SLK55R

I'm pretty sure it is a mid 11 car too but until I do ... its a high 11 car ...

bassn_07

Keep knocking it Mike but when I get into the low 11's I want my props.... Sacramento is still one of fastest tracks in Cali besides infineon.

Mo, work on getting that Infineon track day and I bet many will come.

Nice run. Your 60' time is a lot better then my first and only day with DR's. I struggled big time at Famoso with them.

I was talking with Andrew as you did that run...I think. Was this your personal best?

Great job!

It sounds like traction was okay, it's only a test n tune day. I'm sure track prep might be better with a track event.

Both times I went to Sacramento my best times came around the same time as SLK55R...14:00. Then again I can't really say anything because I'm the one who initiated the little meet and didn't show up !

Glad you had a great time Nick, I'm just sad I didn't make it. You mentioned that the MB's were the biggest group out there, how many showed up? I also invited a few from mymbonline.com, did you happen to meet any of them? Not sure what their names are though....

Let's setup another date soon before the weather starts warming up. Next time I'll be there for sure.

BallzyS55 - Did you run your 1.79 on DR's or street tires? What's your best 60' time to date? The reason why I'm asking is that you mentioned that traction wasn't that great but your 60' time seemed decent with DR's and great if they were on street tires. Glad you had a great time and we will be doing this again soon.

I'm glad everyone had a great time and apologize once again for being a flake. It was somewhat out of my hand though.

If anyone has a suggestion or recommendation for the next track day let's set it up. The weather will start getting warmer so lets do it soon.

chiromikey

sac is hit or miss...well mostly miss, but i do hope that changes. you'll definitely get your props and i have a feeling they'll be coming pretty soon!

Hammer Down

I think for me the biggest issue was due to the sun being out today. I believe it made the track slicker than it was when we last ran there back in Dec07. I forgot to mention that I had traction issue's with 3/4 down 1/2 tank of gas when we were all done. I ran with more gas to provide more weight.

bassn_07

The last 2 times I went to Sacramenot the traction seemed to get better towards the later part of the day. I take it this was not the case today?

When would you be available to hit the track up again? I would really like to get a few more runs in before it starts getting warmer.

Hammer Down

maybe later this month, you know what was funny was that it was mid 50's while racing and as we pulled out the gate it was 61.

chiromikey

keep in mind that more gas won't help with traction like it might with other cars. our gas tanks are midship and therefor don't provide as much rear weight bias as vehicles with their tanks behind the rear axle.

MB_Forever

We will likely never be able to rent Infineon privately..... they want too much money, and they want us to reserve it (with a deposit) a year and a half in advance It is hard to get people to commit that early for a track date.

There is another California track that is faster than both Sacramento and Infineon...... it's called Samoa Raceway and is located in Eureka, California. It is fairly easy to rent, but we'll likely loose most SoCal guys because it'll be 10 hours drive for them (one way)

bassn_07

Would it be worth while if we rented for 2 days? How's the track prep compared to Sacramento?

Hammer Down

Nick it was nice meeting you as well and your family are a bunch of troopers to hang out all day and watch. I actually wanted techtite grey when I started shopping for E55's almost 5yrs ago but I could not find one.

URnext

Damn Mo! Always working hard on getting us a good track day I am in for sure if its a really good track and we know we are going to get good traction. I am willing to bet a lot of the die hard drag racers will go from So Cal.......well, you have my vote.

MB_Forever

The track is almost directly at sea-level (5 to 10 feet above sea-level), and usually averages 0 to 500 ft of DA, but on some days, I've seen very low DA (as low as -1900 ft on some nights) . Humidity is usually higher there however. Overall, the track is fairly easy to rent and is a little cheaper than Famoso. I have no idea about traction, as that is the only track in California that I have not visited yet. However, I'm almost 100% positive it'll be better than Sacramento. Heck, every track I've ever been to so far was better than Sacramento even on it's worse night. I think it's so bad that NHRA stopped doing their major drags up there all together. Anyways, here is a map of the Samoa Drag Strip....

jrcart

It looks like a Naval landing strip

bassn_07

Wow...it's just like me taking a LA trip.

Mo, I don't think traction was that bad at Sacramento, was it? SLK55R got down to 1.7's in the 60' mark and other seemed to run what they have in the past. If I'm not mistaken SLK55R was happy to be in the 11's and this was done for $50. Also, didn't Warren hti his PB just a couple of weeks ago? He traveled quite a long ways to run at Sacramento and it paid off. I know many still complain about the track but many people travel a ways to race here, including the Hemi boys. I'm sure if we had a meet there would be better track prep then your usual test-n-tune day. I will agree that Sacramento probably doesn't have the best track prep out there but for $50 and the low DA's it is a decent track. For example, using street tires at 35 psi at Sacramento I was able to get 11.5's @124 with a 1.828 60' time and Famoso with DR''s my lowest time was 11.65 @ 122.5 with a 1.85 60's mark. Take that the DA was high that day but I think trading off a little traction for lower DA would be acceptable...no? If I'm wrong please correct me, I'm still learning.

When Warren ran his best personal best a Sacramento a couple of weeks ago he mentioned the traction wasn't that good...but good enough for a personal best ?

SLK55R

I think the MT DRs made a huge difference. Was I still slipping a little? Yes but I think next time I"ll try 265/40s 18s and hopefully that will address slippage. I think the trap prep was actually decent this time ... either that or the DRs gave me a lot more traction.

Plus I like driving up to Sac from Los Altos, racing, and driving back on the same tank of gas ...

Hammer Down

I think DR's are the way to go at Sac. Unless my Nitto's are harder than I think they were not hooking up at all yesterday either that or my ECU is really sensitive. I had them down to 25psi and I tried getting them hot and I tried a small burnout and I tried no burnout at all and could not get below a 2.0 60'

SLK55R

Seems like the Mickey Thompsons are the way to go. The BGF drag radials are not as soft as the MTs. Don't know about the nittos.

bassn_07

Which Nittos are you using? I used Toyo's T1R's the first time to the track and I was able to pull off a couple of 1.9's but the second time all my 60' times (4 out of 5) were in the 1.9's with a best ET of 11.55 @ 124 with a 1.828. This was done with my tire pressure set at around 33...I think, somewhere around there.

Do you happen to have the sprint booster? I know after we removed the SB from Blueknights car he was able to pull off 1.9 60 footer with stock Conti's.

That day I got my PB best there were a few cars using Nitto 555's and they seemed to be having trouble hooking up.

Hammer Down

I have the Nitto555 and they are about 3yrs old with about 7-8k miles on them.

Jakpro1

So did they spray the track at all you guys?

Sorry bout the times.

Funny, last 2 times I humped it down to Sacto, the track was perfect and the (*$&#(*$&*&in car was messed up. Well the 80+ degree day didn't help last time either.

bassn_07

Next time we meet up you could give my MT's a try and see how you like them. I have the MT's street radials in 265 40 18's.

Hammer Down

Jim are you serious???? no, not at all. They did use that rotating brush tractor contraption when someone left something on the track.

SLK55R

I was there at around 11am and the track didn't open til 12. So I was standing there for 1 hour watching them prep. It looked like they were resurfacing about 10 feet of the left lane and were using a blower to get rid of the residual water.

I didn't see them throw down any VHT though. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

bassn_07

What kind of 60' time are you usually hitting on a well prepped track?

MB_Forever

Alan, I think you're mixing up our last event at Famoso as a regular high DA day. Although the DA was high that day, everyone still beat their personal best. But what I want to clarify is this: in December, January, and February, Famoso usually has a DA very similar to Sacramento (-400 to +500 ft) but with much better traction. NHRA still runs full dragsters there (4 to 5 seconds at 250+ mph cars). However, we just happen to hit a heat wave on our last event (It was 73 F and parts of LA were actually 87 F....... it's hard to believe it got this hot in freakin January ).

Sacramento is a good track, but traction seems to be a hit or miss..... sometimes it's decent and sometimes it's not The stock E55 (Hammer Down) could not crack 2.0 due to traction. SLK55R had to start in 2nd gear to get 11s do you know how much slower second gear starts are? People using Mickey Thomsons don't have as big of a problem with traction as others, but not many running these tires

Anyways, I'm down with whichever track you guys choose.... it would be very hard to rent Infineon, but most of the other tracks seem to be more attainable. I've never tried Samoa, but I know it's DA and temps are even better than Sacramento..... I just don't know how traction is compared to Sacramento and Famoso.