Hit the drag strip today, high altitude results inside
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Hit the drag strip today, high altitude results inside
Opening weekend at Bandimere (my home track) and my friend invited me out to do some runs. My mods are: H&R springs, a Eurotoys 2.5-3 lb. pulley, and smoked side markers . I weighed in at 4180 lbs. with myself in the car, half a tank of fuel and full street trim with my spare tire and all. Track conditions for my best pass (I ran 6 times) are as follows: 72 degrees, 17% humidity, 30.12 inches of barometric pressure, and of course 5814 feet above sea level. You can use the following site to estimate sea level times:
DA Calculator - Density Altitude Calculator - DragTimes.com
Anyways, I did 6 runs and here is the best one for my car #322 in the right lane:
That run was against a highly modified Neon SRT-4. If you think your car is fast, hit up Bandimere and it will somber your mood. For reference, there were a few new body Mustang 5.0s there and the best run for a stock one was 13.97. I beat a Cayenne Turbo S as it ran a 14.785, a Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 ran 14.7s all day, a modded Magnum SRT-8 ran 14.25 for its best run, and a G8 GXP on slicks (unknown mods) couldn't beat a 14.2. I talked to another person there who had previously ran a stock STR at Bandimere, and he was putting in 14.8s at best. Overall, I'm pretty happy, this would be a low 13 second car a mile down in altitude. If the track had stayed open till after the sun went down, I think it would've cooled enough for me to hit 13s. Anyways, high flow cats, x-pipe and intake are up soon!
DA Calculator - Density Altitude Calculator - DragTimes.com
Anyways, I did 6 runs and here is the best one for my car #322 in the right lane:
That run was against a highly modified Neon SRT-4. If you think your car is fast, hit up Bandimere and it will somber your mood. For reference, there were a few new body Mustang 5.0s there and the best run for a stock one was 13.97. I beat a Cayenne Turbo S as it ran a 14.785, a Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 ran 14.7s all day, a modded Magnum SRT-8 ran 14.25 for its best run, and a G8 GXP on slicks (unknown mods) couldn't beat a 14.2. I talked to another person there who had previously ran a stock STR at Bandimere, and he was putting in 14.8s at best. Overall, I'm pretty happy, this would be a low 13 second car a mile down in altitude. If the track had stayed open till after the sun went down, I think it would've cooled enough for me to hit 13s. Anyways, high flow cats, x-pipe and intake are up soon!
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Just curious, did you ice down the block between runs or deflate the tires?
Yikes to the high alts...The lowest place on earth is the Dead Sea in Jordan, it's so low that it's difficult to get a sunburn there...We need to build a dragstrip there, maybe I'd be the first STR into the 6s! lol
Yikes to the high alts...The lowest place on earth is the Dead Sea in Jordan, it's so low that it's difficult to get a sunburn there...We need to build a dragstrip there, maybe I'd be the first STR into the 6s! lol
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Just curious, did you ice down the block between runs or deflate the tires?
Yikes to the high alts...The lowest place on earth is the Dead Sea in Jordan, it's so low that it's difficult to get a sunburn there...We need to build a dragstrip there, maybe I'd be the first STR into the 6s! lol
Yikes to the high alts...The lowest place on earth is the Dead Sea in Jordan, it's so low that it's difficult to get a sunburn there...We need to build a dragstrip there, maybe I'd be the first STR into the 6s! lol
But then even a Prius would be doing 10s!
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Just curious, did you ice down the block between runs or deflate the tires?
Yikes to the high alts...The lowest place on earth is the Dead Sea in Jordan, it's so low that it's difficult to get a sunburn there...We need to build a dragstrip there, maybe I'd be the first STR into the 6s! lol
Yikes to the high alts...The lowest place on earth is the Dead Sea in Jordan, it's so low that it's difficult to get a sunburn there...We need to build a dragstrip there, maybe I'd be the first STR into the 6s! lol
Thanks for the comments everyone!
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Went back tonight, got a 13.9 @ 101.4. Looks like the intake and exhaust work shaved about .15 seconds off my time and got me an extra 2.5 mph. Another member was there (I forget his name) with a stock XFR with the 5.0 and I believe he went 12.99, so I was within a second which makes me feel pretty good. The DA calculator puts the corrects for sea level for me right around a 13.0 so I think that's a pretty good time.
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Yeah it was officially a 13.921, but as the track got cool and I waited around for them to clean up the messes from cars that grenaded halfway down the track my grip got less and I didn't have the gumption to utilize the water box to warm up the tires before hand. I was getting 2.0s and 2.1s in the 60' so the launches weren't too bad. After going out twice I am realizing that without a dyno tune and shorter gears I'm going to be stuck in this time bracket. Shifting into 4th right before I cross the line really hurts my times.
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Can you please tell us how you did your best launches? I trust you were obviously in sport mode. Did you decide to disengage the traction control? Did you use auto or the j-gate? How did you launch to reduce wheel spin (i.e., did you start light footed then slammed the throttle when you were moving or did you just give it everything she had off the line)?
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Can you please tell us how you did your best launches? I trust you were obviously in sport mode. Did you decide to disengage the traction control? Did you use auto or the j-gate? How did you launch to reduce wheel spin (i.e., did you start light footed then slammed the throttle when you were moving or did you just give it everything she had off the line)?
I tried that once, it just hits the limiter and my time isn't any better. The best way to combat this IMO is to change the gearing to something shorter, say a 3.15 or 3.46 rear instead of the factory 2.81. Also, converting to a limited slip at the same time wouldn't hurt.
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[quote=QuartzSTypeR;533264] Next time I will try the burnout box to get a little more heat in them and try to get a sub-2.0 60' time.
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Don't use the burnout box on street tires. All you will do is leave water down the track (everyone will hate you) and waste tire thread.
The best way to do it on street tires is to do a quick simple "clean the tires off" burnout w/o water.
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Don't use the burnout box on street tires. All you will do is leave water down the track (everyone will hate you) and waste tire thread.
The best way to do it on street tires is to do a quick simple "clean the tires off" burnout w/o water.
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I will give a try next go around (won't be for a while as we are seeing record high temps right now).
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