Today I ran a new best, but I only improved a mere .05
I swear my luck just sucks.
1) I had to run with over a 1/2 tank of gas because the wife was being nice and accidently filled my tank while I was out of town so I was only able to burn off 1/2 before racing today.
2) The track was out of race gas because the season will be done in a few weeks.
3) It was nearly 70 degrees and 65% humidity which is close to a record. For much of the past week it had been in the 40s, go figure.
Track and Setup:
KCIR (1100'), sunny, high of 70, 30.0 baropressure, light cross wind, 1/2 tank of 92, 5300rpm MEVI switchover, 15" sawblades with new Sumitomos, hacked airbox/midpipe, MEVI, y-pipe, UDP, JWT ECU, 2k muffler, struts to max firmness, passenger seat removed.
Runs 1 and 2:
My first two runs straight off the highway with a baking motor netted low 14.6s@96mph with 2.25 60 foots. I was about ready to kill someone. Once again my Max is stuck in the 14.6s
Run 3:
I let the car cool down for about 45 minutes and got the intake manifold to just around hot. This time I ran a 14.53@96.2mph with a 2.21 60'. Okay, that made feel better. Now I finally was getting back to normal.
Run 4:
With a hotlapped motor, I rolled up again. This time I ran a 14.40@97.1mph with a 2.20 60'. I was definately happy to see the 14.4s again and finally a new PB even though is was only 0.05 better.
Run 5:
With the motor cooled down to mildly warm I ended up pulling a 14.48@97.8mph with terribly weak 2.35 60'!!!!! This one killed me, but got me pumped up because it seemed like the longer the car was able to cool, the quicker it was getting.
Run 6 The heartbreak run:
With a mildly warm motor, I rolled up, staged, and gave all she had. Wheel hop was pretty bad thru most of 1st and when I went to grab 2nd, I missed it!!! I got the slip and I pulled my first ever 2.1 60' (2.18). I ended up with a 14.8@94mph
This was incredibly dissappointing and I couldn't go again because the track was closing in 10 minutes and the line was too long. Oh the possibilities.
Overall, I was pretty happy. My trap speeds weren't great, but they were pretty normal for the most part. Seeing how my car was getting quicker with a cooled down motor suggests to me that race gas would have helped me like it had in the past. Today was the first time I've ever gotten 14.4-14.5 without race gas. On my first two runs I tried launching at 1500-2000rpms like everyone else seems to be able to do and pull low 2.2s and mid 2.1s. Well, it me helped get mid 2.2s, but it forced my car to labor is first too long. My car must be a pig because when I started using my old routine of a 4000rpm launch with a quick clutch slip, my 60 foots dropped for the most part and my 1/4 improved significantly.
Until next season (March 1), I guess. Hopefully I'll have some drag radials and a new resonated b-pipe by then.
Dave
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