ScottZ 09-18-2002, 01:33 AM Things got a little better. I am getting the hang of launching 4:10's.
best run of the night:
r/t .739 (snore, snore)
60' 2.168
1/8 9.145 @ 77.72
1/4 14.086 @ 100.45
That is a 3 tenths improvement, but still 3 off my previous best.
That run was against a G Ride Civic. I could here his bass booming, even though he was 2.5 secs behind me. Looked cool in the staging lanes with neon though. I wonder how much MPH he lost cause of the wing?? i shouldn't slam on someone elses car, but I need to do something to feel better. So long as he likes it, I guess...
interesting side note, however, was that run was with the MAF disconnected. My best run with the MAF connected was a 14.205@99.36 2.120 60'. Any ideas or comments on that one?
ScottZ
Still pondering an LS1 hmmmmmm car payments until I am 31...
Grease 09-18-2002, 07:16 PM Well any time you want to try using BFG drag radials, just let me know. I'll bring them out to the track. Sometimes I just enjoy racing on street tires, actually I've been trying to run 12s on Kumhos, 13.17 is the closest I've come.
95_RipperZ 09-18-2002, 08:44 PM I may take you up on that offer. :D The guy I was getting my DRs from backed out and sent my money back. :(
ScottZ 09-19-2002, 12:15 AM Thanks man, that's kind of you. I would like to take you up on the offer, cause I am going to Norwalk Sunday, but it is a closed event for Summit employees only. I am not allowed to bring friends.
I am sure I will be going to 42 again this year. I'd like to get everyone at the track soon. When i went tuesday, there were only 2 4th gen car there, me and a red T/A. I am afraid i didn't represent too well :(
i got spanked by a cobra :( :( It was a cool car though, he ran 12.94 to my 14.0??.
Are you going to be at Jason's Saturday? I am entertaining guests Saturday night, but they're Camaro folk, so perhaps they would like to meet y'all.
by the way, what Kumho's do you have? Mine are 712 Ecsta. I hear alot of bad things about them, but I am satisfied with them as a street tire for $100 (245/45/17)
Scott
Grease 09-19-2002, 06:27 PM I use Kumho Ecsta Supra 712s, P245/50ZR-16. They are great in the rain but a little too hard for drag racing. The best 60ft times I get with them are very high 1.9s. Most of the time I'm in the 2.1x range. But for 74$ hey:)
Gary 95 Z28 M6 09-19-2002, 07:35 PM Originally posted by Grease
I use Kumho Ecsta Supra 712s, P245/50ZR-16. They are great in the rain but a little too hard for drag racing. The best 60ft times I get with them are very high 1.9s. Most of the time I'm in the 2.1x range. But for 74$ hey:)
good in the rain?? :barf: mine are terrible in the rain!!! i have the same tires except 255-50-16s, im definetly buying new ones in spring even though these tires have plenty of life still left on them
Chuck! 09-21-2002, 11:15 AM Dragway 42... :mad:
95_RipperZ 09-22-2002, 10:54 PM Originally posted by Chuck!
Dragway 42... :mad:
Haha. Are you going to go to Norwalk at all the rest of the year? I have until Oct. 8 and then the insurance goes off.
ScottZ 09-23-2002, 02:34 PM I went to Norwalk Sunday, and ran a 13.86, so I guess 42 is as bad as they say. I feel a little better, but I am still not satsified. The car was breaking up in 3rd and 4th gear. I may run a compression test, though I will be very disappointed to see a bad cylinder, considering the mileage (73K) and the care. I don't drive the car hard, with the exception of a few trips to the track every year.
I probably won't go back to Norwalk till next year, just because it is such a drive.
95_RipperZ 09-23-2002, 04:17 PM What were the weather conditions comparison? I know that makes a huge difference with our cars.
For example: The best for me at Norwalk was a 14.0 @ 99.5 with mods in sig. My best times are at 42 and those are in the sig as well.
CANTONRACER 09-23-2002, 10:36 PM What was your MPH Scott? Good to see some improvement.
Chuck! 09-24-2002, 11:04 PM Ryan I dont think Ill make it home till Nov 1st (Mushroomhead halloween show :) ) so no Norwalkage for me :(
Im stuck with 15.500 @ 93 for the rest of the winter... grrrr
ScottZ 09-25-2002, 01:58 AM It was 100.46. I was hooking a lot better, it what I attribute it to mostly. Consistent 2.0-2.1 60'. I could have done better acutally, but I just couldn't break the old habit of easy out of the hole.
The weather was about t he same. 70's, humid. It rained a touch late in the day and dropped temperature to the low 60's. That's when i ran the 13.86. I let the car set for 45 minutes before that run. I was running 13.90's before that.
A guy in our warehouse was there with his firehawk, he was running 12.70's and 12.20's with nitrous. That was neat.
Believe it or not, some guys i work with have 6 second cars...I should say one guy does (he bought Mark Pawuks old pro stock Camaro years ago). There were a lot of 8-10 sec runs though. I didn't know the people i work with have that kind of $$$...
That pro street El Camino that was on the cover a few months ago was there. He shut it down at 1/2 track and coasted to a 10.4xx. Wish I coul coast to that...I had to leave before he made a full pass. It was awesome though. Blown, injected big Block on Alchohol.
Scott
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