Some of you may have seen the pics of my wife's '00 MR2 Spyder that I put up in Caldwell's thread about buying a new car . In that thread I told him that I thought the car was supposed to run mid 15's, but I wanted to find out for myself. Our track had one of its last T&T's yesterday so I decided to go and there was over 350 cars there! I only got 2 runs in, and it cost $20 to race too. This is the first time I had raced at the strip since last april when I hurt my car, so I was a little rusty, and on top pf that there was one hell of a head wind which is a real rarity at our local track as the wind hardly ever blows straight on. Anyway, with all my excuses out of the way I managed the following in the little 138HP go cart!
Run #1
R/T:---.113
60':----2.289
330:---6.587
1/8:---10.172
MPH:--68.65
1000:--13.243
1/4:---15.895
MPH---84.89
Run #2
R/T:---.159
60':----2.214
330:---6.500
1/8:---10.055
MPH:--69.15
1000:--13.108
1/4:---15.748
MPH---85.34
Given that this track is a solid 2 tenths and 2mph from some of the others I go to under ideal conditions, I think it would definitely go 15.5 or better at 87-88mph at a lower elevation track which I think is damn respectable for it only have a 1.8L 138HP motor. The car is NOT geared for the 1/4 as I had to shift into 4th at a little over the 1000' mark at around 81mph. I would have tried and run out 3rd if I had another run, but it wasn't to be. This car is a VERY good example of power to weight ratio, especially concidering that when my car was stock with 215hp I ran a best of 15.2 at 90mph at this track under good conditions. I think with more practice I could have gotten the 60' down into the 2.1 range (gotta love no torque, and the mid engine design putting all the weight over the rear tires!), and found what the ideal shift rpm was. I shifted it at around 6900 or so. I now see why with only a small turbo kit these cars are running in the 11's! Now if I could only get my wife to let me put one on...
Run #1
R/T:---.113
60':----2.289
330:---6.587
1/8:---10.172
MPH:--68.65
1000:--13.243
1/4:---15.895
MPH---84.89
Run #2
R/T:---.159
60':----2.214
330:---6.500
1/8:---10.055
MPH:--69.15
1000:--13.108
1/4:---15.748
MPH---85.34
Given that this track is a solid 2 tenths and 2mph from some of the others I go to under ideal conditions, I think it would definitely go 15.5 or better at 87-88mph at a lower elevation track which I think is damn respectable for it only have a 1.8L 138HP motor. The car is NOT geared for the 1/4 as I had to shift into 4th at a little over the 1000' mark at around 81mph. I would have tried and run out 3rd if I had another run, but it wasn't to be. This car is a VERY good example of power to weight ratio, especially concidering that when my car was stock with 215hp I ran a best of 15.2 at 90mph at this track under good conditions. I think with more practice I could have gotten the 60' down into the 2.1 range (gotta love no torque, and the mid engine design putting all the weight over the rear tires!), and found what the ideal shift rpm was. I shifted it at around 6900 or so. I now see why with only a small turbo kit these cars are running in the 11's! Now if I could only get my wife to let me put one on...