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07-24-2013, 05:35 PM | #947 |
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Went out last night with Suj in his C63 and my friend in his 180sx. Had some extremely close races which were only won by less than half a car length. Good times.
Funniest moment was probably on my first run when I was hammering in 4th gear and I ripped the gear shift knob right off and I was like Luckily it just stuck back on and I was at the end of run anyway so I didn't need to do anymore shifting. The car run really well all night and I didn't have any of the strange ignition cutoff issues. I probably put it down to some kind of NLS bug as I turned off the function this time round. Best run was a 12.718 @ 120.39mph. My short still sucks at 2.228s though. I need a lot more practice.
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Last time I was out I had much better 60ft times around 2.1 and even a 2.088. If I'd gotten that 60ft with the way my car was running last night I think I would have been able to get into the lower 12s. Maybe it's due to the tyre pressures... Last time I dropped it down to 32psi whereas this time I just kept it at 38-40psi. Next time I might try to drop it down again and see how I go. I was also a bit all over the place last night though with my launches, bogging, moving off the line etc etc... Practice... When are you coming out Shane? I think I plan on going out in 2 weeks time as that's when my friend in the 180sx will be free.
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Thanks Steve!! Come out in 2 weeks?
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Awesome!
Wednesday 7th of August it is. I'll try and get out of work a little early to get in an extra couple runs early on.
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What tyres are you using? Hmm Wed is a pita for me, the sunday session would be much better for me, having said that my weekends have been busy lately |
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07-25-2013, 08:05 AM | #960 |
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Nice runs Alex! But I think I'm done for now haha As people have said you're speed is very solid so no doubt you can go quicker - but I guess that is part of having an MT car!
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Well done Froop!!
Very difficult to get good 60 foots in a manual rear drive on road tyres. Maybe you could borrow some DRs? But then expect to have clutch issues. Your engine package in an Auto would be good for easy 11s.... probably 11.7 or so. Your tyre pressures were way too high for good 60 foot. I ran about 27psi in my WRX to get a 1.58 60 foot on KU31 road tyres. Just beware that you will lose a little trap speed with lower pressures. Best is to run 40+psi in front and 25-30 in rear. And I am not sure if you did a burnout, but a short burnout even on road tyres will clean the tyres and get the water off them. You don't need to do a long one and overheat them though. Awesome effort and well done. |
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I did do a short burnout, ~4-5s or so to heat up the tyres. My tyres don't do too well in the cold and it was 9ºC that night. I've been thinking about getting a pair of drag wheels/tyres but, yeah was worried about needing to upgrade the clutch and also I need to save up money for the M3 rear end conversion lol. Will be good to see what kind of effect the LSD has on my launches though. Thanks Edwin! Looks like it's going to be an awesome night. Who wants to race for 'slips'?
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I thought the DCTs could do a burnout. I remember seeing a thread or post around here from someone (was it Nugget?) where there were 2 different launch modes. One was the normal one, and the other was one where you just made heaps of wheelspin. Edit: Ah I was right it was Nugget. http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...launch+control Is it not possible to use the burnout LC mode and then hop onto the brakes very quickly once the clutch has dumped and your wheels are spinning?
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