Alright I need help, advice, or any thing.....
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Alright I need help, advice, or any thing.....
As you all know, last week was my first ever pass in anything. You all know that I also have quite a few mods in my possesion. And you all know what I have run so far. Now what you should know is what I want to do.
First off, I want to run 11's stock. I only have a Eurocharged heat exchanger and Meziere pump. There are no engine mods on the car at this point. And I do have a sweet drag set up.(Thanks chawkins) So I strongly believe that this is possible. But, what do I have to do/work on so that I can achieve my first goal?
I will be at PBIR again on Wednesday for the test and tune night. I will stay untill they kick me out this time unless I hit my first goal, which ever comes first.
I am a professional golfer, so I no how hard it is to hit goals. It was only four years ago I was a 27 handicap. Now I am the Director of golf for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and I play in pro tournaments.
The next goal would be to hit 10's, but we will cross that one when the time comes.
Now, what I need is any help on launch and shifting, what settings to be in, and anything else that will help. My car never gets out of third gear through the run. And I don't know if that is good or bad.
What RPM do I shift at? I've been running manual and all my times have gotten lower with every pass. I don't think manual S is better. But what ever works.
Are my trap speeds any good? It has been as low as 110mph and as high as 112mph. It does seem to be pretty consistant. But can I make them higher? How do I get my 60' lower? I was running 1.9 on street tire and 1.8 on the drags. What else can I do?
ANY help would greatly be appreciated. This forum has given me alot and I need YOUR help. Let's do this.
First off, I want to run 11's stock. I only have a Eurocharged heat exchanger and Meziere pump. There are no engine mods on the car at this point. And I do have a sweet drag set up.(Thanks chawkins) So I strongly believe that this is possible. But, what do I have to do/work on so that I can achieve my first goal?
I will be at PBIR again on Wednesday for the test and tune night. I will stay untill they kick me out this time unless I hit my first goal, which ever comes first.
I am a professional golfer, so I no how hard it is to hit goals. It was only four years ago I was a 27 handicap. Now I am the Director of golf for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and I play in pro tournaments.
The next goal would be to hit 10's, but we will cross that one when the time comes.
Now, what I need is any help on launch and shifting, what settings to be in, and anything else that will help. My car never gets out of third gear through the run. And I don't know if that is good or bad.
What RPM do I shift at? I've been running manual and all my times have gotten lower with every pass. I don't think manual S is better. But what ever works.
Are my trap speeds any good? It has been as low as 110mph and as high as 112mph. It does seem to be pretty consistant. But can I make them higher? How do I get my 60' lower? I was running 1.9 on street tire and 1.8 on the drags. What else can I do?
ANY help would greatly be appreciated. This forum has given me alot and I need YOUR help. Let's do this.
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First off, put it in manual mode to do a burnout and then put it right back in to "automatic" in sport mode. Next even though you have drag radials they aren't going to do you much good if you don't get them nice and hot and make them sticky so they do their job and grip. I don't know what kind of burnout you do or if you even do one but I am assuming you aren't getting a good burnout so your 60ft are still not much different than from street tires.
Unfortunately in south Florida you aren't going to get weather like some guys in the north get with incredible DAs way below sea level to help the car make more power to run faster. Your traps may not get much higher than 112 so you really need a good 60ft to improve your time which could improve by 3 or 4 tenths with a slightly better launch.
If you do one, how do you do your burnout? Do you try to spin the tires until the car shuts you down and then you just roll forward to the line? At minimum you need to powerbreak the car for a second until it starts to limit your power and then keep the pedal on the floor and let the brake go continuing to spin the tires like mad as you head to the staging tree. If you can't do this for whatever reason then you may need to put the car in dyno mode to remove the limiter so you can spin them as much as you want and do it for a good 5-6 seconds before going up to the line.
Unfortunately in south Florida you aren't going to get weather like some guys in the north get with incredible DAs way below sea level to help the car make more power to run faster. Your traps may not get much higher than 112 so you really need a good 60ft to improve your time which could improve by 3 or 4 tenths with a slightly better launch.
If you do one, how do you do your burnout? Do you try to spin the tires until the car shuts you down and then you just roll forward to the line? At minimum you need to powerbreak the car for a second until it starts to limit your power and then keep the pedal on the floor and let the brake go continuing to spin the tires like mad as you head to the staging tree. If you can't do this for whatever reason then you may need to put the car in dyno mode to remove the limiter so you can spin them as much as you want and do it for a good 5-6 seconds before going up to the line.
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It sounds like youre on the right track (no pun intended). As you already know from your profession. . .the most important factor is practice, practice, practice. I personally would keep the car in "s" tranny mode....most of the really fast times are done with this. As far as what I've seen in your post and what you may be missing:
1) reset the tranny with the "sneaky ECU reset" before you run
2) PSI in your Drag set up (can have dramatic effects on your 60's and MPH)
3) How is the track prep - while we get great DA's here - we have even better track prep
4) pull everything you can out of the car to reduce weight and if you see the thread about MIR - you'll see while Clayton actually said it - there was a mad rush this week to "burn off" fuel so we get to the track with as little as possible.
5) - just practice the launches (think of it as short game and putting
rather than the whole runs. . .I can't tell you how many pros show up and ALL they're doing is practicing their launches (my favorite was when one shut down after the first 150 ft and still ran sub 10's in the 150'smph).
1) reset the tranny with the "sneaky ECU reset" before you run
2) PSI in your Drag set up (can have dramatic effects on your 60's and MPH)
3) How is the track prep - while we get great DA's here - we have even better track prep
4) pull everything you can out of the car to reduce weight and if you see the thread about MIR - you'll see while Clayton actually said it - there was a mad rush this week to "burn off" fuel so we get to the track with as little as possible.
5) - just practice the launches (think of it as short game and putting
rather than the whole runs. . .I can't tell you how many pros show up and ALL they're doing is practicing their launches (my favorite was when one shut down after the first 150 ft and still ran sub 10's in the 150'smph).
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Elliot, leave the tranny in s mode during burnout and racing, simple. Set the ride suspension in comfort mode. Set your tire psi to 16 once fully warmed and your car is an 04 right? Does it cut power when you start your burnout? If you can get your 60 to 1.5xx you got 11sssss.
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Thanks guys! I'll be trying everything I can to hit 11's. Hopefully it will be this Wednesday. And then I can start installing all my mods. Then on to the next goal.
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weather is going to need to co-operate with you too to make this happen.. I have been close numerous times on my 11 second stock pass.. Every time I get a good 60' I cant muster the mph (to warm) and everytime I get the mph I cant hook on the 60' (to cold).. Good luck and im sure if you get some decent temps next week youll have it.. And Id lauch somewhere are 1,000 rpms
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weather is going to need to co-operate with you too to make this happen.. I have been close numerous times on my 11 second stock pass.. Every time I get a good 60' I cant muster the mph (to warm) and everytime I get the mph I cant hook on the 60' (to cold).. Good luck and im sure if you get some decent temps next week youll have it.. And Id lauch somewhere are 1,000 rpms
