jrcart

If anyone is interested, I'm heading to the Route 66 Raceway Tuesday Night Test & Tune tomorrow night. Tech inspection opens at 4:00pm

There are going to be some records broken tomorrow, Accu-Weather says it's going to be 77 degrees at 4:00pm and down to the low 60's high 50's by 9:00pm. 55% humidity...it's gonna be fast.

I will be making my first passes with the new Mickey Thompsons mounted up and nitrous oxide installed. 11.20's anyone?

Bisco

I've been looking for an excuse to go to the track all summer and I think I may have finally found it. I'm yet to get any #'s for my E so this will be the perfect opportunity

jrcart

If you make it, keep an eye open for me and say Hi. There is a bone stock Black Series going as well, I am really looking forward to some head to head passes with him. That should really help me to gauge how much the mods on my car are giving me over a stock Black Series.

Bisco

I definitely will. Did you ever bring yours to the track when it was still stock?

jrcart

Yes I did run when bone stock last fall, I don't have the slips in front of me, but if I recall my quickest e/t was 12.19, I'm running 11.60's now, but the "experts" say on paper I'm going to gain .200 with the tires and at least .200 with the spray, but we will have to see that the real world has in store for me. I'm going to start off with only a 50hp shot of gas and then go up to 100.

One thing is for sure, if the weather forcast is correct I will not be able to blame any poor performances on the weather, it's going to be near perfect racing weather...at least near perfect for Chicago.

aleksandar1099

I think that I will make it out there. I look forward to seeing your car run jim!!

Max.H

Route 66 is an awesome track. One of my favorites. Have fun, and post up pics!!

blackbenzz

Good luck Jim!

c32used

Why do I always catch this stuff one day before I want to try to see how I fair up at Rt.66 and Byron. Jim you have to give me heads up when you do this so I can schedule it. GL thou

I say high 10s with spray and tires

MarkoCL65

RT66 has a very strict tech. I'd hate to drive out there to only get one pass off. Does anyone know if they've gotten more lenient recently?

Marcus Frost

Jim says he's close with ownership but I'm very skeptical if you click off anything quicker than a 11.49 they aren't going to give you a hard time.

Route 66 is one of the best tracks in the world, but unfortunately the hillbillies at the NHRA just haven't gotten with the times yet. I'd love to take my E55 there, it should not go quicker than 11.49, but unfortunately I haven't put my pulley back on yet, so it's not really worth making the trip. It would be great to take the SL down there but I'm just not sure what my schedule is going to be like tomorrow.

-m

chiromikey

i envy your weather...we're still around the 110 mark!

please make a few passes without the n2o so we can compare street tires to d/r's on a 63. i've mentioned in the past that the new software on the e55 limits tq in 1st and 2nd and when the track is prepped properly i don't get any better 60ft times on my lightweight ccw 16" rims with mt d/r's than i do on my heavy 19" street tire set up. because of this, i'm curious if the 63 software is similar.

good luck tomorrow.

jrcart

They are not really too strict at test & tune nights, unless you have body panels hanging off your car you should be fine. Besides that I have a "relationship" with track owners, you should not have a hard time. When the inspector asks you about any mods, just tell them it is bone stock and they will not even look any further, these guys have no idea what they are looking at when it comes to europeon vehicles. They are cracking down the the snell ratings on the helmets, make sure your helmet is current, other than that they are cool, you should have no problem passing tech today.

Could not ask for nicer weather in August......

jrcart

I have a felling it is going to be very crowded tonight due to the near perfect weather, not sure how many passes I will get in. If all goes well I plan on making one pass with the Corsa tires and no spray just as a baseline run. Then I am want to make a couple passes with MT's and no spray and then make a pass with MT's and a 50 shot of spray and then move up to a few passes with MT's and 100 shot. If I have time at the end of the night I want to do a 100 shot with the Corsas mounted back up, just for the hell of it.

I hope to see some of you guys out there tonight. I love the look on these rednecks faces when they get the smackdown by a pretty german car, the look on their faces is priceless.

aleksandar1099

Come on marcus..... It would be cool to see your sl65 run!!

higginsbeach

Good luck Jim. Our nights here are getting cooler also. It will be time to go to the track on a regular basis to take advantage of cooler weather. Hope your rear end holds up!!

MB_Forever

Make sure you guys keep us up to date with the runs....

Bisco

Agreed bring that beast out

Bisco

What time do you guys plan on headin there?

blackbenzz

Doesn't Jim have a cage anyway? What are they gonna tell him?

Bisco

One more question, leave T/C on or off?

aleksandar1099

no ... Leave it on !!! I'm on my way!!

Jakpro1

Well no news is sometimes not so good news.

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How'd we do JR

c32used

+1

MarkoCL65

Should go faster than that. Unless torque management manages to ruin your night.