Got there at about 10 til 6 and was staged by 6:15. They had a problem with the clock so they didn't start running cars until 7:15. So right out of the gate I waited an hour for the first run. 7:15 1st run 12.58 @113 1.79 60' Get right back in line and am in the 5th pairing. This is where the 8 second Vette slams into the wall. Another hour later and I get my second pass. 8:15 2nd run 12.33 @ 115 1.74 60' By now the lines are long but at least tonight there werent any jr dragsters running. 9:00 3rd run and disaster strikes. 20.9 @ 54 1.9 60' Experienced some serious wheel hop that I am sure would have destroyed a 5mt. I backed of immediately and granny shifted into to second and proceeded to take a leasurely stroll down the strip. The car would barely go. I thought for sure I toasted something. At the end of the track it cut off and I coasted to a stop. Turns out my BOV hose had blown off. On my earlier runs I was not hitting target boost this was the reason. 9:54 4th and final run 12.35 @ 115.73 1.9 60' ( 1/8th 8.019 @ 92.25 ) On this run I hit my target boost but was a little gun shy on the launch. With a 1.7 launch I would have been very close to running in the 11's.
Good times.. Matt is damn fast!!! I, on the other hand was Not... I ran 3 times so slow I won't say. Then I figured out(with Matts help) to shift at near red line instead of 64-6500ish... Final run: 13.9 1.9 60" foot 95.21mph Not the best, I was hoping for 13.7.... Next time Gadget!! Next time!!! Nice to meet you Mike, Matt, Matts bro and Romania guy(bad w/names)... There were 2 subies we weren't with.. A 2.5RS and a Blue 03' Wrx with a black STI hoodscoop, black front lip, huge front mount and aftermarket wing(like the STI but slanted more, ran a 14 something), don't know if there on the site!!!!
That other STi you saw after we left (Valintine is mr. Romanina guy) is Arnold, he is selling a vf34 here on the boards. We went to chat with him for a bit before we actually left. But the wait was stupid long so we left before watching him run. You are giving me too much credit SonicBoom! I'm not pleased with my times, but I wasn't pushing uber hard becasue I'm worried about breaking the transmission again. I couldn't beat my time when I did break the tranny in May @ silver dollar of a 14.3. Since then I got an exhuast with a SS tune @ 19psi..... Ugghhh AWD is hard to launch! my times (3 runs, didn't want to wait in line for a 4th >_<) 60' - 2.552 1/8 - 10.15 @ 74mph 1/4 - 15.375 @ 92.82mph --- 60' - 2.239 1/8 - 9.658 @ 74.98mph 1/4 - 14.814 @ 94.12mph --- 60' - 2.058 1/8 - 9.355 @ 75.49mph 1/4 - 14.512 @ 94.29mph
I had an awesome time!!! It was very nice to meet you guys SonicBoom and LiquidForce. It was my first time drag racing so my best time was only 14.475 (incidently my first run). I tried to improve my technique but the other runs stayed in the 14.5 range and one run was 15.7 because of a bad launch. I think my car could hit the high 13s with the right launch strategy so i'm going to try to go to commerce as much as i can before the track closes for the winter.
Now i know why im somewhat following your build......Congrats hopefully mine will be doing something close next year