boo

First thing I have to say is street racing is much different than
track racing.

I have never seen my car hop so badly. Everyone on the org always mentioned problems with wheel hop but I never had problems on the street. The first run at the track my Max hopped so much it knocked it out of gear. I definitely have to work on my launches to bring my times down. I was going to start putting money into HP mods but now I may just work on mods that keep the wheels on the ground. Any ideas!!

Anyway, here are my best numbers:

Temperature 85: Humidity 90% : 1/4 tank gas : Stock Rim/Tire

RT: ... .959
60: ... 2.437
330: ... 6.686
1/8: ... 10.164
MPH: ... 70.68
1000: ... 13.152
1/4: ... 15.659
MPH: ... 90.2

Now the Sad Sad Sad part: My wife ran for her first time.
Here are her numbers(Were just a little competitive):

RT: ... 1.567
60: ... 2.348
330: ... 6.582
1/8: ... 10.033
MPH: ... 71.25
1000: ... 12.992
1/4: ... 15.481
MPH: ... 89.97


Very impressive! And now I have to listen to her everyday about
how she’s the better driver!! Wait until the next track run!!

Vyrus

iTrader: (4)

Your wife is just a better driver, live with it. But seriously she must be out street racing every day she drives it, those are very impressive for a 1st time!
-Cyrus

Jamsan

iTrader: (2)

look at her reaction time tho

Ramius83

lol....

Nismo87SE

The reduce the wheelhop either buy some PR engine mounts or make your own from urethane (do a search to find it). THat is ok for the 1st time, after practicing and different shifting you should be able to run 14.8-15.3 range.

boo

I have heard the PR's cause some vibration on idle and I was trying to keep the car smooth. I may try ericdwong's motor mount project.
Has anyone else had success in adding new motor mounts but without
the harsher idle or have tried eric's polyurethane project ?

By the way, my wife wanted let you all know that she's only driven the car a few times since have gotten it. Now she wants one!!

Thanks for the info,

Boo

Dave B

Wheelhop is very dependant on how hard you launch the car. If you try launching really hard and you end up spinning a lot, most likely you'll. If you slip the clutch and ease into the gas at first, you won't hop. Getting new motor mounts is VERY extreme and will cause a ton of vibration. IMO, who wants vibration in a sedan? The Max is suppose to be for cruising, not ultimate 1/4 mile performance.


Dave

Nealoc187

iTrader: (23)

Even brian in his heavily modded Max got rid of his PR mounts almost immediately because they caused so much vibration.

BSwithTF

iTrader: (8)

They were pretty harsh at first but after awhile they got 'broke-in' I guess and now I hardly notice them.

boo

After reading about Warpspeed's Radial Arms I think
I may have found my first suspension mod!! I'll probably wait for
a few people to test them and get some opinions but they
sound like exactly what I'm looking for on the track!



Actually I lied, I did just order a FSTB from StealthMax


Boo