steve142857
11's in '12 ; )
Hey guys,
So I went to the track yesterday and had another personal best with 12.95... The trap speed seemed to be underestimated in the lane I was because I have been running around 108mph all night but for my best time, it only indicated 105.4mph even though my 1/8 indicated a best of 8.28 at 83.01 which suggests that my trap speed should have been around 108.5mph.:woo-hoo:
Anyways, I wanted to give my opinion on the stage 4+ that Rick had given me after I had the 11-5-6 TSB performed about three weeks ago (I have been driving stage 4+ since). He asked me to give my comments :
Stage 4+ holds boost longer than stage 4 and has torque management. So, it feels smoother in the gear shifts, not as hard as stage 4, it pulls better during acceleration, smoother as well power does feels more sustained.
However, when cruising and doing a WOT, the torque management translates into an hesitation before the kickdown... especially compared to stage 4. But when fully WOT from a stop, the gear shifts are not hesitating at all, in fact it chirps in second gear and with my old tires, I think it could almost chirp third as well!
At the track, I compared back to back the stage 4 with stage 4+ and I can tell for a fact that 4+ will give you an extra 1 or 2mph at the end of the 1/4 mile and probably a 0.1 sec less as well.
The conditions were not very good yesterday (it had rained a little bit around 6pm and it rained again around 10pm, so I guess it was humid and temps were around 75-77F between 7pm and 10pm. Even with those factors, stage 4+ has contributed to obtain my best results so far...
That said, I can only say that stage 4+ is better than stage 4, but my best time is also due to 2 other changes since last best of 12.984 (when conditions were much better).
1 ) Since then, I had my wheels realigned (still waiting for the camber bolts)... When I noticed my tires were wearing prematurely on the inside, I went to see a specialist and he told me that my wheels were not only sitting with too much «vertical angle, the up inside and bottom outside», but the real reason of the premature wear on the inside was due to the fact that my wheels were opened in a V shape (back of the tire inside and front outside)... So, my car was driving like penguins feet!
2 ) I am now running synthetic oil Royal purple 5W30
So it is hard to tell what of those factors contributed the most to obtain my personal best, but I am confident that in September, I should see the 12.7ish.
So, Rick and LMS, you did a very good job with stage 4+, thank you again!:thankyou:
Steve
So I went to the track yesterday and had another personal best with 12.95... The trap speed seemed to be underestimated in the lane I was because I have been running around 108mph all night but for my best time, it only indicated 105.4mph even though my 1/8 indicated a best of 8.28 at 83.01 which suggests that my trap speed should have been around 108.5mph.:woo-hoo:
Anyways, I wanted to give my opinion on the stage 4+ that Rick had given me after I had the 11-5-6 TSB performed about three weeks ago (I have been driving stage 4+ since). He asked me to give my comments :
Stage 4+ holds boost longer than stage 4 and has torque management. So, it feels smoother in the gear shifts, not as hard as stage 4, it pulls better during acceleration, smoother as well power does feels more sustained.
However, when cruising and doing a WOT, the torque management translates into an hesitation before the kickdown... especially compared to stage 4. But when fully WOT from a stop, the gear shifts are not hesitating at all, in fact it chirps in second gear and with my old tires, I think it could almost chirp third as well!
At the track, I compared back to back the stage 4 with stage 4+ and I can tell for a fact that 4+ will give you an extra 1 or 2mph at the end of the 1/4 mile and probably a 0.1 sec less as well.
The conditions were not very good yesterday (it had rained a little bit around 6pm and it rained again around 10pm, so I guess it was humid and temps were around 75-77F between 7pm and 10pm. Even with those factors, stage 4+ has contributed to obtain my best results so far...
That said, I can only say that stage 4+ is better than stage 4, but my best time is also due to 2 other changes since last best of 12.984 (when conditions were much better).
1 ) Since then, I had my wheels realigned (still waiting for the camber bolts)... When I noticed my tires were wearing prematurely on the inside, I went to see a specialist and he told me that my wheels were not only sitting with too much «vertical angle, the up inside and bottom outside», but the real reason of the premature wear on the inside was due to the fact that my wheels were opened in a V shape (back of the tire inside and front outside)... So, my car was driving like penguins feet!
2 ) I am now running synthetic oil Royal purple 5W30
So it is hard to tell what of those factors contributed the most to obtain my personal best, but I am confident that in September, I should see the 12.7ish.
So, Rick and LMS, you did a very good job with stage 4+, thank you again!:thankyou:
Steve
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