I won't be there tomorrow. I got called in to work. Dammit.

 

milan used to have a bad rep. for bad track prep. but Id say atleast the last 5 years its been awesome everytime Ive gone. course, Ive always had et streets, but those will spin too w/o any track prep.

jake, no, my name is chris. check post 21.

 

OMG Im pissed. the TA'S clutch is slipping badly. might just have to throw the camaro on the trailer instead. still undecided. its proly useless to try and race the TA like this. Im goin either way. just undecided if Im wanting to race my camaro since Im trying to sell it.

 

Ah, Chris. Right, I knew it was one of those C-names. Sorry about that!



Slipping clutch is no fun.

See you guys in a couple hours!

 

ok buddy. I'll be there in the white Z28 now. Fxxx it.

 

just got back. I'm happy with running a 12.05 at 111.12 on a 1.64 sixty. IN FULL STREET TRIM and 90deg. heat. wahoo! ready to hit the road coarse now.

glad to meet you though jake. thanks for letting us all know about the rental. just gotta see now if I can get a clutch in dads TA before the next rental.
chris

JESUS, just edited this thread to show 12.05, NOT 12.95! DOH!!!!!!!!!!! thansk john.
I actually got 4 runs in. didnt want to beat up on the car too bad since its for sale. ran 12.06 right off the trailer, 12.05, then 12.15(messed up shift point), then 12.10 against that damn PT CRUISER!!! that ran 12.03. he hole shot'd me by .2, then I killed him in the sixty back the .2 to get ahead of him until about the 1000foot mark. then he just barely came around me for the win.
we'll get a few vid's up on here as soon as DENNIS GETS OFF HIS *** and posts them up somewhere. haha.

 

It was good to meet you too, Chris. Dennis, you too.

The heat made it a little rough on the GN today -- my alky tank is empty, so she was running on some very hot air. Best for the day was a 14.1 @ 99.

I'm looking into getting a little bit higher stall speed, so that I can leave the line with some boost. I was bogging off the line and getting awful 60' times (2.1-2.2 on BFG drag radials).

Also, the tranny seems to be short-shifting into third, which I think is costing me too. Gonna have to look into that.

Anyway, I had fun! Thanks for coming out, guys!

 

This was the first time my wife's ever seen the Trans Am on a track, believe it or not, and she seemed to enjoy watching. She was disappointed though that I only made four runs before giving up...

Best of the day was a 12.90 @ 110 MPH. Air/fuel ratio looked okay, but intake air temps were 160 to 190 degrees at the sensor, plus I was hooking so well off the line that the engine would bog and I would botch the launch. Even with a 5000 RPM clutch dump!

That, and those 28 inch tall ET Streets made it so that I couldn't shift to fourth gear until I was already in the traps. A quickie fix of raising the rev limiter to 6600 RPM offered the best E/T but PC logs shows that I was indeed hitting 6600 RPM in the traps in third gear. I need to either change the gear ratio or return to 26-inch tall tires. Once I found that it was near-hopeless to squeak anything better out of the car, and that I was thrashing the motor beyond 6300, I decided to just watch the action with my family. That was quite enjoyable in its own way as well!

F/S: MT ET Street in 275-60-15, only six runs, $200 for the two of them.

 

It was nice meeting you guys out there today.

Jake, your dad's GSX was pretty sweet. Your GN ran well considering how hot it was.

Dennis, time to get a roll cage so you don't get kicked off the track again.

Chris, I think you need to edit your post. You posted 12.95 instead of 11.95. Your car hooked great and ran very good.

It was a great day besides the hot air.

I tripped the SES light on my car. MAF code and rear O2 sensors because my stupid cats are clogged. I'm still looking into what headers and off road Y pipe to get. My car ran like crap at higher speeds but it was still fun. Stock car with 18" rear tires I ran a 13.8@101, I could also use some more traction.

 

Thanks! For the record, that's my wife's dad.

If you're on a budget, the Pacesetter longtubes seem to be the #1 choice (get them ceramic-coated for best results). If you want to spend some money, a stainless steel set from Kooks or QTP is tough to beat. I've heard of some customer service issues with QTP, but the product is supposed to be top notch.

As for the ORY, just buy the one that goes with your headers.

When the budget allows, I'll be giving Kooks a call.

 

fixed. thanks john. I had to get cleaned up and run back out the door, and somehow just hit the wrong key. see how fast you can make your car .9 slower? lol.

 

There are no Royal Pontiac club rentals of Milan in August. Next one is Sept 15 and 2 in Oct. I was gonna go but I found out a tree limb dented my GTO hood when that storm blew thru here Thur and I was on a haul to Texas. I need to find a superb body shop to fix it right so I can sell it.

 

Yeah, it was great to meet you guys. Jake, a personal thank you for a great time at Milan. I've never been able to do back to back runs. Unbelievable. And one sharp GN!!!

I'll download 3 videos tomorrow at work. That way I'm getting paid to download my videos. LOL

Chris, glad you got to run my ride. I still owe ya quite a few more.

PS: how in the hell does a PT Cruiser run 12 o'ssss??? And beat Chris (that video to come) LOL

 

he got lucky??????

or, how bout this one

he had a tailwind helping him????

I let the car I was lined up with go alone cause I knew his car would be a good close race cause my buddy told me he was running 12.0's too.

 

How about 12.1 @ 116? That thing smoked the GSX without breaking a sweat.

It was a PT GT, which has the same powertrain as an SRT-4. Those engines have some pretty impressive potential!