5880 msl, typical 7,000' DA in July! :eek:

I dunno what bandimere you are racing at, but the one I raced at in July was 10.5k DA. That was with the temp at 80*

Originally posted by Steve Y
The car does not care what the real elevation is, only the DA.

Hence the reason why I said highest real elevation AND da.

Originally posted by Serene
I dunno what bandimere you are racing at, but the one I raced at in July was 10.5k DA. That was with the temp at 80*

I only raced once in July so it was prolly a cool day, can't remember.

In the high desert of South East Idaho at ~8000 ft I have had the camaro doing 150 mph in 5th with the AC on, about 90 degrees outside and it was still pulling.

Where in southeast Idaho are you? I'm guessing somewhere around Pocatello.

Originally posted by WazzuZ28
In the high desert of South East Idaho at ~8000 ft I have had the camaro doing 150 mph in 5th with the AC on, about 90 degrees outside and it was still pulling.

Impressive! I think the a/c automatically shuts down when the gas pedal is at 2/3 throttle or more in a lot of newer cars.

I have always wondered if top speed gets higher, lower or stays the same at higher altitudes. Sure you have less horsepower at higher elevations, but you also have less air density and therefore it is easier to push the car through the air. Does anybody know for sure?

300ft / Woodburn Oregon.

Mike

I actually live up north in Moscow but I was driving to Idaho falls when I did this. The car actually felt quite strong, and Steve I don't know if the A/C shuts off or not but I sure as hell had the thing floored!!