Went to the track tonight

[DSMSpyder99]

Well i went to LACR tonight and i ran my car. I am a little dissapointed but $hit happens what can i say.

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60ft------2.595
1/4 ET--- 15.648
MPH------ 89.992

Altitude Correction
LACR is 2,710 ft. above sea level.
To figure the altitude factor the formula is as follows:
ET: multiply your et (at LACR) by .97
MPH: multiply your mph (at LACR) by 1.03
This will give you the ET & MPH at sea level.

1/4 ET---- 15.178
MPH-------92.69

 

[AWDTireSmokeTsi]

Not too bad, try to work on your 60' times. How much tire spin or traction are you getting off the line? Maybe try lowering the pressure in your front tires to 20 psi.

 

[DSMSpyder99]

my best 2 times came with me doing a combo btw dropping the clutch and slipping it out. Those 2 times i would get wheeel spin but not wheel hop. The funny part is no matter what the ET was i would ALWAYS get a trap speed of 89-90 MPH (before altitude correction)

 

[AWDTireSmokeTsi]

The reason why your trapping at the same speeds is from how the timing systems at drag strips work. Your 60 ft times dont effect your trap speeds that much, they just effect your elapsed time. Sometimes you get wierd times when heads-up racing, like for an example. I raced my friends GST at the track and beat him over the line, but I ran a 14.10 and he ran a 13.93 and trapped a lot higher than me, someone was sleeping at the light..........

 

[Larry L]

Hey Dan thats not a bad time...We have very heavy cars and traction is always an issue. I ran a 15.1 and 14.8 @96 in Fontana on a 14b so don't feel to bad. I launch by revving to my launch RPM 4500. I let the clutch out rapidly "half way" control wheel spin by feathering the gas till I feel it start to grab then I punch the gas and let the clutch out the rest of the way. I used to feather the clutch to launch but I never got anything lower than a 2.3 and I went through my clutch real fast...I now pull consistant 2.0s on drag radials....


Hope you remember me from the Passadena Fudruckers DSM Meet earlier in the year...

 

[DSMSpyder99]

Hey Dan thats not a bad time...We have very heavy cars and traction is always an issue. I ran a 15.1 and 14.8 @96 in Fontana on a 14b so don't feel to bad. I launch by revving to my launch RPM 4500. I let the clutch out rapidly "half way" control wheel spin by feathering the gas till I feel it start to grab then I punch the gas and let the clutch out the rest of the way. I used to feather the clutch to launch but I never got anything lower than a 2.3 and I went through my clutch real fast...I now pull consistant 2.0s on drag radials....


Hope you remember me from the Passadena Fudruckers DSM Meet earlier in the year...

yea i need to find the best way to shift for me. Ill try this next time i go to the track.

P.S.- of course i remember DrOpToPs gotta stick together

 

[DSMeclipse4G63]

I didnt know you spyder guys had it so bad...
Andrew

 

[DSMSpyder99]

went back to the track time got a little better

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60ft------2.423
1/4 ET--- 15.451
MPH------ 91.992

Altitude Correction
LACR is 2,710 ft. above sea level.
To figure the altitude factor the formula is as follows:
ET: multiply your et (at LACR) by .97
MPH: multiply your mph (at LACR) by 1.03
This will give you the ET & MPH at sea level.

1/4 ET---- 14.987
MPH-------94.75


The way i accomplished this was by doing a bigger burnout in the waterbox and shifting at 6200 RPM instead of 7000RPM