Welp that sucked

[Speedy!]

 

[SilverBillet]

How does your mph compare with your PB?

 

[SilverBillet]

How does your mph compare with your PB?

 

[SilverBillet]

Something weird happened on that post? It was delayed and then quaduplicated!

 

[jgilj]

We’ve all had those kinda days, and I hate them also.

 

[Speedy!]

How does your mph compare with your PB?

Mph was 137.50 and PB is 140.77 but this was +1500ish DA and PB was in -400 I think. I ran 9.84 at this track in September in +2000 DA with 137mph though. This was straight up bad track conditions.

 

[fubar569]

If it makes you feel better about the conditions...my only trip this year was to an airstrip with grooved pavement and fresh white paint on the end we launched from.

On 315/50/17 ET R I I literally blew smoke for 300ft and went 11.16 on the best pass. No MPH. Just a cheap Portatree.

 

[Markp]

Great video as always. What was the tire pressure for the 2 passes?

 

[vortecd]

Funny how we go faster and we are on top of the world but go slower be it .01 and it is a bad day. You did find a positive saying you wanted to go 10.0 in any condition and you still did

 

[Mean Cat]

What gear burn out are you doing @Speedy! ?.. it sounded like a 2nd gear ?... I've been having some frustration at the track also since I did the 2.85 pulley, it's been a 50/50 chance of spinning the tires, I had always done a 2nd gear burnout with 22psi tire pressure b4 2.85 pulley so I just was doing the same as always.
But this past Friday night, I went to 20psi & did a 3rd gear burn out & BAM, that was the trick, 4 passes & everyone hooked & booked, DA was 850 > 1000 with 95 & 97% humidity, the highest humidity that I ever ran in. 60' was 1.49, 1.48 & 2 @ 1.46 ; ET's was 10.09, 10.04, 10.03 & 10.02 ; MPH was 138, down a little bc of the high humidity that I know was hurting ET & MPH.
I was soooo happy that it hooked on every pass that it didn't matter to me what it ran, but it still ran pretty good considering conditions.

Try it & if it works for ya, send me a SPEEDY t-shirt , Good Luck !

 

[Speedy!]

Great video as always. What was the tire pressure for the 2 passes?

18 psi cold - with it being SO crowded I never got a chance to try adjusting.

I have the ZAuto Burnbox HC with the steering wheel buttons for line lock. I start my burnout in first and click through the gears to 3rd watching for a decent amount of smoke from the tires. When I see it on both sides I release the line lock and let the car roll out till it hooks, then roll to the bulbs.

@Mean Cat You've got 315 tires I think which probably help. When these 305s wear out I may go with 315s next time, but didn't wanna beat on the wheel wells.

 

[Mean Cat]

18 psi cold - with it being SO crowded I never got a chance to try adjusting.

I have the ZAuto Burnbox HC with the steering wheel buttons for line lock. I start my burnout in first and click through the gears to 3rd watching for a decent amount of smoke from the tires. When I see it on both sides I release the line lock and let the car roll out till it hooks, then roll to the bulbs.

@Mean Cat You've got 315 tires I think which probably help. When these 305s wear out I may go with 315s next time, but didn't wanna beat on the wheel wells.

OK, so your already doing a 3rd gear burn out, I don't use my Burnbox any more for burn outs, I use it just for cool down mode. I noticed when using it on burnouts it changes the traction settings, so would have to change the setting b4 staging, so to keep it simpler, I just put everything in sport, do foot brake burn out & roll up.

Yes, I have the 315's, & was still spinning on 2nd gear burn outs , 3rd gear builds more wheel speed to heat them more & it'll depend on if it's hot or cold outside & track temp.
I do like the 315's, after beating (massaging) it in a little, sand it some & spray paint it, is what I did. It doesn't look bad & can't see it at all with wheel & tire on.

 

[Magnified]

Now that's weird. Box appears, but video never populates, box just stays black. Never seen that before.

 

[Markp]

18 psi cold - with it being SO crowded I never got a chance to try adjusting.

I have the ZAuto Burnbox HC with the steering wheel buttons for line lock. I start my burnout in first and click through the gears to 3rd watching for a decent amount of smoke from the tires. When I see it on both sides I release the line lock and let the car roll out till it hooks, then roll to the bulbs.

@Mean Cat You've got 315 tires I think which probably help. When these 305s wear out I may go with 315s next time, but didn't wanna beat on the wheel wells.

That sucks because I am sure if you had more runs and time to play with the pressure you would have got 9s. I am spoiled because at Napierville we can get easily over 20 passes in a day so real easy to dial in the tire pressure.

 

[Speedy!]

Yeah I had a few things I wanted to test and play with. I wish they'd do more private track rentals, it'd be worth a few bucks to me to get all the testing in.