Taemian
06-13-2008, 11:57 PM
Well, I just got back from Mission Raceway with my newly-Trilogized 04 Silver Birch (now affectionately re-named "Carbano"....it's a Monty Python thing.)
3 weeks ago before the install, I went to the same track to get some baseline times. Of 3 runs I did, 14.8 was the fastest, 14.9 the slowest. Weather conditions were almost identical on that day as they were today.
Tonight, I followed the EXACT same setup rules as last time, those were:
1) Fill the gas tank FULL at the station just outside of the racing complex.
2) Confirm that all 4 tires are at 35 psi.
3) Don't alter anything else. No mounting slicks, no psi adjustments, no front swaybar disconnect, no spare tire removal etc. Race it here in the same state as I drive it in every day to work.
My wife was kind enough to video the runs (low res, sorry), and on my very first run, I was astounded to get my timeslip showing my et of 13.292 seconds @ 103.81mph!
The video is a bit blurry, but as you can see I got a 13.292, and the brand new lowered, blinged, modded and loud exhaust Mustang got a 13.125. He was choked to have me right along side him the whole run! :-)
Trilogy FTW! (well, sort of!)
The next two runs were an exercise in wheelspin. Trying to go faster only made me slower, as my original BFGs don't have tons of tread left on them. I slowed down my results to:
1) 14.041 @ 102.98 mph (60'--- 2.464) hideous wheelspin
2) 13.790 @ 103.35 mph (60'--- 2.375) minorly less hideous wheelspin
My bad. I have much to learn about the gentle launch technique, and I get flustered staging at the lights when the other guys do it so fast. I barely get staged in place and they trigger the danged tree right away!
Anyways, I have bragging rights and a video of my daily driven MM in purest daily driven condition, pulling a 13.2 quarter. SWEEEEEET!
Thanksgo out to Jerry and Lidio, and a huge thanks again to RC_Signals!
Video link---
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=20271067044
3 weeks ago before the install, I went to the same track to get some baseline times. Of 3 runs I did, 14.8 was the fastest, 14.9 the slowest. Weather conditions were almost identical on that day as they were today.
Tonight, I followed the EXACT same setup rules as last time, those were:
1) Fill the gas tank FULL at the station just outside of the racing complex.
2) Confirm that all 4 tires are at 35 psi.
3) Don't alter anything else. No mounting slicks, no psi adjustments, no front swaybar disconnect, no spare tire removal etc. Race it here in the same state as I drive it in every day to work.
My wife was kind enough to video the runs (low res, sorry), and on my very first run, I was astounded to get my timeslip showing my et of 13.292 seconds @ 103.81mph!
The video is a bit blurry, but as you can see I got a 13.292, and the brand new lowered, blinged, modded and loud exhaust Mustang got a 13.125. He was choked to have me right along side him the whole run! :-)
Trilogy FTW! (well, sort of!)
The next two runs were an exercise in wheelspin. Trying to go faster only made me slower, as my original BFGs don't have tons of tread left on them. I slowed down my results to:
1) 14.041 @ 102.98 mph (60'--- 2.464) hideous wheelspin
2) 13.790 @ 103.35 mph (60'--- 2.375) minorly less hideous wheelspin
My bad. I have much to learn about the gentle launch technique, and I get flustered staging at the lights when the other guys do it so fast. I barely get staged in place and they trigger the danged tree right away!
Anyways, I have bragging rights and a video of my daily driven MM in purest daily driven condition, pulling a 13.2 quarter. SWEEEEEET!
Thanksgo out to Jerry and Lidio, and a huge thanks again to RC_Signals!
Video link---
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=20271067044