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05-06-2007, 02:20 PM
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Long Beach should just keep the race track up ! jeez right along the shore, oh that would be AWESOME. What would the times be like in Death Valley , at night in winter! -121 feet below sea level? Vegas? not good? Thanks for the input guys. I am going to LACR again on 5/9/2007 if you wanna slum it mr. Rocket! I understand it is terrible but I can get there in 45 minutes! Chiromikey sir, once agian sorry for continuing to jump your thread with rookie q's
05-06-2007, 02:36 PM
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Long Beach should just keep the race track up ! jeez right along the shore, oh that would be AWESOME. What would the times be like in Death Valley , at night in winter! -121 feet below sea level? Vegas? not good? Thanks for the input guys. I am going to LACR again on 5/9/2007 if you wanna slum it mr. Rocket! I understand it is terrible but I can get there in 45 minutes! Chiromikey sir, once agian sorry for continuing to jump your thread with rookie q's
Vegas,too hot and elevation is high.Great track though.Death Valley in the middle of winter with a high baro would make for some great runs.
05-06-2007, 02:53 PM
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05-06-2007, 03:01 PM
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LACR on Wednesday ! traffic should be minimal. Let me kow I have another 07 63 going and a 55!. Chiro, Blumax, start driving!
05-06-2007, 03:05 PM
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05-06-2007, 03:46 PM
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1/8 mile is fine with me! I will do LACR wed and Irwindale Thurs. I would LOVE to get you out ! Any other 55's or any MB's. Seems the track folks do not really have much respect for the luxury dragsters! PM me if you can make it and where you would be coming from.
05-07-2007, 01:21 PM
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met up with bluemax who ran his e63 tonight. he did a damn good job for only getting one run on such a crappy track. he can fill in the details on his run.
track prep was typical firebird...horrible and slick!!! even with d/r's i couldn't get on the throttle like i wanted to without going sideways! my pr last winter on street tires and before slr cams was 11.60 @ 119mph with a 1.71 60ft. tonight, having to be very careful and modulate the throttle at launch, i was only able to match those times with a 11.61 @ 119mph and a 1.70 60ft. as some of you may recall, i forcasted that my recent mods wouldn't yield any performance gains yet because of the warmer conditions and i was quite accurate (i did expect to be able to improve my 60ft times with the d/r's though...shame on firebird raceway for such a poor job).
my conclusions are to consider the addition of d/r's irrellevant tonight because of such poor track prep and the fact that my 60ft times were identical. this leaves me to consider the gains from the slr cams. considering my previous pr was obtained during winter with a da of 1100 and tonights temps were 20* warmer with a very strong side/head wind and a da of 3077, yes...i do believe there were performance gains from the cams. exactly how much i won't know until i get to run next winter during similar conditions.
tonight i'll probably go to sleep dreaming what it would have been like to run at a track like atco or e-town.
track prep was typical firebird...horrible and slick!!! even with d/r's i couldn't get on the throttle like i wanted to without going sideways! my pr last winter on street tires and before slr cams was 11.60 @ 119mph with a 1.71 60ft. tonight, having to be very careful and modulate the throttle at launch, i was only able to match those times with a 11.61 @ 119mph and a 1.70 60ft. as some of you may recall, i forcasted that my recent mods wouldn't yield any performance gains yet because of the warmer conditions and i was quite accurate (i did expect to be able to improve my 60ft times with the d/r's though...shame on firebird raceway for such a poor job).
my conclusions are to consider the addition of d/r's irrellevant tonight because of such poor track prep and the fact that my 60ft times were identical. this leaves me to consider the gains from the slr cams. considering my previous pr was obtained during winter with a da of 1100 and tonights temps were 20* warmer with a very strong side/head wind and a da of 3077, yes...i do believe there were performance gains from the cams. exactly how much i won't know until i get to run next winter during similar conditions.
tonight i'll probably go to sleep dreaming what it would have been like to run at a track like atco or e-town.
Corrected MPH 123.662
05-07-2007, 01:40 PM
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05-07-2007, 01:48 PM
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Thanks for the heads up!! My run was at 10:00 PM. I can't wait for some good weather to go hit it again!!
05-07-2007, 04:59 PM
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Bluemax you achieved a 12.87@112 in an E63. I think the fastest time I have seen for an E63 at Englishtown was 05VENOM who achieved a 12.899@112.5. Considering the track conitions that you ran under, the temperature must not impact your car as much as it does Chiromikey's (no disrespect). Also, Chiromikey, what times did your car run this time last year under the same conditions?
05-07-2007, 05:03 PM
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'Track times isnt that good' thread.
05-07-2007, 05:43 PM
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Fri in April and it was after 6:30 pm..so all my runs were in the eve. I believe my March times were the 12.7-12.8 runs....sorry can't help further. I am going though next Fri(18Th) hopefully guys like Enzom and SleeperX could show and lend some support.
05-07-2007, 05:44 PM
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Thanks!!!
05-07-2007, 06:00 PM
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Im gonna start a New Thread! Bluemax based on the track elevations unless XABO 12.5** was also run @ firebird you are the fastest 63 to date. Your run in under the track conditions puts your car as the most powerful and fastest! Xabo has the lowest actual time then Venom , but I believe they are both at sea level so... Venom needs to run a 12.35 or better and you need to beat 12.8. Your corrected time is the best so far, unless I am missing someone. CLS 63 best is 12.9@112 (Sammsonz). We are gonna smash that hopefully WEDnesday.
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05-07-2007, 06:31 PM
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2.)GOOD LUCK....would like to see a 118mph pass...??
05-07-2007, 06:52 PM
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Man 118 would be so sick, I was barely cracking 110!
05-07-2007, 07:00 PM
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Good luck 05VENOM hope you nail it. Deep stage the car to get the sixty's down won't help the MPH but should give you a good time ( what i did ).
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05-07-2007, 09:01 PM
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You ran a 12.6 with your filters in and a ****** transmission?
You have a very strong car!
05-08-2007, 12:23 AM
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