I'm heading out to Carlsbad this weekend (sat) to see what mine will do. It's not something I plan to do much of, but I am curious to compare real times with magazine times.

I don't plan to launch it hard, so we'll see what happens.


I've never been there, but I'd rather do a 1/4 mile for $10 on a Sat afternoon than 1/8 for $20 at Quallcom's friday nights.

http://carlsbadrags.tripod.com/

From the site:

Street Drags & Test n Tune EVERY SATURDAY
Gates open at 11:00 A.M.
We race from 4 to 6 hours, depending on car count
General addmission-$15 Race entry-$10


I'll post my results Sat night or Sunday. If your in SoCal, come on out!

-geekd

 

Ditto

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by geekd
I'm heading out to Carlsbad this weekend (sat) to see what mine will do.

 

Hey i'm in a hurry, but my best time of 3 was 15.575. I did not dump the clutch. I posted a writeup here:

http://daveblood.com/sports_car/drags/drags.html

Saw Beave0101 there. He is cool.

Got to go. Enjoy the article!

-geekd

 

Hey Geekd, Sorry i couldnt talk more to you (BEAUTIFUL CAR btw), it was so packed at Carlsbad I could only fit in 5 runs the entire day and i was having a stupid amount of problems; I'm not used to, and my car isnt set up, for running slicks

As for carlsbad,
the 1/4 mile ET was OFF, the MPH was OFF. That was the most frustrating day I have ever had out there. My WORST launch w/ a 2.4 60ft (SLICKS!) netted me a 14.1, and my BEST launch of only a 2.0 60ft got a 14.5........based on previous times i was hoping for mid 13's, oh well. The guys were telling some people that the ET's were "sometimes" off by .5, and they were only telling the 11 & 12 second crowd, so it's a mystery how the times really were.....but keep in mind Carlsbad is probably the most poorly run 1/4 track in all of California, from the rednecks who know nothing about racing (but become really nice guys when you become a regular) to the poorly prepped track, which was actually hooking up really well that day.

*by looking at your slips, this is just a rule of thumb, dont flame me for this but for every tenth off your 60ft times you can cut, is two-tenths off of your ET. I dont see why your car cannot get at least a 2.2 60ft time, so as frustrating as it may have seemed low 14's for any year of the S2ks are easily obtainable, it's just a matter of how hard do you want to treat the car?

I think it was a smart move on your part taking it easy on the diff, the guys out there that cut the great times in S2K's i have talked to were launching & slipping the clutch around 7k and taking the tire PSI down to dangerously low levels......i can't complain since I was dropping the clutch @ 8k

*edited for crap spelling

 

I currently run the 1/4 in approx. 47 seconds for the University of Oregon

Unfortunatly I dont have the income to have a S2K to drive it in

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BlindBoy921

 

Anybody with gears run the quarter? Curious what the before and after is.