Thread: Went to the dragstrip last night

(This is copied from what I posted in another forum)

I had a great time last night. I didn't run what I wanted, but I was happy about what I ran. Traction ended up being the biggest issue. Here's the results:

Race 1:

Reaction: .5295
60': 2.4255
330': 6.0125
1/8th mile ET: 8.9083
1/8th mile mph: 86.21
1000' ET: 11.4066
1000' mph: 97.02
1/4 mile ET: 13.5365
1/4 mile mph: 105.98

The race officials warned me to wear my helmet after that one, lol.

Race 2

Reaction: .4537
60': 2.2080
330': 5.7927
1/8th mile ET: 8.7253
1/8th mile mph: 85.13
1000' ET: 11.2407
1000' mph: 95.89
1/4 mile ET: 13.4001
1/4 mile mph: 104.41

Race 3 (best run of the night)

Reaction: .0975
60': 2.1714
330': 5.7226
1/8th mile ET: 8.6274
1/8th mile mph: 85.96
1000' ET: 11.1212
1000' mph: 96.84
1/4 mile ET: 13.2634
1/4 mile mph: 105.12

Race 4

Reaction: .4053
60': 2.7093
330': 6.3713
1/8th mile ET: 9.2268
1/8th mile mph: 87.06
1000' ET: 11.6800
1000' mph: 98.86
1/4 mile ET: 13.7718
1/4 mile mph: 107.94

Race 5

Reaction: .6065
60': 2.2701
330': 5.8541
1/8th mile ET: 8.7478
1/8th mile mph: 86.47
1000' ET: 11.2211
1000' mph: 97.83
1/4 mile ET: 13.3417
1/4 mile mph: 106.28

Race 6

Reaction: .4296
60': 2.3354
330': 5.9423
1/8th mile ET: 8.8629
1/8th mile mph: 85.36
1000' ET: 11.4561
1000' mph: 89.34
1/4 mile ET: 14.0662
1/4 mile mph: 79.55

Something happened during that last race. The Monte runs like crap right now and has no vaccum. I'm not sure about what's going on, but I'll be taking a look at it today. I couldn't drive it faster than 11-12mph after the last race. We'll see what happens.

Did you have a lot of kr? I am suprised seeing that your e/t did not drop much in relation with your 60'. I almost always see .2 drop in e/t with every .1 off the 60'.

NOVI SETUP.

yis.

Originally Posted by zipper

Mkyota1, I didn't see any KR while racing last night. I don't really know exactly what happened except that my very first race I was babying it on the launch. It was actually kind of a funny race. I had lined up next to a guy with an 87ish fox body and he was pretty excited to be there racing for his first time. Didn't hardly talk to me about my car. He got a better launch than I did and then I layed into it and left him behind. He ran a 15.4 1/4 that race.

Anyways, a friend of mine posted a video of my best run which was against a 2015 Mustang GT:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=raPIE6fIjhc

Hopefully it is an easy fix. I love messing with mustangs. Lol.

Originally Posted by zipper

I hope so too. The guy was a cool guy and all, but he was like, 'I have an intake and exhaust so I think it has an extra 50hp or so.' I didn't say anything about my car so when I smoked him his jaw must have dropped, lol.

Maybe 15-20 hp lol.

a shut gap is never good. mine looked like that after i chipped a piston.

plug # 5 also looks messed up, but not from a hit, the fat part fell down the electrode

a compression test will tell you if its hurt.

or if you have a air hose to pressurize the cylinder, like to remove the valve springs, the air rushing out of my valves was crazy as i took off my springs, as the chip kills the valve and seat as it passes by it. then its no longer a tight seal.

Not good man. Pretty sure you chipped the piston. Good thing these engines are so cheap compared to most platforms. That is weird that you saw no kr.