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Mike M
12-10-2005, 02:53 PM
Went to Firebird Raceway last night and all I can say is I have never seen or experienced a more poorly run track in my life. First off before I even drove there I called first to verify they had unleaded race gas for sale. I get their at 8pm, go through tech and ask where do I buy race gas (my needle was on E) and they tell me “gee the guy hasn't been showing up to sell gas for awhile now” After some panic and investigating we find a track worker with some 5 gallon cans of race gas in the back of his pick up and luckily one of them was unleaded...but oops no funnel. I then have to go on my own to find a funnel from a racer.
Ok, now I get in line after wasting about ˝ an hour only to wait 45 minutes for them to clear an oil down on the track...45 MINUTES! But the best part is there were 3 oil downs, 1 coolant dump and 1 rear end breakage...but again its gets better...they do not have a wrecker to move cars off the track so even the guy that broke his rear on the starting line took ˝ to be moved off the track. It got so bad that they didn't bother trying to fix one of the lanes and started racing with just one lane. Also absolutely no rhyme or reason as to what cars in what lanes were allowed to go next so as usual my lane sat as I watched some cars take 3-4+ passes. End result, I was there for 4 hours and made one pass...ONE PASS IN 4 HOURS. I was hoping to get 5-6 passes to learn how hard I could launch. Also when my car left it shifted into 2nd gear at around 4500 rpm for some reason (glitch?). Firebird Raceway is a joke, even worse then Speed World and I thought that was impossible. As screwed up as as Raceway Park was in NJ at the very least if someone broke, your car would be off that track in under 3 minutes with or without your permission.
On the bright side I hooked up with MONGO as he was able to make a few scary street tire/supercharger passes. I will post a video of my single run later.

E.T. 12.7 107 MPH 1.829 60' on a less then perfect at almost 2000 ft altitude but I am happy and I know there is more in it.

HwyCruiser
12-10-2005, 03:23 PM
Hey Mike, 12.7 sec @ 107 mph ain't bad for the first time at bat. Nice 1.8x sec 60 footer! Looks like the 3500 stall PI really gets it going. That's where I'm at with the 3000 stall and I've been practicing a bunch at it. Good job!

As for the 4500 rpm shift, the second you lift out of it even a little bit she's going to shift on you. Other than that I can't imagine what happened. Is she spooling up to 6k on the street? It seems like I always need to put a little time in on the tune for the shifting patterns to steady out. I wonder if its the stupid adaptive shifting routine that bit you since you just loaded a new tune. Hopefully you'll find a track around there that isn't so amateur hour and get some quality time in.

tmac1337
12-10-2005, 05:41 PM
Great time Mike! The FIT kits deliver a solid 12 second car.

Congratulations.

AzMarauder
12-11-2005, 09:50 PM
Mike,

If the weather is good... they are racing at Southwest Interational Raceway (SIR) in Tucson this Saturday 17th- (during the day).

I intend to go, if you and Mongo can get free come on down!

Mike M
12-11-2005, 10:27 PM
Thanks but I think I'm going to try SpeedWorld this coming Friday. Have you raced your car yet? I am hoping to get more then one run in.
Mike

mongo
12-11-2005, 10:32 PM
Mike,

If the weather is good... they are racing at Southwest Interational Raceway (SIR) in Tucson this Saturday 17th- (during the day).

I intend to go, if you and Mongo can get free come on down!

AZmaruder

Iwill not get back on on a drag strip without the proper rubber. Trillogy+3.2pulley=scarry ride.Not a bit of traction at any shift or speed. When I hit 2nd, and Iwas starting to lose control, I remembered what I forgot! TRACTION! Dumb!
Mongo

AzMarauder
12-12-2005, 06:28 AM
Mike,

No I haven't raced mine yet....

Mongo.... I don't have the 3.2 so I won't be pushing as many ponies as you are. Also, I used to run my Mustang Cobra on street tires all the time. Had to baby it out of the hole but I could get consistent 12.5s @114 and not spin them. So I am hopeful that I can do ok with the MM.

I'll let you guys know how I did.