For the Maxima drag racers out there, here is what "conditions" do to your car....
09-03-2001, 11:32 AM
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Originally posted by Dave B
Actually, the higher the baropressure, the more power you will make. The closer you are to the east coast, the higher the baro pressures, typically. I don't know why, but it seems to go that way. Here in the midwest, we are lucky to see baro pressures exceed 30.1, but I've seen some timeslips from of the northeast tracks showing 31-32 baro pressures which is like running at 2000-4500' BELOW SEA LEVEL. I firmly believe this is why nearly all the fastest Mustangs, F-Bodies, Maximas, Hondas, etc reside in the northeast. Running under a 32 baro pressure has almost a supercharging effect on a NA motor. Go over to newcelica.org and you'll see that two guys (the fastest NA GT-Ss) ran 14.3-14.4s@98mph in mostly stock GT-S Celicas last winter in New Jeresy. The conditions were a 32 baro pressure, 40 degree temp, sea level, and 10% humidity. It doesn't get any more ideal than that. Funny thing is, they can't figure out why they are only able to run 14.9-15.1s@93mph now.
Low humidity, low elevation, low temp, and high baro pressures will always produce the better ets......assuming you can hook up.
Dave
Actually, the higher the baropressure, the more power you will make. The closer you are to the east coast, the higher the baro pressures, typically. I don't know why, but it seems to go that way. Here in the midwest, we are lucky to see baro pressures exceed 30.1, but I've seen some timeslips from of the northeast tracks showing 31-32 baro pressures which is like running at 2000-4500' BELOW SEA LEVEL. I firmly believe this is why nearly all the fastest Mustangs, F-Bodies, Maximas, Hondas, etc reside in the northeast. Running under a 32 baro pressure has almost a supercharging effect on a NA motor. Go over to newcelica.org and you'll see that two guys (the fastest NA GT-Ss) ran 14.3-14.4s@98mph in mostly stock GT-S Celicas last winter in New Jeresy. The conditions were a 32 baro pressure, 40 degree temp, sea level, and 10% humidity. It doesn't get any more ideal than that. Funny thing is, they can't figure out why they are only able to run 14.9-15.1s@93mph now.
Low humidity, low elevation, low temp, and high baro pressures will always produce the better ets......assuming you can hook up.
Dave
Well, I am on the east coast so i do have this advantage over people.
I havent really seen the baro. pressure get to even 31.xx.
The highest i have seen is 30.60 w/ a temp of 40 & humidity of 68 back last winter. I would love to see the humidity drop and see a nice 31.xx baro pressure so i can hit my 13.9's.
Thanks again for explaining to me.
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