Not a great day at the track (videos)
05-30-2005, 02:04 PM
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Not a great day at the track (videos)
Today was a pretty warm and fairly muggy day down at GLD in wisconsin. Everyone was running pretty slow, me and Mburnz included. lol. I have the 4.57 gears, Mburnz has the comptech SC and this is his first track outing with the 4.57's. He was able to run a 13.3 with just the comptech SC, but today I think the best I saw him get was a 13.5. My best today was a 13.9. My 60' times were brought down to 2.1, still not fantastic, but better. The last time I went I had 13.8-14.0 with 2.2 60' and a 13.8 with a 2.1 and missed shift (that could have been a 13.5. doh!). But today, heat was the enemy and it showed for other cars too. LS1's F-bodies were running 14's, the SRT4 neons were running 14.2+, a few mustang GT's running mid 14's, and a new 05 GT running 14.2+.
Here's two videos.
This is me vs a new GTO. I ran 13.9, the GTO ran 14.7.
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And here is me vs Mburnz. He grinded 2nd gear, but pulled on me hard on the top. Though he ran a 14.3 to my 14.0, he was WAY ahead of me at the finish. Adjusting for reaction times he would have been around 13.8 I think.
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FWIW, Mburnz was having more of a learning day than anything, since this is his first time with the 4.57's and has to relearn the car essentially. (i myself am still going through this too a little bit.
) After all, with just the SC he ran 13.3, so I imagine with his upgraded pulley and 4.57 gears he should be into the 12's no problem.
Here's two videos.
This is me vs a new GTO. I ran 13.9, the GTO ran 14.7.
right click, save as
And here is me vs Mburnz. He grinded 2nd gear, but pulled on me hard on the top. Though he ran a 14.3 to my 14.0, he was WAY ahead of me at the finish. Adjusting for reaction times he would have been around 13.8 I think.
right click, save as
FWIW, Mburnz was having more of a learning day than anything, since this is his first time with the 4.57's and has to relearn the car essentially. (i myself am still going through this too a little bit.
) After all, with just the SC he ran 13.3, so I imagine with his upgraded pulley and 4.57 gears he should be into the 12's no problem.
05-30-2005, 07:25 PM
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not a good day at all!!! 
best time i ran today was 13.3 @ 109mph (2.2 - 60ft). last year i ran 13.3 @ 108mph (2.1 - 60ft). i was gettin a much better launch last year, but i found that the car needs to be launched differently w/ the 4.57's. the rpm's literally jump 2 redline if you're not careful after the launch, and it was gettin very touchy. if i can drop that 60ft by 0.2sec that should knock me into high 12's, but i couldn't get a good launch for the life of me today! well, it was definitely nice to finally meet some other owners (wisconsin s2k and jirzlee)! hope 2 see u guys @ the track again soon! 
best time i ran today was 13.3 @ 109mph (2.2 - 60ft). last year i ran 13.3 @ 108mph (2.1 - 60ft). i was gettin a much better launch last year, but i found that the car needs to be launched differently w/ the 4.57's. the rpm's literally jump 2 redline if you're not careful after the launch, and it was gettin very touchy. if i can drop that 60ft by 0.2sec that should knock me into high 12's, but i couldn't get a good launch for the life of me today! well, it was definitely nice to finally meet some other owners (wisconsin s2k and jirzlee)! hope 2 see u guys @ the track again soon!
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05-30-2005, 08:44 PM
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hehe.. actually they did! i passed at 13.4 the run before and they didn't say anything, but after the pass at 13.3 i was booted. at that point i was already pretty disappointed so we chilled w/ jirzlee watching the remaining passes till they closed. it was such a beautiful day out!
