Carlsbad Raceway - May 15th - MBWorld.org Forums

May 14, 2004 | 09:38 PM

pc527

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Carlsbad Raceway - May 15th

Heading down to Carlsbad Raceway tomorrow morning with a few coworkers. I'll be there around 10:30am.

Anyone going?

peter

May 15, 2004 | 05:05 AM

N.M.M.

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I wish I knew earlier this week.

May 16, 2004 | 03:29 AM

pc527

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Originally posted by N.M.M.
I wish I knew earlier this week.

Sorry Nima, it was a last minute thingy.
Next time we'll plan with 1 week notice.

Here's my time slip for the day. outside temp. around 77-80F.
I'm on left lane. Right lane is my colleague with his 99' C5 on ET Streets + NOS. He was not too happy with his 60' ft. time.
I was hoping for 1.8-1.9 60' ft. myself but... sigh

maybe next time.

peter

May 16, 2004 | 08:02 AM

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Nice E.T. Peter! I definetly want to go with you next time, I want to see if all my new stuff work correctly

May 16, 2004 | 10:55 AM

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Nice time/trap speed Peter, especially for a rather warm day. What tires/gas were you running with? Any good kill/killed stories?

May 16, 2004 | 11:35 AM

pc527

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Nice time/trap speed Peter, especially for a rather warm day. What tires/gas were you running with? Any good kill/killed stories?

hi vomit,
i put in about 5 gal. of 100 octane gas at the la paz 76 gas station on the way to carlsbad.
for the track, i put on my Mille Miglia MM11-2
17x8 wheels for the rear on nitto drag radials. in the front, i leave on my 19" bbs wheels.
w/out the nitto's, i can only do a 2.1' 60ft. time with my 19" dunlops at best.
I made only 3 runs yesterday. got there a little late.
1st run: 12.8 was w/ my colleague in his C5. from my previous post. he smoked me.
2nd run: 12.8 was against a old school muscle car which i beat by 1-2 cars.
3rd run: 13.0 was w/ some all motor civic. he ran a high 14 if i remember correctly. i don't have the slip w/ me right now.
I did 3 runs back to back. by the 3rd run, car was hot and i only did 108 ET. i also noticed as i lowered the tire pressure after each run, my 60' ft time and ET lowered too. lesson learned. don't lower the psi too much

peter

May 16, 2004 | 03:25 PM

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What indicated pressure did you find to be too low for the Nittos?.

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May 16, 2004 | 04:20 PM

pc527

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What indicated pressure did you find to be too low for the Nittos?.

i started at 26, then 23 and then 20psi.
My 60' ft. time and ET got worse as i reduce the pressure.
at 20 psi, when i launch at about 1500rpm, the tires will skip a little bit off the line.
i'm pretty sure the ET went down due to heat. not so sure about 60' ft. times. maybe i just have a heavy right foot

i think 24 psi should be good for the nittos. anyone else have suggestions? I know every track is different so...
Kinda sucks that Carlsbad Raceway doesn't spray VHT