Raced at the track for the first time last night!

[fiveSFE]

me and a few friends went out last night, my first run i did a 15.023@92ish and a 2.0 60ft time, that was unfortunatly my best time, i need a new exh. manifold, and my o2 dump was dumping on my i/c pipe, when i would shift into 3rd the car would really start to be effected by the extra heat of the o2 dump on the i/c. I was happy cuz i took a 11sec rx7 till 1/8 mile, then he pulled quite a bit ahead of me, i talked to him later that night and he ran a very crappy run, but i was complemented on my launch by alot of people, the rest of the night was ruined by bogged down launches, or the car just lagging and pulling timing.

in the end it was fun as hell, even if i didnt pull off good times, i like it alot better than racing on the street now, ima fix my manifold and re-route that dump, do a boost leak test, change plugs and i hope ill get a better time, i cant wait till i run again tho.

 

[1993eclipseGS]

You're right, It's much more fun racing on the track, Then on the street. It's also in a controlled place. I raced for my first time a few weeks ago (Still on stock turbo/injectors etc.) but it was so much fun! Can't wait to get injectors and go back and finally break into the 12's, Only a 10th of a second away, But I never raced before on a track.

What were you launching at? It says you have a 16g and everything, I thought you'd be alot faster? You're 60ft times could definatly use improving! good luck with everything and have fun!

 

[99GSX Swede]

Cool, I am glad you enjoyed. I am hopping to this soon.

I have not raced yet, but have been asked to go next Friday by a coworker that has a 34 ford Coupe running a 396 Chevy BB with a 3x2 carb setup. He gave me a ride in it and Yes its fast but his rear end is very light (lots of spin) and his 60 was like 2.4 last time he was at thetrack.

I am still on a stock SMIC and its in the mid 90 here this time of year so I am not sure if I can even get one run before completely being heat soaked.

 

[fiveSFE]

i launched it up around 5500ish, i was running 15 psi at the track, i had just finished puttting a fmic on it a couple days befroe, so i could of had some boost leaks, i was getting really bad knock before i put the i/c on, and the i/c seemed to fix just about all the knock, unless Ive been sitting still for a bit, it would get about 18 counts of knock threw first gear, but once i would start going the knock would go away and it felt great. but the night before i went to the track my logger cable to stuck underneath my clutch, and it pulled the wires out of the connectors, so i was unable to log at the track.

but it definatly felt like i was going nowhere, and like it didn't want to rev up, it felt as if it was pulling timing like crazy. i also have a cracked manifold/bad gaskets, so ima try to get that fixed soon, and re-route my external dump to dump further under the car.

hopefully next time i go back i will break into the low 14's maybe high 13's