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HotRaud90
03-09-2016, 11:58 PM
Me and a few buddies went to the strip tonight. It was my first time that I saved the slips from my passes. Technically, this was my second time to the strip, but I don't count the first time since I only got one actual run before I had to race my girlfriend back home after gettin the sickening call that her father had passed away from an unexpected heart attack. I'd rather put that night out of my head; so, needless to say, goin and enjoyin a good time with friends tonight is why I like to think of this as my first "official" visit to the strip.


On to the subject matter. My three best passes were:

1 - 8.9236 @ 76.87 (3rd run of the night)
2 - 9.4817 @ 76.05 (2nd run of the night)
3 - 9.5507 @ 76.90 (4th run of the night)

The rest of the details on each pass can be seen in the pics of the slips.

For the life of me, I don't know how I got the car to hook on the 8.92 pass. I ran the same lane the whole night (left), and the tires were at 34 psi when I ran it. I held the break and raised rpms to 1200-1500 before each launch - this pass was no different. Did the same 1-2 second burnout to get dust off the tires as all the other runs. Couldn't reproduce it the rest of the night, even after I lowered rear tire pressure to 30 psi. I ran in the 9.6 range consistently the rest of the night. I guess she just hooked and went that time.

Overall, had a great time gettin some experience under my belt. Lookin forward to gettin some consistent sub 9 second 1/8 mi. passes and hopefully some 1/4 experience in the near future.
HotRaud90
03-10-2016, 12:12 AM
Excuse the orintation*

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Catfish
03-10-2016, 05:43 AM
Sounds like a good time! Just curious, what octane gas were you using and how much gas did you have in your tank?
loud2004marquis
03-10-2016, 05:47 AM
Good stuff! Gotta get myself out to the track sometime.
Red Rum
03-10-2016, 06:57 AM
Is your car stock ? Or do you have mods done to it ? If so what do you have done ?
HotRaud90
03-10-2016, 07:37 AM
Sounds like a good time! Just curious, what octane gas were you using and how much gas did you have in your tank?

93 pump gas. I had just under 3/4 tank when I started the night out. I wanted it to be around 1/2 - 1/3 tank, but oh well.


Is your car stock ? Or do you have mods done to it ? If so what do you have done ?

Check my signature under each of my posts and you can see all the mods.


Good stuff! Gotta get myself out to the track sometime.

Do it! I kept tellin myself I would until I finally just made concrete plans to do it.
hotford
03-10-2016, 09:02 AM
That 3rd pass would have been good for a 13.8 in the 1/4.
HotRaud90
03-10-2016, 09:20 AM
That 3rd pass would have been good for a 13.8 in the 1/4.

I did some calculations as well and cross referenced a few of the different 1/8 to 1/4 calculators I found on the internet. It looks like the lowest possible times calculated were in the 13.8 - 13.9 range and the highest possible times calculated were 14.1 - 14.2. I think realistically, it would have been good for around a 13.95 - 14.0. She was still pullin pretty good when I hit the traps, so I have no doubt I could have hit that mark. I was very happy with it.
babbage
03-10-2016, 02:26 PM
Congrats those are good times! try 28 pounds if you are still spinning
HotRaud90
03-10-2016, 03:18 PM
Congrats those are good times! try 28 pounds if you are still spinning
Thank you, sir! I was goin to drop a couple more psi, but they shut the track down for the night. Hopefully I can get the right formula down.

Btw, I've always admired your N/A Marauder.

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Pops
03-19-2016, 07:27 AM
How did you get the low sixty foot time that first pass? Your answer is the way to keep it in the eights!
HotRaud90
03-19-2016, 07:39 AM
How did you get the low sixty foot time that first pass? Your answer is the way to keep it in the eights!

I wish I knew. I've been rackin my brain tryin to think of what I did different. But in reality, I think the tires just hooked that time. She just got up and went. It also may have been the fact that I didn't hammer it off the line but rather gave it 3/4 throttle for the first half second off of the power brake and then went WOT once I was in a roll. I can't be sure though.

That run was when I was lined up against my buddy's turbo LS swapped 240SX so maybe she was playin up to the competition and givin it everything she had ;)