Commerce anybody?

Discussion in 'Meetups & Events' started by Kokopelli, Jul 10, 2007.

  1. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    I am going to go on Friday if the weather holds.

    Anybody else up for it?
     
  2. SonicBoom

    SonicBoom Active Member

    Put me down for a possible... I really want to go and test out my newly aquired stage 2... b4 I go pro-tune. Don't know if this is the best weekend though....
     
  3. ScoobyMike

    ScoobyMike OG Mod

    damn I wish I could go....I've been wanting to go bad but this weekend doesn't look good for me...
     
  4. kingwrex

    kingwrex Supporting Member

    if i can get out of work early enough, ill go. last time i was too late and they wouldnt let me run mt car
     
  5. mckenzietj

    mckenzietj Member

    What time are you going and what is the cut-off time for tech?
     
  6. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    I like to get there when the gate opens at 6:00. You can get sveral passes in without having to wait.
     
  7. SonicBoom

    SonicBoom Active Member

    LOL... we didn't last time, remember? Some kind of computer glich and then a crash right after they started.. Only got 3 runs in total, grrrr...
     
  8. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    Hopefully that won't happen again.
     
  9. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    If I can get my Launch control W\Flat shifting map from SS by then I will be down.
     
  10. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    Go anyways. Launch control is over rated.
     
  11. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    How much? Do I need a helmet? She has not seen anything but the road thus far.
     
  12. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    I think its 20 to race and you will trap high enough to need a helmet.

    A motorcycle one will work.
     
  13. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    ^^^Okay, let me see what I can pull off. If I can go I will give you a call and follow you there.
     
  14. RoMe

    RoMe Active Member

    So you need a helmet a to run?
     
  15. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    If you trap over 100 or run faster than 14.0 you need a helmet.
     
  16. RoMe

    RoMe Active Member

    Meh, So I dont then :rofl:
     
  17. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    Damn you expecting alot of me the first time out...I am sure I will be scurred to get out the box w/o breaking my tranny. Oh well good thing I got AAA.LOL
     
  18. Strayen

    Strayen Active Member

    Mike, you got my VM and PM? I"m up for it, I'm trying to get Ped to go. I'm going to leave work at 3:30. I'll need directions to meet you come place.
     
  19. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    My VM is fubar'd but I did get your PM.

    What part of town will you be coming from?
     
  20. Strayen

    Strayen Active Member

    75/windy hill

    and i don't have a helmet.
     
  21. UpSideDownDesi

    UpSideDownDesi Active Member

    i want...gonna try go get my axle changed tomorrow morning. I wanna see what this car puts down before it's sold.
     
  22. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    Strayen,
    Borrow someone's auto cross helmet. They have loners there but you have to rent them and they are not always available.

    Also anybody else going remember that you need to wear long pants or they will not let you run.



    If we are going to meet up on the way I suggest we do it up by Hamilton Mill road exit on 85. That way people coming across 20 can hook up with us and we can hang out a little before having to take off. If we meet South of 316 on 85 we may never make it.
     
    Last edited: Jul 12, 2007
  23. Strayen

    Strayen Active Member

    I don't know who I can borrow a helmet from. Maybe I'll see if they have a rental or not run my car and just watch.
     
  24. SonicBoom

    SonicBoom Active Member

    If you are going to rent one, get there early.. they run out quick!
     
  25. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    Mike what time are you leaving your house? I gotta fix a crisis at work with any luck I will be out in time.
     
  26. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    I work right at Beaver Ruin and 85 so I will be leaving from there around 4:00. I should be at Hamilton Mill around 4:30. It is the exit after the 985 split so traffic is light from there on. When you get off the exit go to the right and we will meet at the first gas station on the left.

    If you are going to come up and you don't have my number drop me a pm and I'll get it to you.
     
  27. FTZ

    FTZ ^.^

    Not to threadjack, but was that you I saw yesterday on Holcomb Bridge?
     
  28. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    Yep. I pass by your new place everyday. I need to stop by and visit.
     
  29. miloman

    miloman Retired Admin

    Mike, have you been to the strip with your new setup? Make sure to post up times/speed.
     
  30. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    I ran the new setup when I was down at Silver Dollar. I ran a 12.5 at 118. The trap is enough for 11's but I need to work on my shifting and 60ft's. It was a lot easier to launch my act organic than it is my new 6 puck. I am going to flat shift this time hopefully that will help some too.

    Last time I also had a major leak around the compressor cover which has since been fixed.



    11's or bust!
     
  31. miloman

    miloman Retired Admin

    10's!!!!!!!!
     
  32. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    Please pm me if you are going. If nobody pms me I am not going to wait around at the meeting point.
     
  33. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    Hey techlord,
    clean out your pm box
     
  34. pEd

    pEd This ain't no Piccadilly!

    Nevermind.. found what I was looking for.
     
  35. V_WRX

    V_WRX Member

    Good seeing some of you out there. Who was that in the black bugeye?
     
  36. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    Guys I want to say I really enjoyed tonights runs at commerce...I think I am addicted. I am pleased with the results for my first time out.

    I think with some better tires and a bit more experience I can run in the mid to low 12's.

    Best 2 runs(had problems getting it in 4th all night)
    13.421@104.86 60ft - 2.037
    13.484@101.39 60ft - 1.982 (missed 4th bad could have been a good run)
     
  37. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    That was me, I had a blast.
     
  38. RoMe

    RoMe Active Member

    Its was great meeting you guys!! I wont post my runs :rofl: but I was 2-0 for the night representing for the Saabarus
     
  39. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    Was actually a good night at Commerce. There was only one incident and the staging lanes never made it around the first turn. I guess the weather scared a lot of people off. I got 8 runs in and left an hour before they closed.

    The downside was that the track was not prepped at all and it was real hard to hook up.

    best run was the last one 12.31 @ 118.52 with a 1.98 60ft.

    worst run was a 14.4 @ 109. Got a little sideways on the launch and missed 3rd and 4th
     
  40. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    ^^yeah if I had kept going non stop I probably would have gotten 10+ runs. Gave up my pants and got 7 runs in.
     
  41. Strayen

    Strayen Active Member

    Rick I hope you had a radar detector cause I was praying we wouldn't get caught going 120.

    My best was my 2nd run at 13.802 @ 101....something. I've got a long ways to go to getting into the 12s. :(
     
  42. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    ^^yeah pulled the X50 out the wifeys car before I left...Normally I would not do such a thing but I think the excitement of the night was still in me. as you noticed I was respectful the rest of the way home.
     
  43. V_WRX

    V_WRX Member

    Very nice bugeye. Fun times on the freeway.
     
  44. SonicBoom

    SonicBoom Active Member

    Great times guys! I'm jealous... figures the track would be empty and flowing good when I don't go, everytime I do, its packed and has many incidents. I feel you on the freeway fun, 2 times ago, Me in my bugeye and a friend in his STI took turns spanking a Porsche Cayman... I know its dangerous/retarded, but your bloods still going and your foots still heavy from the track....
     
  45. RoMe

    RoMe Active Member

    Strayen post the pics!!! So I can steal em Ill post mine later!!
     
  46. kingwrex

    kingwrex Supporting Member

    thanks to techlord for giving up his pants i was able to make a couple passes myself. my fastest was a 14.8. for my first time out i guess i am pretty happy. i just need to work on the launch. i was afraid to launch it at to high of a rev because i dont want to break my tranny just yet. with practice i think i could break into the 13s
     
  47. RoMe

    RoMe Active Member

    My reaction times were terrible also!
     
  48. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member



    I thought you were going to get nailed leaving the parking lot. There are always cops around the strip waiting for somebody with too much adrenaline still pumping.
     
  49. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    I gunned it but was still under the speed limit. I wasn't sweating it...I saw him.
     
  50. Strayen

    Strayen Active Member

    Yea that was a close call. I was at 40 in 3rd and stopped as I saw a bulge over that car. Then I saw him up close and definitely thought I got lucky.
     

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