Well, my weekend wasn't as good as some certain people with red Daytonas but it did get me a PB. I drove to the track under heavy cloud and 2C (35F). The day did get warmer, like all the way to 8C (46F) and I was able to get 3 runs in before the event got rained out. The rainout was scheduled for today but it rained all day today as well, so that is the end of my season. Gotta love when they have snow at the top end of the track while you are waiting to maybe get another run in sitting in a car with no heater. The worst part is I had a really good chance of winning my class which would have got me $230 to take home.
Things I tried:
- 600 lb/in rear springs -> It was hard to tell with a track temp of 10C (50F) but I think they did help
- 116 leaded instead of 106 -> This definately helped with the cold air. I wish the day went long enough to get a solid 30 psi run in.
- I played with the launch control trying to get it to hook -> 4400 RPM was too much, 4200 RPM was still too much, 3800 RPM was embarassingly too low. I was going to try 4300 with less boost but didn't get the chance.
- Finally had non leaking slicks -> 10 psi seemed good. We will see next year.
Here are my 3 runs for the day
First run of the day. Spun completely through 1st gear. The rest was good.
R/T: 0.168
60': 1.821
330': 5.073
1/8ET: 7.655
1/8mph: 98.60
1000'ET: 9.828
1/4ET: 11.675 ...... New best ET
1/4mph: 123.00 ..... Current best mph
Second run. Popped out of 1st in the first 10 feet. Dropped it into 2nd at 1700 RPM
R/T: 0.305
60': 2.650 .... 2nd gear just after start is no good for 60'
330': 6.447
1/8ET: 9.053
1/8mph: 98.26
1000'ET: 11.222
1/4ET: 13.022
1/4mph: 126.36 .... New best MPH. I haven't figured it out yet but 2nd gear right after start seems to be really good for MPH
Third run. Embarassing burn out (the wheels didn't even spin) and my hand slipped off of the shifter on the 3rd shift because it was so dang cold. 3800 RPM launch control was a total fail
R/T: 0.347
60': 1.950
330': 5.330
1/8ET: 8.178
1/8mph: 92.59
1000'ET: 10.438
1/4ET: 12.299
1/4mph: 122.36
And that was it. A bit disapointing especially because the weather was so good all week and it is suposed to be sunny all next week. Stupid mother nature. Thecar was showing some good power and ET potential if I could get the launch down in the super cold which I was really looking forward to. I'm already excited about next year and where the car can go. There will definately be a couple projects over the winter including a certain safety feature
Originally Posted by turboshad
Well, my weekend wasn't as good as some certain people with red Daytonas but it did get me a PB. I drove to the track under heavy cloud and 2C (35F). The day did get warmer, like all the way to 8C (46F) and I was able to get 3 runs in before the event got rained out. The rainout was scheduled for today but it rained all day today as well, so that is the end of my season. Gotta love when they have snow at the top end of the track while you are waiting to maybe get another run in sitting in a car with no heater. The worst part is I had a really good chance of winning my class which would have got me $230 to take home.
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Well done
