View Full Version : My car sucks.......
MeanKat
03-07-2003, 03:30 AM
well I am dissapointed I ran at the track last night and my best time was a measly 16.5. I mean I guess I must have been expecting too much but I was at least hoping for high 15's oh well I guess.
Kaioshin
03-07-2003, 03:51 AM
I think if you didnt have the ww kit/spoiler/wheels/audio setup/spare tire and whatever else weighs the car down you coulda got in the high 15's
-shin
Keliente
03-07-2003, 06:24 AM
Ahahahaha dude I run mid-16's and I have a really slow automatic :) It's okay tho, welcome to club slo!
Clutch
03-07-2003, 11:16 AM
Yeah, rims kit and speakers do that
Babybluz
03-07-2003, 03:25 PM
adrian, look at it this way.....at least you (the car) look good goin' slow. at the present time, i'm busted up and slow. so at least you look good bein' slow. you'd still smoke my azz so it's all good.
Julie
03-07-2003, 04:00 PM
Where did you race on a Thursday night?!
Julie
GrandMasterKhan
03-07-2003, 06:09 PM
wheelspin is bad!
did you take your system and rear seats out?
UNCCougar
03-07-2003, 08:11 PM
Sorry to hear that man, I need to go and see what I am at, I am real curious now.
CUTTOUR
03-07-2003, 09:52 PM
Dont worry about it, when the track gets warmer you will run better times,if you ever get a chance go to the fayettville track it hooks very good. by the way where did you launch youre car at ?
MeanKat
03-08-2003, 12:57 AM
Yea the track was ****ty, I raced on Wed at Darlington, not sure when I launch I was more nervous than anything. I made some bad mistakes, went with my system, and a full tank of gas. I may raise my suspension up a little next time. The track was pretty wet and I know I ran through the water box once so that kinda messed me up. I just really want to get to a 15.9 just so I can say I am at least in the 15's ya know :-)
Julie
03-09-2003, 05:16 PM
ADRIAN!!! I KNOW you didn't go to Darlington and raced without telling me!!! I'M SO MAD AT YOU!!! UGH!!! J/k! But.. DUDE!!!.. I am like 10 minutes away!!
What way did you take to get there? Since we had that discussion before.. and how long did it take you?
Julie
MeanKat
03-09-2003, 06:27 PM
Sorry it was a last min thing I went with my boss and my roomate. I dont know how I got there 441 I think into 15 but not sure
Julie
03-09-2003, 06:29 PM
Ok.. I forgive you... BUT DON'T EVER DO IT AGAIN!! :)
Julie
MeanKat
03-09-2003, 06:51 PM
ok ok ok :-)
MagicHallucinations
03-10-2003, 09:26 AM
i still havn't gotten use to it adrian.........i ran a 10.7 in the 1/8th. my best time after 3 runs and i'd never done it before. my friend then drove my car and ran a 10 flat............it upset me, lol.
again, this is the 1/8th so look at that time on your slip and compare.........you probably did better than me, lol
my three runs, with a full tank of gas, consisted of:
11.3.....wheel spin
11.7.....more wheel spin
10.7......was told to move by guy workin the tree and didn't think i was going to get a time so i just casually went down the track......i would have went faster if i had known.........."by casually.......i mean my casually....which is not really casual cause i'm a crazy driver but whatever"
you'll do better.........but i would loose some weight......audio, spare, fuel, etc. i had to run with a full tank cause my fuel injection seems clogged and it bucks. i got this really good stuff from a friend but i think it needs one more treatment......it's called "sea foam".........but that's another story;)
M
MeanKat
03-10-2003, 04:22 PM
well lets see here on the 4 slips I have I ran a 10.8, 10.6, 10.8, and 12.06 my worst quarter time was a 17.978 Oh well I will see what happens next time.
CUTTOUR
03-10-2003, 08:55 PM
Next time, avoid the water box.With an air intake and the resanator removed my first run ever at the track was a 15.3, then on my next run I ran a 17.1 becuase I could not get traction, the water box killed my time. I spun so bad I had a 2.7 60 FT time. so next time if you can avoid the water box and launch from 1000 RPM, you should have better results. :)
MeanKat
03-11-2003, 01:03 AM
ok but your running with a SVTtour right?
CUTTOUR
03-11-2003, 12:57 PM
Yes but our cars have the same manual tranny, MTX-75....Youve got 5-speed right
MeanKat
03-11-2003, 04:09 PM
Yea but you have much better internals than us. More power I believe as well.
CUTTOUR
03-11-2003, 07:25 PM
The only difference in my tranny is the clutch,flywheel and pressure plate, But if you get into the engine its not as different as you think the only major differences are the way the engine breathes.
60mm throtle body
Extrude honed UIM,LIM
bigger mass air (cant remember what size though)
19 pound injectors
Cams are a little different
and ive got a stronger crank
MeanKat
03-12-2003, 04:23 AM
true true
eurocrisp
03-12-2003, 10:50 AM
launch from *1000* rpm? .... ...seriously?
MagicHallucinations
03-12-2003, 12:16 PM
ummmmm, why does that seem wrong to me:shrug:.......it will bogg from that rpm, you won't even catch a wheel with that, lol. i launch at about 2.5-3 grand and it works. my friend launched at 3 when he ran a 10 flat........granted he has a mangled thumb that he can't really use but when my car was stock he ran a 10.2.......this is in the 1/8th again, just so no one get's confused.
M
CUTTOUR
03-16-2003, 10:51 PM
It depends on the track conditons, if the track dosent hook very well I launch at 1000 because of to much wheel spin.