I ran this yesterday in brackets. I was so far ahead I nailed the brakes at around 1000ft so I wouldn't break out. I was hot lapping 14.2's @ 96 all day and this run my car sat for over an hour. Anybody have an idea what I could have possibly ran if I would have stayed on it. My cars top end was struggling and I believe it was the 18's and humidity b/c it rained right before the event. I was trapping 78 in the 1/8 also. My car normally gains 19-21 mph in the last 1/8 depending on if Im hot lapping or not. My car has never struggled in the last 1/8 so Im thinking it was the hot lapping and larger wheels causing it.

Weather conditions where 75 degrees and high humidity

 

ohh and my mods consist of GAB, UDP, y pipe, exhaust, and larger wheels.

Also ran with full interior...

 

14.1@97mph maybe. Slamming the brakes at the very end doesn't do much, but kill your MPH. By the time you hit the brakes you were probably already at 1100-1200' because you're covering so much ground in such a little amount of time.

You could easily determine your 1/4 ET/MPH by just comparing your 1/8 ET/MPH to your 1/8s. The VQ is very consistent and there's no skill involved after the first 1/8 mile.


Dave

 

I know my car felt like it was hauling *** that run. Funny thing is I had the worse 60' of the day @ 2.26 and I believe my 1/8 mile trap was around 78.9 but I will look when I get home. I could tell I got a little more pull top end that run b/c my car felt like complete *** on the heat soaked runs.

 

just for reference my 60's ranged from 2.15-2.18 on all the 14.2 runs prior.

 

 

Your car is fast. Was that on street tires? If so, those 60 ft times are awesome.

 

yes I was on my 18's that weigh in at 49 lbs with tires

 

Joo gotta PM.

 

I bracket race almost every weekend that they have a race. I keep a log book and whenever I have a run that I hit my brakes on, I just look at my logbook and find a 1000' time that's identical, then I know exactly what I would have ran.

By looking at your time and mph, it looks like you crammed your brakes within the last 100 feet, which won't change a thing by more than a hundredth.

But, there are times that I have my opponent beat by so much, I will hit my brakes as soon as I pass him and I can have a trap speed of 72 instead of 87mph.

Matt, what happened in that bracket race? It sounds like you won the first round. What happened after that?

*edit* I'm sorry, I just realized the title of the thread. Now I know that you had a trap speed of 80mph. Your trap speed was 17mph slower than normal. I'd say you would have ran an ET of 14.15.

You must have had your opponent beat by a MILE to decrease your trap speed by 17mph.

 

whats a GAB mod?

 

yes I got too the second round when the rain came. It is rescheduled for this Saturday at 7pm. The guy I ran had a 1.8 r/t lol so thats why I had so much time too romp on the brakes at the end. I actually enguaged the abs b/c my car felt unusually quick and I didnt want too break out and lose the chance at $250. I'll let yall know how I do Sat night when I get back

 

Ghetto Airbox Mod....basically just chopping off half of the plastic cover that clips the filter onto the airbox exposing the filter partially.

 

Sweet!

The worst light my opponent has ever cut against me was a 10 second Supra that was sitting at the start just spooling up. He cut a 2.5 RT. I hadhim beat by probably an 1/8 mile, so I just slowed down a little just to make sure I wouldn't brake out. Then, after the traps, he flies by me at 120mph and lets off the throttle... PSSSSTTTT! Very loud! It was fun. BTW, he wasn't there to bracket race, I just got lucky to be paired up with him in the 1st round.

 

you have an '02 6spd right?

 

Auto .

 

damn...thats a fast *** auto.

 

Wait until Nov/Dec for new all motor times to be unleashed

 

Muwahaha! That's right Matt. Same for me in higher elevation. I'm planning on giving my NC record a run in this altitude.

 

13.60 without headers

13.40 with headers

 

SWEET! That is some SICK NA Auto times. And here I am expecting 14.8s in Fontana, Cali this Nov. Atleast that would mean I can do 14.5 in NC if I go back.

Keep representing those NC NA Autos!!! I know I sold out.

 

hey blubyu2k2, i remember u havin one of the fastest autos, and ur best on slicks were like 13.6 13.7? and on street tires 14.2?

u plan to try to squeeze high 13s w/out slicks but with the headers sometime on street tires?

and i thought headers would help more than 2 tenths of a second.....?

 

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i think you could have hit high 13's

good job at the rock last night blu