First time at the track, talk about SLOW!!!

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Sat May 19, 2007 12:18 am

Hey guys, made it to the track tonight and boy was I surprised..... wishfull thinking of hitting 14's are all gone.

4600ft, Pueblo, CO

1st run, 18.0 @ 87mph!!! Wheelspin all through 3rd gear. I mean, MAJOR. I was sideways at every shift, even at almost half track at 50-60mph.

2nd run, 16.1 @ 92

3rd run 17.5 @ 88

4th run 15.7 @85, missed 4th and coasted through the finish.

5th run 15.7 @91 w/ .157 light and 2.6 60' easy out on start and roll on throttle.

Then I got kicked out for wearing shorts, those bastards. Drove 50 miles one way and paid $20 to run. That really pissed me off.

Even with my 3:55's I'm not even hitting 4th gear!! Every pass I was finishing at 5600RPM in third gear!!

Needless to say tonight sucked. These tires are quite possibly the worst tires I have ever seen. They turn to grease when they get hot. And I am going to go back there with some stickys and be in the 14's.

Anyone host videos? You guys gotta see these vids...

93COBRAinAZ · Post by **93COBRAinAZ** » Sat May 19, 2007 1:09 am

Wow, that really sucks. I have never seen anyone run anywhere near that slow. My car went 14.2 bone stock with street tires and 107,000 miles. And then went 13.7 on E.T streets bone stock, all I can say is get some tires and some more seat time. Your 60' times should be at least somewhere in the 2.2 range on street tires and at least 1.8 on slicks. Hang in there, you will get better!

Post by **1993cobra** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:20 am

I can try to host the videos for you . I am sure I can do it , just never have tried.

Post by **BADBOY** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:57 am

I babied mine down the track shifting normally at 4800 and with a full tank or gas as well as about 100lbs of stereo equiptment in the complete interiored car and went 14.84

svt2205 · Post by **svt2205** » Sun May 20, 2007 5:36 am

Kicked out for shorts, know the rules before entering...

But from an ET perspective, the 15.7 isn't as bad as you think. I'm assuming no one factored in the 4600 feet of elevation. If this is true, then your ET should be adjusted to 14.8.

Here's the link for the calculations.
http://www.smokemup.com/auto_math/nhra_ ... actors.php

For perspective, back when my 93 was new, my first quarter mile run was a pathetic 14.979 at 101. All that's needed is practice to get more respectable numbers. On street tires you may see a few 1.95 60 foot times and shift at 5500.

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Sun May 20, 2007 11:19 am

Nice link, now in my favorites.

I read their website after returning home and it said NOTHING about the shorts. I downloaded their rule book and read NOTHING about it either. I sent them an email telling them this, no reply back. AND they should have said something to me during the whole tech process.

black93svt · Post by **black93svt** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:19 pm

Hang in there. Best my stock cobra went here was 15.10 on street tires. Again, altitude sucks!!

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Sun May 20, 2007 10:04 pm

Awesome dude, that makes me feel a lot better! My friends Z28 could only muster a 15.1 and it's an auto with good traction.

big frank · Post by **big frank** » Mon May 21, 2007 7:59 pm

ceetwarrior wrote:Hey guys, made it to the track tonight and boy was I surprised..... wishfull thinking of hitting 14's are all gone.

4600ft, Pueblo, CO

1st run, 18.0 @ 87mph!!! Wheelspin all through 3rd gear. I mean, MAJOR. I was sideways at every shift, even at almost half track at 50-60mph.

2nd run, 16.1 @ 92

3rd run 17.5 @ 88

4th run 15.7 @85, missed 4th and coasted through the finish.

5th run 15.7 @91 w/ .157 light and 2.6 60' easy out on start and roll on throttle.

Then I got kicked out for wearing shorts, those bastards. Drove 50 miles one way and paid $20 to run. That really pissed me off.

Even with my 3:55's I'm not even hitting 4th gear!! Every pass I was finishing at 5600RPM in third gear!!

Needless to say tonight sucked. These tires are quite possibly the worst tires I have ever seen. They turn to grease when they get hot. And I am going to go back there with some stickys and be in the 14's.

Anyone host videos? You guys gotta see these vids...

I can host for you on my FTP site. I will PM you my email addya dn you can send the video to me. I'll post the link to it here.

Frank

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Wed May 23, 2007 7:50 am

Dude, I can't even get this vid to you cause I can't upload more than 10MG through my email. Any ideas?

big frank · Post by **big frank** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:45 am

ceetwarrior wrote:Dude, I can't even get this vid to you cause I can't upload more than 10MG through my email. Any ideas?

How big is the file? If you use Yahoo messenger, we might be able to transfer that way. If it's giant, you might have to burn it to cd or dvd and send it snail mail to me.

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Wed May 23, 2007 7:53 pm

Snail mail?!? EEK!

I do have YM... lets try that. Or winzip or something.

big frank · Post by **big frank** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:07 pm

ceetwarrior wrote:Snail mail?!? EEK!

I do have YM... lets try that. Or winzip or something.

Ziping it up won't do much for video. PM me your YM name and I'll add you and we can try it that way. What is the file size???

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:57 pm

Hey guys, thanks to Big Frank the race vids are posted:

http://tehamashooters.com/frank/public/sideways.avi

http://tehamashooters.com/frank/public/3rd_run.avi

big frank · Post by **big frank** » Sun May 27, 2007 1:18 am

ceetwarrior wrote:Hey guys, thanks to Big Frank the race vids are posted:

http://tehamashooters.com/frank/public/sideways.avi

http://tehamashooters.com/frank/public/3rd_run.avi

HA! 56k beware. They are over 50 megs apiece!

First time at the track, talk about SLOW!!!

First time at the track, talk about SLOW!!!

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