I broke down and bought a G-Tech pro RR performance meter. I wired in a Cigarette lighter plug and hooked everything up. Entered vehicle weight of 2850# (full of fuel w/driver). Calibrated the RPM's and accelerometers. I'm ready to go, except in Chicago it is 33 degrees, sunny, 15 mph north wind, streets have some dried salt residue and I have Bias ply Hoosier Street TD tires. Perfect conditions for accurate performance data. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif
So I warm her up. With an oil cooler and a -3 hose coming from the back of the motor bypassing the thermostat, this take about 15 minutes of normal street driving before I have any oil temp and the tires are warm enough to feel round again! I find a long country road and do a couple of 1/4 mile runs. 10.9 sec @ 103mph and 11.2sec @ 102mph on the way back. These seem to be good numbers to me as I don't have a clue as to the strategies for drag racing, I am road race only. I used a 2000rpm launch, no wheelspin, and 6000 rpm shift point.
Now the farmers are heading out to see what all the racket is (running straight pipes that are really loud at full throttle especially in the cold air!) I decide to find a parking lot to do some skidpad work. I have worn out my welcome here /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banned.gif
School parking lot has lots of light poles and lots of salt... .79 G's, lots of unpredictable sliding around, HUGE engine noise thundering off of the buildings.....OOPs we are drawing a crowd time to move on...
I find a large, new parking lot in a park with no light poles and no salt! I manage 1.12G's in one direction and 1.07G's in the other and many parking lot circles /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif
Fun stuff /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banana.gif
I can't wait until I can get some real heat in the tires and put my race pads in for some Brake tests!
So I warm her up. With an oil cooler and a -3 hose coming from the back of the motor bypassing the thermostat, this take about 15 minutes of normal street driving before I have any oil temp and the tires are warm enough to feel round again! I find a long country road and do a couple of 1/4 mile runs. 10.9 sec @ 103mph and 11.2sec @ 102mph on the way back. These seem to be good numbers to me as I don't have a clue as to the strategies for drag racing, I am road race only. I used a 2000rpm launch, no wheelspin, and 6000 rpm shift point.
Now the farmers are heading out to see what all the racket is (running straight pipes that are really loud at full throttle especially in the cold air!) I decide to find a parking lot to do some skidpad work. I have worn out my welcome here /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banned.gif
School parking lot has lots of light poles and lots of salt... .79 G's, lots of unpredictable sliding around, HUGE engine noise thundering off of the buildings.....OOPs we are drawing a crowd time to move on...
I find a large, new parking lot in a park with no light poles and no salt! I manage 1.12G's in one direction and 1.07G's in the other and many parking lot circles /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif
Fun stuff /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banana.gif
I can't wait until I can get some real heat in the tires and put my race pads in for some Brake tests!