What a night and what a rush! A huge thanks to Paul Volk, 99gst_racer for lending me his 26" Hoosier QTP's on Motegi Traklite 2's!
No changes were made to the car other then the wheels/tires from my 11.812 @ 115.69 from two nights ago. That pass was on 16" stock gst wheels and Toyo Proxes 4's in 225x50x16.
I was nervous as all get out for the first pass. I'd never launched on slicks and wasn't sure what to expect. Pressures were at 12 psi rear and 12.5 fronts, we had planned on starting with them higher but that's what they were set at and I wasn't chasing down an air compressor. I raised my launch rpm to 5500 and got in the lanes.
11.572 @ 116.12
1.609 60'
7.363 @ 92.72 1/8th
I was so excited, I laughed my way all the way back to my parking spot! I knew that was good enough for #5 on the 14b list w/out nitrous! I was surprised that the tires broke loose on the launch so I decided to try launching at 5250 which was my setting for the street tires. The track was ice cold, all passes were in the mid 50's and just about everyone I heard from said they were having a hard time getting traction. Still that 1.60 felt unbelievable! My accessory belt was squealing upon starting the car back up, it was way loose, tightened it up and headed back to the lanes.
11.676 @ 116.52
1.635 60'
7.444 @ 91.55 1/8th
Pass felt good, very little tire spin off the line, but there just wasn't enough oomph to make the 60 foot happen. Something felt goofy with the clutch though, nothing I've experienced before. Still was nice to back up the first pass. With the clutch acting weird I told Paul I would "go for broke" and turn the launch up to 6000 and see what happens. Quick adjustment with Link and back to the staging area.
The launch was all kinds of squirrely! You can't really see it in the video but it felt much more dramatic in the car! I was counter steering both directions to keep it going straight down the track and banged second to stop the madness! I knew the pass was good though and I had a smile all the way to the ticket booth.
11.541 @ 116.38
1.571 60'
7.332 @ 92.35 1/8th
So it wasn't enough to move me past Dave Womer to go up the list, but that's ok I was psyched with the passes tonight. Still something very strange with clutch engagement driving back to my parking spot so I knew that was the last pass. After sitting for maybe an hour and cooling down the car, I drove home with the strange clutch engagement gone. It had to be from heating the crap out of it. It felt grabby with a little clunk through the drivetrain upon engagement. Oh well, it was a $50 used ACT 2600 clutch I picked up 3 years ago! I'll look into replacing that, making sure everything else is healthy, and looking into my own wheels and slicks for next year. No more passes for 2012 as I'm very happy with the car and I don't want to risk the clutch when I have to drive home from the track.
Also of note, with that rediculously light wheel/slick combo the car weighed in on the scales at 2595lbs. with me in it! I'm going to see if Paul can weigh the wheel/tires so I can get an estimate of what my car weighs on the streets, but overall that's quite a bit lighter then I expected!
Huge thanks to my supporters! You guys gave me the tips, tricks, and parts to run this kind of time on the 14b! Thanks! Special shoutout to DSMLoki, this car was first assembled in his garage and his sweat and perhaps a little blood is still on this car somewhere! It was awesome that he was there last night to witness this!
No changes were made to the car other then the wheels/tires from my 11.812 @ 115.69 from two nights ago. That pass was on 16" stock gst wheels and Toyo Proxes 4's in 225x50x16.
I was nervous as all get out for the first pass. I'd never launched on slicks and wasn't sure what to expect. Pressures were at 12 psi rear and 12.5 fronts, we had planned on starting with them higher but that's what they were set at and I wasn't chasing down an air compressor. I raised my launch rpm to 5500 and got in the lanes.
11.572 @ 116.12
1.609 60'
7.363 @ 92.72 1/8th
I was so excited, I laughed my way all the way back to my parking spot! I knew that was good enough for #5 on the 14b list w/out nitrous! I was surprised that the tires broke loose on the launch so I decided to try launching at 5250 which was my setting for the street tires. The track was ice cold, all passes were in the mid 50's and just about everyone I heard from said they were having a hard time getting traction. Still that 1.60 felt unbelievable! My accessory belt was squealing upon starting the car back up, it was way loose, tightened it up and headed back to the lanes.
11.676 @ 116.52
1.635 60'
7.444 @ 91.55 1/8th
Pass felt good, very little tire spin off the line, but there just wasn't enough oomph to make the 60 foot happen. Something felt goofy with the clutch though, nothing I've experienced before. Still was nice to back up the first pass. With the clutch acting weird I told Paul I would "go for broke" and turn the launch up to 6000 and see what happens. Quick adjustment with Link and back to the staging area.
The launch was all kinds of squirrely! You can't really see it in the video but it felt much more dramatic in the car! I was counter steering both directions to keep it going straight down the track and banged second to stop the madness! I knew the pass was good though and I had a smile all the way to the ticket booth.
11.541 @ 116.38
1.571 60'
7.332 @ 92.35 1/8th
So it wasn't enough to move me past Dave Womer to go up the list, but that's ok I was psyched with the passes tonight. Still something very strange with clutch engagement driving back to my parking spot so I knew that was the last pass. After sitting for maybe an hour and cooling down the car, I drove home with the strange clutch engagement gone. It had to be from heating the crap out of it. It felt grabby with a little clunk through the drivetrain upon engagement. Oh well, it was a $50 used ACT 2600 clutch I picked up 3 years ago! I'll look into replacing that, making sure everything else is healthy, and looking into my own wheels and slicks for next year. No more passes for 2012 as I'm very happy with the car and I don't want to risk the clutch when I have to drive home from the track.
Also of note, with that rediculously light wheel/slick combo the car weighed in on the scales at 2595lbs. with me in it! I'm going to see if Paul can weigh the wheel/tires so I can get an estimate of what my car weighs on the streets, but overall that's quite a bit lighter then I expected!
Huge thanks to my supporters! You guys gave me the tips, tricks, and parts to run this kind of time on the 14b! Thanks! Special shoutout to DSMLoki, this car was first assembled in his garage and his sweat and perhaps a little blood is still on this car somewhere! It was awesome that he was there last night to witness this!
