ran the car the other night.....crappy results

[Snuffalofogus]

best time was
r/t .594
60' 2.414
330' 6.701
1/8th 10.270
mph 69.423
1000 13.315
1/4 15.952
mph 84.123

mods are headers stock rattling cat (will be changed next week), loudmouth, and a lid.

for the life of me I cant launch, all I do is spin my passenger wheel (open diffy) rear tires are 265's, and were at 21psi. Temp was ~56, so I think that might be it along with the differential.

stock I ran a best of 16.1 @ 86, so you can see why I'm pissed.

only way I can get off the line is to ease into it like I'm driving on the street, then once I'm moving gun it.

I will be taking off my exhaust this weekend in preparation for the track weds night, so I will be running open headers.

I have a couple vids of me running (one against 916 topher ;) ) if you wanna see how I have to half *** launch it.

any help would be appreciated

[WickEdSix9838]

practice, practice, practice...one trip wont show the full potential of the mods you've added.

[FireFighter]

Yeah, get your 60 down to a 2.2 or better and you will be set. What 60' did you get stock.

[12secondv6]

Practice....

What were your other runs like?

And.... 265 tires??? what tire/ wheel combo are you running?

[Snuffalofogus]

Originally posted by 12secondv6:
Practice....

What were your other runs like?

And.... 265 tires??? what tire/ wheel combo are you running?

other runs were worse, first run of that night was a 16.8 @85 w/ a 3.xx 60' time. It wasnt till the end of the night that I actually eased into it.

my tires are Bridgestone Potenza S-03's

[Snuffalofogus]

Originally posted by FireFighter:
Yeah, get your 60 down to a 2.2 or better and you will be set. What 60' did you get stock.

cant remmeber my stock 60' time :( I do remember that it was my best et of that day (the sun was still out for that run)

aside from practicing, could the cold temp be a factor as to whay I'm not getting traction?

[FireFighter]

Yes the cold is good for air temp in the intake but not the pavement itself.

[blackFbird_98]

your elevation also depends on what you will run the higher you are the slower you will run @ 4600 ft above sea level i run 15.3 with wheel hop havent went back since i fixed that problem

[FireFighter]

^^ he is right.

[Camarorulz]

Bridgestone Potenzas suck for drag racing, I know from experience. My stock Goodyear tires got better traction.

[FireFighter]

Originally posted by Camarorulz:
Bridgestone Potenzas suck for drag racing, I know from experience. My stock Goodyear tires got better traction.

Good for one year's suck. I wish I had the money to ditch mine.

[Snuffalofogus]

Originally posted by blackFbird_98:
your elevation also depends on what you will run the higher you are the slower you will run @ 4600 ft above sea level i run 15.3 with wheel hop havent went back since i fixed that problem

im 25 ft above sea level [img]redface.gif[/img]

[12secondv6]

265 what?

What rim size?
What aspect ratio?

[2short]

Even with the horrible 60' you mph is down too..With those mods you should be trapping 90-92 not 85...I'm trapping 88 bone stock with 108k miles.

When was the last time you did a tuneup etc? Sounds like something is wrong with your car.

[shenanigans]

Originally posted by FireFighter:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Camarorulz:
Bridgestone Potenzas suck for drag racing, I know from experience. My stock Goodyear tires got better traction.

Good for one year's suck. I wish I had the money to ditch mine. </font>[/QUOTE]I kinda liked my eagle GAs for drag racing...


And I agree with whatever driving/traction problems you shoudl be trapping better mph.