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...

 

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.

 

I may take you up on that offer. The guy I was getting my DRs from backed out and sent my money back.

 

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

 

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?? 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

 

Dragway 42...

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

What was your MPH Scott? Good to see some improvement.

 

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

 

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