Went to the track!!
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Went to the track!!
First timeout with the ol girl. Went to pacific raceway track tonight, it was pretty hot (+85)and the air sucked.
First pass 14.30 at 108, I went around the water brushed them off with a quick spin and loaded the converter a bit blazed the tires, would not hook, on off on off BAD. So disappointed.
Next pass I turned the dyno mode off and turned off the traction to see if this helped, I did a good hard burn out and blasted a 12.59@112 with a 1.98 60ft backed it up with a 12.57@111.9 with a 1.91 60ft I tried the dyno mode again and it spun bad but I had fun. IAT temp were alot higher than I had hoped at peak of 160 and would not get below 120 without long cool downs. So does that seem? The car is hard to race with the crappy throttle feel, its so hard to find the sweet spot of traction with letting out to much. car is stock except for separating the cooling with a 6 gal trunk reservoir.
First pass 14.30 at 108, I went around the water brushed them off with a quick spin and loaded the converter a bit blazed the tires, would not hook, on off on off BAD. So disappointed.
Next pass I turned the dyno mode off and turned off the traction to see if this helped, I did a good hard burn out and blasted a 12.59@112 with a 1.98 60ft backed it up with a 12.57@111.9 with a 1.91 60ft I tried the dyno mode again and it spun bad but I had fun. IAT temp were alot higher than I had hoped at peak of 160 and would not get below 120 without long cool downs. So does that seem? The car is hard to race with the crappy throttle feel, its so hard to find the sweet spot of traction with letting out to much. car is stock except for separating the cooling with a 6 gal trunk reservoir.
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First timeout with the ol girl. Went to pacific raceway track tonight, it was pretty hot (+85)and the air sucked.
First pass 14.30 at 108, I went around the water brushed them off with a quick spin and loaded the converter a bit blazed the tires, would not hook, on off on off BAD. So disappointed.
Next pass I turned the dyno mode off and turned off the traction to see if this helped, I did a good hard burn out and blasted a 12.59@112 with a 1.98 60ft backed it up with a 12.57@111.9 with a 1.91 60ft I tried the dyno mode again and it spun bad but I had fun. IAT temp were alot higher than I had hoped at peak of 160 and would not get below 120 without long cool downs. So does that seem? The car is hard to race with the crappy throttle feel, its so hard to find the sweet spot of traction with letting out to much. car is stock except for separating the cooling with a 6 gal trunk reservoir.
First pass 14.30 at 108, I went around the water brushed them off with a quick spin and loaded the converter a bit blazed the tires, would not hook, on off on off BAD. So disappointed.
Next pass I turned the dyno mode off and turned off the traction to see if this helped, I did a good hard burn out and blasted a 12.59@112 with a 1.98 60ft backed it up with a 12.57@111.9 with a 1.91 60ft I tried the dyno mode again and it spun bad but I had fun. IAT temp were alot higher than I had hoped at peak of 160 and would not get below 120 without long cool downs. So does that seem? The car is hard to race with the crappy throttle feel, its so hard to find the sweet spot of traction with letting out to much. car is stock except for separating the cooling with a 6 gal trunk reservoir.
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stock type, street tire. Best results were backing in the water and smoke them deep into seconed let off the break and let walk out till it starts to bog a bit. I only made 4 pass's thats not enough in this type a car to really figure out how to launch it.
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2006 E55 AMG
First timeout with the ol girl. Went to pacific raceway track tonight, it was pretty hot (+85)and the air sucked.
First pass 14.30 at 108, I went around the water brushed them off with a quick spin and loaded the converter a bit blazed the tires, would not hook, on off on off BAD. So disappointed.
Next pass I turned the dyno mode off and turned off the traction to see if this helped, I did a good hard burn out and blasted a 12.59@112 with a 1.98 60ft backed it up with a 12.57@111.9 with a 1.91 60ft I tried the dyno mode again and it spun bad but I had fun. IAT temp were alot higher than I had hoped at peak of 160 and would not get below 120 without long cool downs. So does that seem? The car is hard to race with the crappy throttle feel, its so hard to find the sweet spot of traction with letting out to much. car is stock except for separating the cooling with a 6 gal trunk reservoir.
First pass 14.30 at 108, I went around the water brushed them off with a quick spin and loaded the converter a bit blazed the tires, would not hook, on off on off BAD. So disappointed.
Next pass I turned the dyno mode off and turned off the traction to see if this helped, I did a good hard burn out and blasted a 12.59@112 with a 1.98 60ft backed it up with a 12.57@111.9 with a 1.91 60ft I tried the dyno mode again and it spun bad but I had fun. IAT temp were alot higher than I had hoped at peak of 160 and would not get below 120 without long cool downs. So does that seem? The car is hard to race with the crappy throttle feel, its so hard to find the sweet spot of traction with letting out to much. car is stock except for separating the cooling with a 6 gal trunk reservoir.
!!!! I think I needed more like a 50 lbs. or more.
