Cascade Crew

Fc_Soldier · Member Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 47 Location: Everett

temp 76
humidity 86
barom 29.36

I weigh in about 3560

r/t .709 first time
60 2.01
1/8 9.257 75mph
1/4 14.3 96mph

I need suspension work I was churpin off the line. And I had old bad tires, I think if I upped the stall converter 2400 or 2800, lower control arms, lost some of the weight,and tires Ill be in 13.9 for sure.

In all Im happy how it performed suprised me and everyone else. First time at the track for this one. I had a honda civic next to me he ran a 17.7. I came off line great besides the hook up issue, it just didnt bite hard and I did smoke them alittle in the staging .

Racing wothout t-tops good or bad? Less wiehgt but with down force will it drag me down. Windows up and all.

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:56 am Post subject:

Man that is pretty good. Was that with street tires?

-Schultzy

Dewey316 · Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:58 am Post subject:

That is what happens when the track is actualy prepped.

John -- 13.4 @ 106
Mike -- 14.2 @ 116
Paul -- 13.1 @ 108

Do you see a trend Mike. Wink

Fc_Soldier · Member Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 47 Location: Everett

Yeah it was street goodyears 245/50/16 with 3:73 gears. It just didnt grab hard and it felt loose.

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 11:50 am Post subject:

Oh and I would think that running with t-tops off would cost you on the upper end. Don't have any data to back that up, just seems that at some pint it would create a lot of drag. That hatch seems like a parachute Shrug

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-Schultzy

ET phone hoME · Member Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 237 Location: Oregon

jeez i'd be careful about racing with the tops off. my headliner has been beat to hell and im afraid to drive over 45 mph with my tops off right now. too expensive to repace ATM.

Dewey316 · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:06 am Post subject:

I'm supprised the let you run. I know when tried to do that, they told us if we did, then the car would have to meet the convertable rules, which means we would have needed roll bars.

Fc_Soldier · Member Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 47 Location: Everett

No I was asking if you could. I ran with my tops on. But when I showed up at the gate with them off they said nothing.

I ran a 93 octane that night, should I run a 108 oct next time?

chevymad · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject:

If you use higher octane then the motor needs you'll actually slow down. The higher the octane the slower gas burns. Only advantage to high octane is being able to run more compression which makes up for the slow burning fuel. If you have no knocks/pinging now you're fine on what you're using.

Dewey316 · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject:

I run on 87, unless I'm on the spray, then I usualy toss 92 in.

Fc_Soldier · Member Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 47 Location: Everett

I was knocking with the 87 oct but the 93 seemed fine I guess Ill go with that!

ET phone hoME · Member Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 237 Location: Oregon

haha when i first bought my car (v6 3.1) i would get 12 mpg on 87 and 18 mpg on 92. weird huh? got it fixed now where i get about 18 on anything.

for speed....
octane - acceleration
87 = SLOW
89 = SLOW
92 = SLOW

Razz