hooleyboy

Last night at the drags I ran a 12.99 at 107.779mph. My fastest time ever. Good thing i spit out my gum or the add weight would have put me back in the 13's. Traction was amazing. Big thanks to member cruzinquick for getting me to go to the track. The D/A at race time was 2800+ft.

wawy

Congrats! Now, you'll have to raise the bar!! Just curious but do you still have your stock C55rims? I'm wondering how much of a difference it would be if you put those babies back on with some good rubber?

hooleyboy

I do have them and I'm thinking about DR for the rear. I wonder how fast i would be with your Monolites.

jturkel

congratulations! thats awesome! even more awesome considering it was done in AZ on crappy 91 (even though i guess dynocomp said it isnt even 91)

wawy

Well, I certainly don't think I gained any performance going up a wheel size - even with the monolites. At the very best I hope that everything remained the same as my 18" stock rims when it comes to acceleration...

Have you come across any M3s, RS4s or IS-Fs at the track yet??

Oh, and once again, you're making me want to go spend money on my car again!

jturkel

out curiosity, have you looked up your DA corrected time and trap speed?

hooleyboy

the D/A was 2850 at race time and i ran 100oct race fuel. corrected time is 12.59

c32AMG-DTM

Congrats hooleyboy - your 12.99/12.59 is quite impressive Nice 60' too... 1.96!

Newzchspy

Congrats +1


Feels great to get into that 12 second club huh??? I know the feeling from today with my 12.76 @ 109.22 C32 run. Good Job Hooley!!!

hooleyboy

I was showing every one at the bar after the race my time slip. It feels good to become a member of the 12 second club for sure

loungn14

Nice run my friend...

hooleyboy

Thank you. I kept getting faster all night 13.2 13.02 then 12.99. Did i hear you put down a 12.2?

loungn14

I did...a 12.2 and a 12.3

On the 12.2 my 60ft seems quite off (warp speed), so I am tossing that run as I don't feel right without another run at that, and with a broken car not doing that anytime soon...

Now....shoot for 11's

Newzchspy

Problem is, our season is pretty much over with cold weather etc. Frost is on the pumpkin already!!!

hooleyboy

Here in AZ we are just coming into our drag season 50 degree nights great track prep i cant wait maybe a month out from that.

ProjectC55

congrats what's your launch method?

cruzinquick

Your welcome, I won't be there friday night, but get in the trophy race and represent. Hopefully I get some hardware at the race I'm going to this coming weekend. Only 2 friday nights left before it switches to sunday's, so don't waste the good weather. You might chew a little more off that number.

I'd find a nice 16" and put some hoosiers on them instead of wasting money on monolites with a inefficient drag radial that have too small of a sidewall.

hooleyboy

I didnt really have a launch method other than one foot on the brake and the other slightly on the gas, just enought o change the RPMs very slightly. the track was so good even with street tire i go no wheel spin.

Childish///AMG

Way to "Go"

c32used

genome

nice runs!!!

Newzchspy

We can only wish for that kind of traction here (or shall I say Tracshun?? )

What kind of tires? Drag radials or stockers and which rims did you use?? The C32 guys, Loungin, C32used, Jerry and myself always seem to be "tractionally challenged" and the only thing that seems to work is a Quaife or Drag radials. How you can get such good traction must be a function of track prep or location? FYI, I ran Mich Pilot Sport IIs for my best run ever at 12.7 at 30 LBS PSI rear and 35 front, BUT even then, all I did was spin for about 100 feet. In fact, I went slideways several times on Sat after a great launch and had to get out of the gas.

cruzinquick

It's track prep. The key is to find a test n' tune during a very big event with very fast cars. Usually after the first 2 qualifying sessions enough rubber is left at the start line to make stock tires stick like drag radials. You may have to wait a long time for 3 passes, but it's well worth it.

loungn14

among other things.....

Newzchspy

I won't even go to the "Mentally" part??