I ran my '05, manual GT at LACR in Palmdale, CA today. If anyone is familiar with the track you know it's at about 3000 ft. altitude and the weather was not really good today...kind of hot and humid. My car has about 4000 miles on it and is bone stock. I haven't even changed the oil yet.
Anyway it sounds like I'm making excuses already, and at first I thought I might need to since this was my first time there and the car felt slow. My best run ended up being a 14.03 at 98.3. That was without powershifting or really killing it out of the hole. I need to use the car and I dn't really know anyone to fix it if I break it (dealers can't fix anything right).
I'm told that time easily corrects to a 13.5 or 13.6 at 102-103 mph. I really don't know, but I do know there was an '03 Lightning there running 14.5 at 94 and a later RX-7 that ran beside me. He went 14.2 at 95. In comparison my own Lightning runs 13.6 at 100 at my local track in NJ (I'm back and forth between L.A. and NJ all the time).
So here is the actual breakdown of the ticket. I don't have a scanner so if you don't beleive me it's fine, but it's all true.
Best Run:
14:09 hours
60'-2.13 (smooth but soft launch like I said)
I2-5.88
I3-9.03 MPH-77.872
et-14.031 MPH-98.202
2nd Best Run:
14:22 hours
60'-2.12 (I tried to be slightly more aggresive but save the clutch)
I2-5.916
I3-9.078 MPH-77.523
et- 14.092 MPH-98.317
My worst run of the day was a 14.20 so the car was really consistant. I did nothing in between runs either...no intake icing, no tire pressure changes...nothing.
So overall, I'm fairly happy. Most people at the track were really impressed it was as fast it was.
Anyway it sounds like I'm making excuses already, and at first I thought I might need to since this was my first time there and the car felt slow. My best run ended up being a 14.03 at 98.3. That was without powershifting or really killing it out of the hole. I need to use the car and I dn't really know anyone to fix it if I break it (dealers can't fix anything right).
I'm told that time easily corrects to a 13.5 or 13.6 at 102-103 mph. I really don't know, but I do know there was an '03 Lightning there running 14.5 at 94 and a later RX-7 that ran beside me. He went 14.2 at 95. In comparison my own Lightning runs 13.6 at 100 at my local track in NJ (I'm back and forth between L.A. and NJ all the time).
So here is the actual breakdown of the ticket. I don't have a scanner so if you don't beleive me it's fine, but it's all true.
Best Run:
14:09 hours
60'-2.13 (smooth but soft launch like I said)
I2-5.88
I3-9.03 MPH-77.872
et-14.031 MPH-98.202
2nd Best Run:
14:22 hours
60'-2.12 (I tried to be slightly more aggresive but save the clutch)
I2-5.916
I3-9.078 MPH-77.523
et- 14.092 MPH-98.317
My worst run of the day was a 14.20 so the car was really consistant. I did nothing in between runs either...no intake icing, no tire pressure changes...nothing.
So overall, I'm fairly happy. Most people at the track were really impressed it was as fast it was.