I am going drag racing tomorrow
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It's a Cavalier
"Feel it out" is a good thought. Don't go out there and launch hard the first time youre up to bat. Take off like you were on the street... like you were showing off how fast your car is to your girlfriend. Build up from there. Think about it... if you've never driven down a curvy road, do you take it at 10/10ths? No. You have some fun with it, but youre not going to blast down it not knowing what the conditions are.
Too many people get so amped when they see that tree in front of them that they lose their minds, and launch at some ridiculous RPM, hop like crazy, look foolish, and come up with a worse time than if they had just launched normally.
Nobody here is going to be able to tell you exactly how to launch. It will vary from track to track, and each track will change by track prep, temperature and weather conditions, etc. Talk to somebody that has some experience at the track with a car similar to yours (perhaps an RX7 or an S2K) and see what they can recommend.
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I just got back from the track. I ran my car 3 times and gave up.
The best I could get was 14.2 @ 97mph. My boost controller was set to 8psi.
I think there might be something wrong with my tune. Adrian1 had similar mods as me and was running 13.1 @ 107mph. The big difference is he was running the Mazsport Interceptor-X and I am using the Cobb AccessPort.
60ft - 1.948
330ft - 6.251
1/8th - 9.140
E.T. - 14.239
MPH - 97.969
The best I could get was 14.2 @ 97mph. My boost controller was set to 8psi.
I think there might be something wrong with my tune. Adrian1 had similar mods as me and was running 13.1 @ 107mph. The big difference is he was running the Mazsport Interceptor-X and I am using the Cobb AccessPort.
60ft - 1.948
330ft - 6.251
1/8th - 9.140
E.T. - 14.239
MPH - 97.969
#11
It's a Cavalier
I just got back from the track. I ran my car 3 times and gave up.
The best I could get was 14.2 @ 97mph. My boost controller was set to 8psi.
I think there might be something wrong with my tune. Adrian1 had similar mods as me and was running 13.1 @ 107mph. The big difference is he was running the Mazsport Interceptor-X and I am using the Cobb AccessPort.
60ft - 1.948
330ft - 6.251
1/8th - 9.140
E.T. - 14.239
MPH - 97.969
The best I could get was 14.2 @ 97mph. My boost controller was set to 8psi.
I think there might be something wrong with my tune. Adrian1 had similar mods as me and was running 13.1 @ 107mph. The big difference is he was running the Mazsport Interceptor-X and I am using the Cobb AccessPort.
60ft - 1.948
330ft - 6.251
1/8th - 9.140
E.T. - 14.239
MPH - 97.969
Adrian had quite a bit of experience at the track, was running drag radials, and spent a lot of time perfecting his setup.
What was your MPH at the 1/8?
That's a good 60ft on street tires, first time out!!
#12
It's a Cavalier
Also, was 97.7mph your highest trap on your runs? Trap anything higher?
Forget about your ET the first time you go out... you can get some much better information out of the trapspeed at the 1/8th and the 1/4... help see how much power your car is making.
What does your car do on the dyno at 8psi? Have any charts?
Forget about your ET the first time you go out... you can get some much better information out of the trapspeed at the 1/8th and the 1/4... help see how much power your car is making.
What does your car do on the dyno at 8psi? Have any charts?
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It's a Cavalier
From the sounds of it, you wouldn't have been happy with 100mph either.
I hope you can find what's up. What were your goals? 105mph+?
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