My times are getting worse every time I go to the track, but at least I'm keeping them consistent I guess.
All of my runs tonight (aside from 2 throw-away runs, one was following a car blowing it's rear end at the line and throwing oil everywhere, and the other one I had the shifter in 2.... how'd that happen??) are below. I'm VERY pleased with the consistency, but not so much with the ETs and especially not with the 60's.
Short version:
12.365 @ 112.76 - 1.937
12.339 @ 112.96 - 1.933
12.389 @ 112.73 - 1.961
12.369 @ 112.85 - 1.947
Full runs:
wow, that actually worked... Anyway, I just don't understand how I can pull 1.69 60s on the stock suspension, on the same nittos, with the same technique, spinning just the same IN AUGUST, then I put $400 into the suspension and I can't put down any better than a 1.93 60??? I've NEVER heard of anyone doing better with the STOCK control arms than they do with chrome moly ones!?!?!
Now don't get me wrong here, 12.3 is a great time, but by comparison it is not. It HAS run 12.11 on the stock suspension. I SHOULD run 11s on the modified suspension (BMR LCA/SFC, poly trans mount, TA bushing, and rear sway bar bushings). Personally, I think it should have run 11s on the stock suspension, we always expect more out of our own cars I guess. I know, "It was just a bad night at the track." This is my 3rd trip to the track since my suspension mods. They're all the same.
I know what's happening on the launch that's causing this, but I don't know why it's happening. Though I don't know much about auto trannies, my best guess is the TC. When I launch, I come off the line not-so-fast, then about 30 or 40 feet out (maybe more) the RPMs jump and it pulls HARD. It used to just pull hard right off the line. I know I'm spinning on those nittos, but I was spinning before. One might think from my broken up description here that I'm spinning bad off the line, then hooking and going, but that's not what it's doing. While that may be what it looks like, that's not what it FEELS like. Also, I would think that if I was spinning, then suddenly hooked, the RPMs would drop some, or maybe stay the same, but certainly not jump up by 1500. It feels like my old car did when I hit the juice. Anyone have any ideas??
[ November 08, 2003: Message edited by: Skinny ]
[ November 08, 2003: Message edited by: Skinny ]</p>
All of my runs tonight (aside from 2 throw-away runs, one was following a car blowing it's rear end at the line and throwing oil everywhere, and the other one I had the shifter in 2.... how'd that happen??) are below. I'm VERY pleased with the consistency, but not so much with the ETs and especially not with the 60's.
Short version:
12.365 @ 112.76 - 1.937
12.339 @ 112.96 - 1.933
12.389 @ 112.73 - 1.961
12.369 @ 112.85 - 1.947
Full runs:
wow, that actually worked... Anyway, I just don't understand how I can pull 1.69 60s on the stock suspension, on the same nittos, with the same technique, spinning just the same IN AUGUST, then I put $400 into the suspension and I can't put down any better than a 1.93 60??? I've NEVER heard of anyone doing better with the STOCK control arms than they do with chrome moly ones!?!?!
Now don't get me wrong here, 12.3 is a great time, but by comparison it is not. It HAS run 12.11 on the stock suspension. I SHOULD run 11s on the modified suspension (BMR LCA/SFC, poly trans mount, TA bushing, and rear sway bar bushings). Personally, I think it should have run 11s on the stock suspension, we always expect more out of our own cars I guess. I know, "It was just a bad night at the track." This is my 3rd trip to the track since my suspension mods. They're all the same.
I know what's happening on the launch that's causing this, but I don't know why it's happening. Though I don't know much about auto trannies, my best guess is the TC. When I launch, I come off the line not-so-fast, then about 30 or 40 feet out (maybe more) the RPMs jump and it pulls HARD. It used to just pull hard right off the line. I know I'm spinning on those nittos, but I was spinning before. One might think from my broken up description here that I'm spinning bad off the line, then hooking and going, but that's not what it's doing. While that may be what it looks like, that's not what it FEELS like. Also, I would think that if I was spinning, then suddenly hooked, the RPMs would drop some, or maybe stay the same, but certainly not jump up by 1500. It feels like my old car did when I hit the juice. Anyone have any ideas??
[ November 08, 2003: Message edited by: Skinny ]
[ November 08, 2003: Message edited by: Skinny ]</p>
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