fnkmaster

yesterday i ran at the track in rochester alongside my friend who also has a 96 gle with 42k miles on it. mine has 106k on it. now, i have run 15.5 before, but yesterday for some reason i just couldnt do it. i had several near perfect r/t and decent launches but i could see my friend's car just inching closer and closer to me. he has a jwt pop intake and i have hks. do u guys think the intake makes a difference or is the age playing a major factor here? btw i kept running 15.9s & 16.0s all day long.

mzmtg

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If it was really really close, I'd cahlk it up to small variances in the cars and drivers, not major differences in equipment or condition. I doubt that one intake or the other makes that much difference in power.

Shadow

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The conditions at the track were probably better for your 15.5 time.

fnkmaster

i agree but u would think that now that i have my exhaust installed i'd be able to pull harder

Weasel

iTrader: (2)

A significant temperature change could easily overcome a new cat-back exhaust... what were the conditions both times?

ejj

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Yeah, earlier in the year I was running 14.7 and 14.8 easily. After that I could bearly get into the 14's. I was usually around 15.0 or 15.1.

Last night I had my new y-pipe for the first time and got 14.8's easily.

Its been pretty humid out here...I think last night was around 70 degrees and 70% humidity at 9:30. Before that was even worse! That could easily explain your loss in times.

Ranj - How are your plugs and fuel filter? If they haven't been changed since 60k they might be ready.

fnkmaster

weasel : u could be right... the time i hit 15.5 was when it was 66 outside, yesterday it was 78. could be that, but does 12 degrees cancel out the extra hp from the exhaust?

eric : yeah i had everything checked. got the car serviced just last week. i didnt reset the ecu after i put in the exhaust. think that might be the problem?

ejj

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Don't know...You mentioned the other week when we were there that the car felt like it pulled better after you reset the ECU. I guess it depends on the codes that it is giving you. In my case it didn't make a difference.

I think you can chalk up your slower times to the heat and humidity...but that doesn't explain why your friend with just the JWT intake could hang with you. What kind of times was he running? Low 16's?

fnkmaster

yesterday his best was a 15.879 and mine was a 15.976
but other than that, overall he was running about 16.0x most of the times like me.

fnkmaster

u know it just occured to me... i know he was brake torquing till about 3k while i couldnt go past 2400 cos of my brakes... think revving out of that region of "low torque" in an auto could make the difference?

ejj

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What were his 60' times like compared to yours? Trap speeds?

Maybe he's just a better driver!

fnkmaster

maybe, except that i beat him almost every single time we raced with the exception of his best run!

ejj

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I would think so...not that I know a whole lot about driving an Auto. I don't know where you guys launch best...theblue launches at like 2k, and I have to launch at liek 2.9k....

So, maybe?

fnkmaster

aaron launches at 2k?? nah man... he said that his best launch was at 2400... or maybe he found a better way!
as for my case, i think its time to get nicer brakes now...

ejj

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Does he? Oh well, point being that different RPM's are better for different cars.