hooleyboy

Tonight at the track it was looking like a night of bad times. the DA was hovering around 3000ft when I got there. After some lack luster runs. I just about gave up. Thinking the DA was just to high to run anything good.

after a long wait from some cars spilling on the track the DA dropped to around 2500ft. I gave it another go. I ended up hitting an 11.74 @119mhp, That beat my personal best by 1/100th. I'll take that. Not to mention my old best of 11.75 was done at about 1800ft. Being able to beat that at around 700ft worse made me feel good even if its on by a 100th of a second.

Also my burnouts totally sucked, I got some rust on my right foot thats for sure.

JTurkle (josh) was also feeling the effects of the DA and only muster up a 20 second pass on his first run lol. He got it together and by the end ofthe night he nailed a 12.93 @109mhp.Thats a personal best for his C32. Not to mention he was getting tons of wheel spin on his street tires. His car is much faster that was he was able to run. Better DA and some slicks and he's got a mid to lower 12 second C32. So big congrats to Josh on his best time to date!

Evan (Cruzinquick) was in the bracket race with his SRT6. For people that don't know Evan, he is just about the best bracket racer I know. He always wins against top guys. On the Final run Evan broke out from his dial of 12.32 and ran a 12.30 WTF lol! So he came in second from being 2/100ths faster than his dial. Evan is going to need a storage space for all the trophies he's got from racing his SRT-6

Here are some of the runs

MY C55 vs Honda S2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxZ_39eFlgQ

JTurkle's C32
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPJZ66L37Ig

I got more videos I will post them in a few.

jturkel

Hooley. Post up the vid of my 20 second run and the nasty burn out i did in that haha. and it was a high 20 Mike. Not just any 20 lol.

btw, i thought evan got first? i'm like 99% sure he did lol

jturkel

DA between 2550 - 2900 during the night. Evan has a sweet portable DA/Air thing lol.
my slips:

1)
60': 9.2904 (yes, you are reading that right. i supposedly red lighted (which i didn't) and sat there cursing)
1/8 MPH: 84.38 mph
ET: 20.4462 (lol)
1/4MPH: 107.45mph

2) this run, i hit 178 IATs in third. Launched it with IATs at 130 and coolant at 200. I knew this would be a bad run before I ran it.
60': 2.1244
1/8 MPH: 84.36 mph
ET: 13.2191
1/4MPH: 107.17

3) 1mph difference here with 20 degree cooler IATs in 3rd. goes to show how important it is to keep temps down
60': 2.1249
1/8 MPH: 85.60 mph
ET: 13.0589
1/4MPH: 108.04 mph

4) less than five minutes after run 3
60': 2.1046
1/8 MPH: 86.41
ET: 12.9383
1/4MPH: 109.04

I'll take it.

all runs done on Michelin Sport PS2, 25 psi

obviously had traction issues as seen in the video. i did my best to roll through first and didn't got full WOT until the very top of first. i need to borrow Hooleys or Evan's slicks next time.

i think another run or two i could have trapped 110. I have noticed that when I reset the transmission shift points with the "sneaky ecu reset" my car has gotten faster after each run at the track. i'm gonna reset earlier next time so it is always quick-ish.

oh, and i think my intake filters are clogged with dirt. havent cleaned those out in a while (excuse? maybe lol). i think i'll see a difference next time once i clean that crap out. they're nasty.

hooleyboy

You asked for it.

It may still be uploading though but here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20CpxibewMc

jturkel

haha! "now that is a record"

dude i'm telling you. they messed up the lights. i did not red light. i sat there and the lights went haywire on me. its some BS lol

and yah, i would have to say its a record.

but i'm hella proud of that burn out. smoked 'em up for sure

hooleyboy

Yeah I dont think you did it. If you rolled it it would have deep staged you before it red lighted. I would throw the red challenge flag on that play.

SilverBulletAMG

Holy crap Josh, those IATs are redonc! I assume those are off the Dashdyno? Highest I've seen on mine was 130s! Cool that thing down, get some traction, and you should run low 12s all day.
Good runs though and congrats to both of you! I especially enjoyed the 20 sec run...."now that's a record"...lmao Good stuff.

MACHC5

Good Job Guys on a less then perfect night.
Machc5

alumar

great job; got some work to do for next weekend

hooleyboy

Big thanks to Evan (cuzinquick) If any of you get a chance to race with him he will make you faster. He has all sorts of tips and tricks that can help you beat or meat your goal. now I know thanks to Evan, I need better than 2500ft DA to run faster than 11.7. For any racer thats good stuff to know. Now all I need is a better camera that can focus well.

EDIT: after a slightly disappointing 11.94 at 114mph the DA was 3000ft. after a 500ft drop in DA. i picked up 2/10ths and 6mph. can wait to run at 1800ft!

benzluvr1

And the pigs.. If they could only fly!! Gotta luv him!!

bassn_07

Nice runs guys!!! Mike, you have a real beast on your hands and I can't wait to see your car run in better weather. I'm like you, waiting for the right day to break some records. Josh, way to come back and save face....haha j/k. Nice run brotha's and keep up the mods!!!

Man, I wish I had a nice track like that in my backyard. Your guy's track makes mine look like the ghetto is every way possible.

hooleyboy

I'd take your DA any over ours. It gets better though its only the beginning of the season for us out here. I will be watching conditions as the season goes on. I still got some rust from not racing in 6 months.

bassn_07

Yeah, the DA in AZ sucks. I had a taste of that high DA earlier this year at Fontana when it was 105 degrees with DA close to 5000. Good luck and I hope the weather cools off for you soon.

jturkel

yup. a lot of times as i was waiting in the staging lanes, IATs would START at 120. My 13.2 run my IAT as I was lining up was 126. And for the 12.9 run, my IAT as I was lining up was 110. I hot lapped that run. The car cools down so much faster when it gets cold air hitting the heat exchanger. So I just drove slowly back to the staging lanes and let it cool down. Fortunately, there was no one in line when I made that pass so no waiting.

And now you know why I need to split my coolant system lol. My IATs are still ridonculous out here lol.

Yah the 20 second run was bs. i know they messed up on it and Hooley and my other buddy agreed. Whatever. I'm proud of that burn out lol.

and i'm gonna clean my filters next time. they were robbing me of power, i'm pretty sure.

TemjinX2

great vids

c32used

Good going guys...hooley you the man josh that 20 sec run is a record that makes you slower then the average minivan Cruznck what is there to be said your the bomb dude.

1qikctr

Grt runs guy! grt vids!!!

jturkel

haha hey! i'm telling you....they redlighted me and they made a mistake! hooley vouches for me lol. i sat there cursing at the red light lol.

it was a fun night though

hooleyboy

Hay I ran a run with my supercharger off. I knew somthing wasnt right when i was doing a burnout. a shut it down after second gear and still ran a quicker time than Josh.

jturkel

yah. why dont you post that 18 second 1/4 mile slip of yours

aho

very nice guys!!!! Keep it up!

cruzinquick

Dang I'm way late to this party. You both are very welcome. Josh next time we'll definitely put the DR's on your car. Congrats to you both on new personal best. I know when I was fighting to break 13.20's I was hella happy just to get there.

Friday night was a tune up for Saturdays action. Yea Josh I lost in the final and broke out on that dude. I whooped that 11 sec camaro but ran too fast. I should have been on the brakes, just haven't learned to race with both feet yet.

Today my class had the most cars, and lost in the semi's. Hooley your going to freak on this. You thought losing on friday night was tough by breaking out by .02 (two thousandths of a second). Today I lost in the semi's by breaking out and running under my dial of 12.31 with an ET of 12.3097 that is -.0003 ( 3 ten thousandths of a second). How the heck do the lights even break it down that far. I want to throw out the challenge flag. That was my championship. Overall some good fun racing. Everytime out the six and the AMG motor gets lots of respect.

Thanks for all the compliments, but I wasn't driving. You guys were. Congrats.

P.S. Bassn_07 the 2010 Summit ET Finals is at Sacramento Raceway . If I'm still bracket racing the six next year, you can be sure I'll be there.

SilverBulletAMG

5k!? Ouch! This time of year down here in southern MS, we're usually 1500-2k on average. Humidity and crappy track prep are the worst enemy here.

bassn_07

Yeah, that was the only time I ran in DA like that and don't plan on doing it again. It was literally painful in all ways - heat, exhaustion, slow car, and crappy track due to the 300 street cars tearing it up. This something that AZ has to deal with often....