Took my 135i to the Irwindale 1/8 mile drag strip!

[135ilust]

Yesterday I took my car to the 1/8 mile track where I live, and it was great. I beat a bunch of cars and only lost to one. MY 135i is FBO with e85 and a DCT. Car ran flawlessly, except that I just could not launch it. I got terrible 60' times in the 2.3 to 2.5 range. The worst part was that I got these times with no wheel spin, thanks to my r888s in the back. My best trap speed was 88.9 and my best time overall was 8.57.

[Overpar56]

How did you launch? It's too bad we can't brake torque to get the revs up, even with launch control.

[135ilust]

Originally Posted by Overpar56

How did you launch? It's too bad we can't brake torque to get the revs up, even with launch control.

I tried brake boosting and pumping the gas, but the car would just not rev higher than 1100. There was also a lag off the line when I pushed the gas, leading to a bad reaction time. If I got a good launch and 60' time, I feel that the car could achieve a low 8 second time or even a high 7 second pass.

[edisapimp]

Glad you enjoyed it! Irwindale and LACR have historically bad air density, so you'll trap higher when you get closer to sea level. I heard they are demolishing Irwindale, is that true?

ALso, I think there are some videos that people have posted on their best ways to launch a DCT.
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=651971

[135ilust]

Originally Posted by edisapimp

Glad you enjoyed it! Irwindale and LACR have historically bad air density, so you'll trap higher when you get closer to sea level. I heard they are demolishing Irwindale, is that true?

ALso, I think there are some videos that people have posted on their best ways to launch a DCT.
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=651971

My friend told me that they are just demolishing the circuit, not the strip. I did try that method but it didn't work, but I wasn't pumping the gas as hard, as that guy did in the video. Ill have to try his method out again soon. Past the launch, I reeled every car in rather quickly though, only losing to a mustang by hair.

[brocklanders]

Originally Posted by 135ilust

I tried brake boosting and pumping the gas, but the car would just not rev higher than 1100. There was also a lag off the line when I pushed the gas, leading to a bad reaction time. If I got a good launch and 60' time, I feel that the car could achieve a low 8 second time or even a high 7 second pass.

I believe this, I took my manual 335 that was completely stock to the 1/8 mile track a few years ago and got very similar times. I don't have the tickets anymore but I smoked every car I ran including my buddies gt500 and another one just like it. I was getting excellent reaction times and hooking up with a small chirp off the line. Needless to say when I went to the 1/4 mile track I didn't fair so well.

[NA55]

With a better 60ft you should see higher trap speeds and better ETs.. I've seen FBO 135s doing 7.8@92-94mph at that track..

[mike@x-ph.com]

Glad you had a good time