Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

[07GTPBlackAndTan]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

The 3.9 on spray (75 shot) ran a 13.86 I think. I highly doubt I'll beat that. I'll be lucky to get into the 13.9's.

Yeah, but its always good to aim high. I think if you can get Alberts P&P'ed parts you may stand a chance.

Yeah, from what I have heard, the stock manifold ports already out flow the heads, so I don't know that ported manifold would help. But ported heads would. Also, a modified plenum with bigger volume would help.

My best chance is getting the 60' down to 2.0 flat or less. If I can do that, I'll extremely close to 13's. As for 13.8's, a p&p on the heads, new valves and maybe a plenum mod would probably be needed. But, by time you do all that, your more tan 1/2 to a turbo, so I would probably just scrap the rest and go right to the turbo.

Either way, I'm definitely down with performance mods for a while, whether I break 13's or not. I've got to sit back and enjoy the darn things for a few months dang it!!

[07GTPBlackAndTan]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

Was the 14.35 before some mods other than the headers of course?

Yep, 14.35 was box tune (generic), exhaust and intake on stock tires. Since then, I've:

1. Got new wider tires - Goodyear Eagle GT's gen. 2
2. Headers
3. Heat soak reduction kit
4. Custom dyno tune.

No, I have no idea if that's good enough for .35, it'll be close, but I do know that my power curve looks soooo much better now. I hold top hp from about 5800 - 6300 rpm and I build power a lot sooner too. The only other thing I can do is race on a cooler, dry night and that'll give me that best chance I have at running 13's.

[mi04se1]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

Under 2.0 will be hard for your torque steer. I havent raced mine yet, but its hard for G8's to get under 2.0 unless you can hook right away.

[07GTPBlackAndTan]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

Under 2.0 will be hard for your torque steer. I havent raced mine yet, but its hard for G8's to get under 2.0 unless you can hook right away.

Yeah, I agree. I will have to be a PERFECT launch. I did a 2.06 on LS2's, so I don't know why 2.00 wouldn't be possible with wider stickier Eagle GT's. We'll find out in about 12 hours I guess.

[07GTPBlackAndTan]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

Super bad news guys, I couldn't get my launch right and fastest I ran was a 14.34, merely 1 hundredth of a second faster. Up set. I'll provide details later.

Nate

[07GTPBlackAndTan]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

Super bad news guys, I couldn't get my launch right and fastest I ran was a 14.34, merely 1 hundredth of a second faster. Up set. I'll provide details later.

Nate

Ok, so basically, I have decided that I just plain can't get a 60' faster than 2.1 at this track. I was talking to a guy there and he said this is a really oily track and that I need to head up the road to a better one. They have test and tune on saturdays, so I'll probably try in the next couple of weeks.

I can't preload anything more than 2500 rpm and even one I hit higher rpm off the line, I'm spinnin'. If I keep the rpm's low enough to not spin, I'm not gaining any time. I did run a marginally faster 14.34, but considering I spent $850 on headers, I would expect a lot more. Needless to say, I'm so disappointed I considered parting the car out. I just can't believe the mods I've done can't get me anything faster on that track. So, we'll see how I run at the other one.

[6shift]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

dang man, dont give up! run at another track. there are all kinds of conditions that can screw up your time.

[mi04se1]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

Atleast you got some passes in. I went to Milan today, waited two an a half hours for my class, got to the staging lanes and the sky opened up. They canceled the rest of the races and I didnt get one pass.

[CrimsonGTP]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd



how bad are ur tires? that makes a world of diff

[07GTPBlackAndTan]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

how bad are ur tires? that makes a world of diff

Tires are good. Goodyear Eagle GT's v.2 . I mean, I spent $750 on them and they are rated really well for dry traction. I may have no choice but to try out drag radials.

[vadicus]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

i think hankook ventus or kumho Ecsta XS would have been a far better choice. ive never raced against people who bought goodyears for the purpose of racing them.

[07GTPBlackAndTan]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

I ran 14.341 @ 97.29 (2.122 60') vs. previous fastest of 14.350 @ 96.96.

There is one thing quite interesting though. My last run was a 14.370 @ 98.08 and a 2.261 60'!! So, if I had the same 60' as earlier, I'd have run a 14.23. So, if I can get some better traction and run a 2.0 60', I'd be real close to 13's. But, not going to happen with street tires.

[coolmanvette75]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

i think u need some drag radials

[07GTPBlackAndTan]

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i think u need some drag radials

Yeah, I'm gonna take a look at the Dunlop Star Spec and some drag radials.

[07GTPBlackAndTan]

Re: Cincinnati Track Visit - Moved to April 2nd

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