chiromikey

planning to meet up with a few friends, one with a beautiful r34 gtr and thought i'd see if we could get a few other amg's out there. i'm sure lou will also be there with his record setting sl65.

gates open at 6pm and the track runs until midnight. anyone interested?

supre55

I will email you later today!

tucsonbroker

Would love to, but not this Friday... doh

I Like Soup

I am a definite maybe!

But seriously, I get in from San Diego at 530pm and have to drop one of my colleagues at his hotel. I may have to be hospitable and stop for a beer on the way as he is one of our corporate guys in from Austria. So, let me see how the end of my trip shakes out as I'd love to go out there!

chiromikey

just checking in. as long as nothing silly happens, i should be there around 6:30-7pm.

hope you guys can make it.

I Like Soup

Well, my colleague and I missed our flight out of San Diego (sitting here drinking beer at the airport) so we won't be getting in to Phoenix until 9pm. Needless to say, I'm gonna miss out on this outing.

supre55

Great time last night running the cars.

Of course I made all the rookie mistakes, like smoking my tires all the way through 1st gear instead of easing into it, and running 37 psi on the rears. Best I could do was a 12.4 @ 113, RT = .567, 60' = 2.026, 1/8 8.2 @ 89.

Chiromikey smoked me on our two head to head runs.

Need to work on my launches...

juicee63

Great run man,

What were the temps at the track? Where is Mikey? LOL. Glad to see you made it , watching and learning from Mikey is about the smartest thing to do, :-).

Your 60 ft on street tires is not bad, lower the pressure maybe 10 psi in the back.

Was it crowded?

what was Mikey running? 11.90's?

chiromikey

hey rick it was great meeting you last night...and a good thing i had an attorney with me to get past the tech *****.

karl, no problem...maybe next time.

josh, temps were pretty warm...mid to low 70's all night with a da of 2660'. there was the fewest people i've ever seen at firebird last night (probably because of bike week). if i didn't have a problem getting in and would have stayed all night, i could have easily run over a dozen times. anyways, the best i could manage with the warm temps and higher da was 11.61 @ 119.5mph.

juicee63

What did tech try and nab you for? A fire suit?

Jacket , hmmmmm.. I figured the DA musta been high. Hows the car hooking? Still hitting 1.70? Trap speed looks better? Dam wish I could have joined you guys

supre55

No worries man! I'm just glad we got you in and I thought after all that you would have at least let me win one. Did your buddy with the skyline finally get a decent run?

chiromikey

trap speed was down also...about 3mph from a few weeks ago. the car's hooking the same as always, 60' times ranged from 1.69 to 1.71.

tech ***** were after me for a license issue, not a car issue...long story.

start working jim and maybe you both can come down for a night!!

yeah, i'm not very good at letting others win. maybe if i ever become a father that will change.

he finally got a decent launch and managed an 11.7x. still way off of what that car is capable of.

Jakpro1

Only if YOU run my car. Or at least teach me that friggin launching technique man. Consistant 1.6's-1.7.

So you just STOMP it Mike???? Good burnout and let it rip from idle speed??

Incredible man.

chiromikey

lol, i'd GLADLY run your beast!

the e55 is by far the easiest car i've ever run with exception of reaction times because of the ecu lag. other than that, i really have to give credit to the car and the tracks out here. speedworld has always dead hooked and since firebird resurfaced their first few hundred feet last year, it's been even better than speedworld!

so yes, a quick 4-5 second burnout and stomp from idle. i honestly feel guilty for even taking credit for it because with decent tires it's that easy.

MB_Forever

Mike, the driver has a lot to do with it. I've seen very few E55 drivers pull 60' times as low as yours and as consistently as yours .

You'd be definitely a very good candidate to run Jim's car, and when you're done, you need to run mine as well

chiromikey

lol, thanks...and i'd be happy to ***** out my services!

supre55

Mike - What size are your rear drag rims/tires?

chiromikey

they're 16" rims with 255/50's. don't let them fool you too much, i run the same 60' times and et's with my 19" street rims/tires set-up.

Jakpro1

I can see the business cards now, "Chiromikey.....Professional E55 launcher"

www.letmelaunchyou.com

supre55

I was hoping it wasn't me that was the problem but it looks like it is.

chiromikey

could be your tires. i don't have any experience with or know enough about the nittos to comment. the toyo t1r's are the best street tire i've been on so far and i know they make a difference.

Jakpro1

What kinda Nittos Supre??

Are they 555's?

They are supposed to hook pretty well.

supre55

Nitto 555's @ 37 psi. I lit them up through all of 1st and into the 2nd gear shift. Tread is still pretty good on them (15k miles), but they sure do not hook up like they used to. I averaged a 26 mph gain in the last 1/8 over my four runs, so the car runs strong once it gets going. My technique just sucks...

After reading the revived thread on the ECU reset, I guess I needed to do that as well.