Went to the track today. 8/7/16

[Corey Sig]

Went to the track today with some buddies. Was kind of disappointed with my times. Best I got was a 13.054. Best 60ft. 1.881. Mods CAI. Corsair Cat back exhaust with muffler deletes quad tipped. And 93 octane tune from Torrie and 3bar and 170 tstat After I read all the forums religiously I thought I'd be deeper into the 12s... I ran my best time brake boosting at 2k. Any thoughts or opinions? On the time slips I was Q15. But the good thing was I ran with two 5.0s slightly modded. And a tuned and modded 2.0 genesis and had the best times of the day.

 

[Corey Sig]

 

[yo tony]

I never could hit 12s tuned. How how the weather.

 

[SilverSH0]

What happened in the first slip where you only trapped 101 mph?

 

[Corey Sig]

I have never been to the track before and I waited until the green light instead of going on the third yellow light so I got a bad reaction time

 

[2012korn]

Cutting good times at the strip isn't as easy as people think.
Did you drop tire pressure a bit? What about the weather as previously mentioned? Hot and humid will affect you quite a bit.
I say go a couple more times. You probably shave 4 tenths off that.

 

[Corey Sig]

I had all the tires at 30psi. I brake boosted everytime. I tried 1800 2000 2200 and 2500. 2500 spun the wheels. It was a hot day. Upper 80s. Humidity wasn't terrible. I really thought I'd be on the 12s at least... You guys think so with the mods I have done?

 

[2012korn]

12s for sure....again as you've just learned. The track is a whole new beast. Some more practice and you'll have your 12 sec time slips.

 

[Corey Sig]

Hopefully. I was disappointed with 13s... but I trapped over 100 that was one of my other goals. We will see what Torrie can tweak for me. I data logged all the runs.

 

[brucelinc]

Looks like DA was around 2500. Not great but not unusual for this time of year. Your reaction time will not affect your ET or speed. In spite of the wheel spin, your 60 of 1.88 really isn't that bad at all so I think your launch technique must be pretty good. Lowering pressure should help with the wheelspin and improve your results. Do that and run when DA is under 1000 and you will be in the 12s easily.

 

[SilverSH0]

I have never been to the track before and I waited until the green light instead of going on the third yellow light so I got a bad reaction time

That doesn't really explain the difference in trap speed. Your 1/4 mile time does NOT include your RT (notice how your 60' times in the 1st and 3rd slips are almost identical but the RT's are much different). The lights could turn green, you sit there for 30 seconds, and then pull a 12 second run and your time will be 12 seconds. You will lose a head to head race because the winner is the best 1/4 time plus RT.

That said, regardless of 60' times, your car should be trapping at roughly the same speed every run. It's odd that one run you trapped 101 and then consistently around 106. Did you brake or let off before crossing the line? If you did everything the same I would have Torrie look at that first to see if he can find anything the car did.

 

[Corey Sig]

I didn't let off I was using the paddle shifters so maybe I shifted to earlier and it affected my times?

 

[brucelinc]

Using the paddles is not recommended for drag racing these cars. Just too inconsistent and too easy to hit the rev limiter. Drive or sport if you have a 2013+ is more consistent and faster assuming it shifts around 6200.

 

[ShoShane]

Don't feel bad..you are in the same boat as me..actually you had better luck than me ..I have only been once with mine and pulled a 13.27 at 103.85 . LMS v10 tune 3 bar, CAI, and Catted downpipes. I've done a couple minor changes and plan on going back to give it another try.

 

[yo tony]

We should just start a slow sho forum and complain about how we got some real underachievers lol

 

[mybigsho]

13.0's not bad for 2500ft air... Best I can get out of my SLOW SHO is 13.18 at 106.. I'm like you I need a 12sec time slip.. I gona go out
when it gets cooler.. work on tire pressure, stage shallow for better 60'..

 

[brucelinc]

First time I went to the track it was in 2500 DA air, I was launching at too low an RPM and wasn't careful enough about shallow staging. I also made no attempt to limit heat soak. I was also in the low 13s.

Since that time, I have gotten better at launching - now I just barely let the 2nd staging light come on and I bring the RPM up to 2000. Before going to the track, I remove the engine cover and weatherstripping at the back of the hood. When I get slowed down at the end of a run, I pull the hood release and let outside air flow through the engine compartment as I am driving back to the pits or staging area. Since that first time, I have not been out of the 12s and the runs are amazingly consistent.

As for tire pressure, I cannot argue with SHOnuUp since his times are awesome and he lowers his tire pressure. However, for my car and the tires I run, I have not found lowering pressure to be a benefit. What it might help in the 60 seems to hurt with more rolling resistance as the speed builds. Again, this might just be due to the tires I run - 18 inch Goodyear Comfortred Touring.

The point is that a few little tricks and some practice makes a big difference.

 

[Blackhawk77]

How many tune revisions have you had? If you are the first tune most go 13.0 from what I have seen. The guys in the 12's have had at least a couple revisions.

 

[yo tony]

**** I was on my 4th revision with downpipes and couldn't get into the 12's but it was July. So I said f it and bought a meth kit.

 

[Pintony]

105mph sounds GREAT to me!!!