AdamG@NorCal

Can you list them out and the type of cars they are racing?
We need another 7 for $212.

Adam

MB_Forever

Adam, did you have any luck trying to get some of the M5board members on-board with this?

How about the Porsche guys?

I would think 5 to 7 more people is not too hard.

Bay Area User

so what's going on? just got back from out of the country and realized this thread is on the 7th page. is this still happening? i'm still interested.
Any updates? how many cars do we have? is there a newer thread that i missed?
thanks.

MB_Forever

Do you mean the 2nd Page

It looks like it's gonna happen, but at a slightly higher cost than $200 / car, maybe $250

We need someone to post this on m5boards.com and get some BMWs involved

MB_Forever

Adam, is there any update on this? Are we going January 27th or February 10th?

We need to go when it is coldest. Please let us know what's the latest update....

juicee63

1/26 we could do Infineon and 1/27 SAC !!!

Anybody wanna join me at Infineon?

http://www.infineonraceway.com/racew...t_drag_racing/

MB_Forever

Juicee, what's the times for Infineon?

ROCKETW19

you better belive ill go with you to infineon if my car is back for adams!

juicee63

http://www.infineonraceway.com/racew...t_drag_racing/

MB_Forever

Bay Area User

i'll be at infineon for sure

MB_Forever

How many people usually go on a day like the upcoming event on 01/26/2008?

Bay Area User

Not a lot, you usually only get 2-3 runs before elimination rounds. Wednesday you could get as many as 4-6 before elimination rounds.

juicee63

1.Juicee63
2.Bay Area User

Long as its not raining!

anybody else INFINEON??

http://www.infineonraceway.com/racew...t_drag_racing/

NSM

Infineon will be a race day, not TnT. Don't expect a lot of track time unless you are winning.

The Dodge motor still isn't back in so I probably won't be there. January races can produce some great air...

Good luck,

Scott

juicee63

The air on Saturday will be great on both tracks prob with SAC is the lack of any prep whatsoever, hard to drive 5 hours for ice time? I am down for "bracket racing" although a bit trickier the Benz is mighty consistant. dial would be 12.165@117.74..HMMMMMMMMM

Bay Area User

Are this cars consistent off the line?
I've had the car at the track twice. Both times with a faulty i.c pump.
Needless to say the times were ****ty, but i was testing out my reaction times (This is where bracket racing is won or lost.)
I'm a pretty consistent driver, i tend to get .030s .040s.. every now and then i'll pull .00s or .01s but most of the time they tend to fall in the other category.
However, with the e55 is a totally different game. How do you guys keep it consistent? sometimes i felt the car took an extra tenth or two everytime i pressed the pedal to get moving? so my reaction time was all over the place. My 60s were consistent, 1.9s high 1.8s, but i simply could not get the reaction time down.
How do you guys do it?
please educate me!
thanks!

juicee63

The track if prepped should allow for real consistant E55 runs. If we hit infineon it will be my first time so I would need to do on or two runs prior to picking a dial in. If you break out you lose unless the other driver breaks out worse. It definately is more challenging to run brackets , you can easily beat 1000 hp cars and just as easily lose to 150 hp cars. If you red light your toast as well and your right the best R/t w/o breaking out gets to move on ..

I would just ease the car out pick a moderate to easy dial to hit and drive the car exactly the same each time. This is where knowing your car is very important. Hope the rain stops cause I think we could do pyrdy good since the cars afteryou start are point and shoot.

NSM

I have two cars I race regularly, a '69 Mach 1 (Sportsman class) and a '70 Challenger (Super Pro). Both are set up for drag racing and both are pretty consistent. However, my most consistent car is my wife's Acura MDX. It runs 16.67 +/- 0.01 all day long and with a deep stage coming off idle can RT in the 0.03 range. This car ET's far more consistently than either of my "race" cars. Just something about this car makes it deadly consistent and not susceptible to weather changes.

On the flip side, the Acura won't carry the front wheels across the 60 ft marker...

The SL65 times are all over the place. Great when it hooks, but the overwhelming torque and stiff rear suspension keep it from hooking up consistently.

juicee63

funny the MDX is exactly the kinda car that trumps the CLS, LOL.

Dam man looks like rain all week???? I so badly wanna run at Infineon but to drive 5hrs and have it rain would be ...terrible

MB_Forever

Juicee, even if it does not rain, driving 5 hours just to get 2 or 3 runs is not worth it. It'd be better to wait and rent the track so that you can garauntee at least 15 to 20 runs

And by the way, where is Adam with our Sacramento track rental update?

blueknight

Guys according to the least weather forecast looks like it will be raining on Sat, but Sunday should be clear.

MB_Forever

Adam, are we still on for February 10th? I need to know so I can clear up my schedule.

The weather seems like it will be on our side this time around Now all we need is good track prep, and I'm sure we'll have record-breaking runs.....

Adam, please give us an update.....

juicee63

Uh comon guys we have alot of cars to test......alot......lets do this man!!!
Rick where on earth did u go? I really hope yer car es ok?

MB_Forever

no updates ?