Date: | Reaction | 60 FT. | 330 FT. | 660 FT. | E.T. | MPH | Comments/Notes |
1/23/98 | 1.237 | 2.497 | 6.718 | 10.137 | 15.552 | 90.46 | Firebird International Raceway - 1st time in this car. Spun the tires a little | 1/23/98 | .848 | 2.591 | 6.828 | 10.256 | 15.691 | 90.30 | Firebird International Raceway - spun the tires a little more | 5/15/98 | .502 | 2.768 | 7.063 | 10.513 | 15.946 | 90.78 | Great reaction time. Terrible start! All motor, 16" wheels | 5/15/98 | -.061 | 2.737 | 6.991 | 10.418 | 15.832 | 90.92 | Red lighted the start. Terrible launch. All motor, 16" wheels | 8/21/98 | .583 | 2.485 | 6.753 | 10.199 | 15.649 | 89.81 | Consentrating so hard on launch, didn't leave on 3rd yellow light! | 8/21/98 | .359 | 2.473 | 6.699 | 10.150 | 15.615 | 89.32 | 25 psi, hot summer night, DPR ss valves and valve job. Head rebuild didn't seem to help any. | 8/21/98 | .198 | 2.477 | 6.803 | N/A | 15.735 | 89.52 | Spun the tires bad shifting into 2nd gear. Also peeled 3rd gear as well as chirping 4th gear. Damn Nitto tires suck! | 9/25/98 | .054 | 2.422 | 6.681 | 10.133 | 15.549 | 90.71 | Clear weather, high 70's to low 80's. Tire pressure at 22psi on 205/40-16 Nitto NT-450's. Removed pwr steering belt, spare tire, tools, and floor mats. Launching and reaction times slowly getting better. | 9/25/98 | .090 | 2.349 | 6.581 | 10.028 | 15.455 | 90.58 | Great launch. Reving to 3K-4K then slipping the clutch with very little wheel spin if any. I've got the lights down (R/T) as well as my launch. Now I just need more practice and to work on my shifts. | 10/16/98 | .172 | 2.262 | 6.505 | 9.924 | 15.349 | 90.361 | It was cold this night at "Speedworld" but this time is due to my awesome launch. I couldn't believe how well I hooked up. My shifting is still kinda crappy. Still too much wheel spin going into 2nd and a chirp going into 3rd. If I can duplicate my launch with good shifts a 15.2 will be no problem assuming no changes on the car. 22 psi in the NT-450's. | 11/20/98 | .279 | 2.271 | 6.404 | 9.733 | 15.034 | 92.389 | Cool night again at Speedworld. Tires at 25psi. No spare tire, tools, or floor mats. Also removed ps pump belt. | 11/20/98 | .262 | 2.191 | 6.286 | 9.623 | 14.949 | 91.882 | Awesome launch and every shift I did was real good. I'm finally able to get wheel spin on my 1-->2 shift under control. Looks like practice on shifting paid off as I FINALLY made it into the 14's! | 11/20/98 | .142 | 2.152 | 6.253 | 9.580 | 14.895 | 92.010 | This was round two and it was the closest race I've ever been in. At the end I could not tell who finished the line first. It wasn't until I got the time slip that I knew. I believe the other guy finished the line by only a couple thousands of a second. We actually both broke out of our dial-in's but I broke out by more. I was sad that I was eliminated in the 2nd round, but happy that I ran a best ever 14.89! | 11/20/98 | -.016 | 2.225 | 6.353 | 9.678 | 14.979 | 92.304 | Working on that damn light. I used to be pretty good I thought. But now I either red light or am getting .6xx-.7xx. I'm not going to be very competitive until I get this light down. | 1/16/99 | .010 | 2.215 | N/A | 9.698 | 15.000 | 92.293 | This was Speedworld Saturday Day Challenge. It was pretty hot, about 70-80 degrees. Tires at 25 psi, normal clutch slip launches at 4K rpm. New mods are ITR intake cam and DPR cam gears. Gears set to 1-1.5 deg advance Intake/3-3.5 deg retard exhaust. Times and MPH seem are similar to the last time I raced on a VERY cold night so that is good. I will need to do some night racing or dyno tuning to verify the success of the new mods. | 1/16/99 | .159 | 2.198 | N/A | 9.647 | 14.936 | 92.364 | My launches are pretty good but they still could be improved on. This one here was REAL good. If I could only duplicate it. I still stand by my saying that bogging slightly is better than wheel spin. But I need to get consistent and not do either. This 2.1x launch on street tires is a perfect example of what is possible with more practice. I also need to get my reaction times more consistent if I ever want to start winning at bracket racing. | 1/16/99 | .068 | 2.211 | 6.354 | 9.679 | 14.966 | 92.427 | This was AWESOME!!! I was up against a very experienced bracket racing V8. He had TONS of "Winner" stickers on his truck showing how many times he had won this event. We both had identical reaction times but I hit my dial-in within .016 seconds and he was off by .089. WAHOO!!! The underdog takes the win. My track buddy JR said everyone watching the race was like, "The import won???". That was cool. | 1/23/99 | .177 | 2.177 | n/a | 9.648 | 14.947 | 92.014 | About the same weather as last weekend. Slight cam gear changes, different brand gas (Shamrock vs "76" or Mobile), and Mobile 1 10w30 (vs 5w30). Not sure what made me lose HP (or why the slightly lower trap speeds). | 1/23/99 | .003 | 2.195 | 6.331 | 9.669 | 14.998 | 89.032 | First round "Street Trophy" with a 14.97 dial in. I was a car length ahead at the end so I let off the gas. Even letting off I was only .018 second off my dial-in combined with a .003 light, I was pretty hard to beat that round. | 1/30/99 | .062 | 2.284 | 6.691 | 10.147 | 15.550 | 432.245 | Spun 1st a little and missed 2nd gear. What a waste of a run! But hey check out that trap speed! Can you say, "Electronic failure!"? | 1/30/99 | -.027 | 2.199 | 6.381 | 9.726 | 15.052 | 91.792 | This car needs TUNING! I think my cam gear settings with this ITR cam made the car SLOWER. | 1/30/99 | .145 | 2.199 | 6.330 | 9.654 | 14.955 | 92.252 | Wow! Advanced timing from 17 to 18 degrees. Not sure if this time was due to a better run but the trap speed is indicating a noticable gain in HP. Still need to dyno tune to verify. | 2/06/99 | .063 | 2.295 | 6.426 | 9.763 | 15.063 | 92.282 | Changed cam gear settings. Car felt a lot faster than what this time reflects. | 2/06/99 | .022 | 2.210 | 6.341 | 9.660 | 14.944 | 92.567 | Advanced ignition timing from 16 degrees to 18 degrees BTDC. Trap speed seemed to get better. This could have been due to hooking up better at the start though as well. | 2/06/99 | -.007 | 2.211 | 6.380 | 9.732 | 15.058 | 91.876 | What the dilly? (low trap speed) The car sat for a really long time and I don't think the car was warmed up. The water temp was up there but the O2 sensor wasn't up to operating temp cuz my A/F gauge wasn't working yet. Maybe it does do something even in open loop? | 2/06/99 | .009 | 2.233 | 6.386 | 9.716 | 15.024 | 90.072 | 1st round. Ahead of the guy so I hit the brakes at the end. Slight change to exhaust cam gear. Can't tell if it did anything this run. | 2/06/99 | .018 | 2.286 | 6.492 | 9.839 | 15.135 | 92.616 | How the hell did this happen? I must have been shifting shitty cuz this is my highest trap speed yet (highest HP?)??? I was eliminated this round. | 2/27/99 | .055 | 2.257 | 6.464 | 9.852 | 15.231 | 91.356 | About 75-85 degrees. Put the stock header back on. Either bad weather conditions or that Comptech actually did something! | 2/27/99 | .030 | 2.211 | 6.408 | 9.787 | 15.207 | 89.035 | We actually both broke out this round (and I was ahead and even hit the brakes at the end!). I broke out by .023 and he/Tom broke out by .020. Basically I lost by .003 seconds! DAMN!!! | 3/05/99 | .020 | 2.278 | 6.560 | 9.998 | 15.440 | 90.245 | Stock header with about 150 lbs worth of tools in the trunk to swap in the Comptech header. | 3/05/99 | .157 | 2.273 | 6.513 | 9.917 | 15.289 | 91.602 | No changes or weight reduction. Simply swapped Comptech header. Looks like it knocks off at least a tenth and gains over 1mph trap speeds. Not too bad. That's all I wanted to know. | 3/05/99 | -.239 | 2.569 | 6.716 | 10.057 | 15.355 | 92.483 | I removed the 85 lb jack from the car (notice the increase in trap speed from the higher power to weight ratio?) and tried staging really shallow. Turns out what I thought was staged was actually staging my low hanging bumper! That is why the super slow 60' time. This should have been about a 15.0xx run. | 12/xx/02 | xxx | 2.2xx | xxx | xxx | 14.000 | 99.xxx | This was with the new 2.0L motor. I can't find the time slip and don't remember the date so that is why I wild carded most of the fields. I do remember it was a 2.2 second 60' time and exactly a 14.000@99 ET though. |
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