Well, I went to the track and had a fairly horrible time of it.
My buddy with his 350Z and I went, and we both struggled. This was my first time ever to do a proper drag race, so I have no problem saying I'm probably not terribly good at it. My two best times:
Bone stock 08 manual with 3.31 and stock 17's.
Reaction - .7327 - .8286
60 - 2.1878 - 2.3950
330 - 6.1249 - 6.2959
1/8 ET - 9.3314 - 9.4845
1/8 MPH - 74.91 - 75.83
1000 ET - 12.1302 - 12.2473
1/4 ET - 14.5444 - 14.4556
1/4 MPH - 97.59 - 98.73
Traction off the line wasn't an issue, wheel hop was. I'd either bog or had enough wheel hop to just short shift it and kill the run. The fast time was with just a bit of wheel hop but not enough for me to take my foot out. I was spinning into second fairly well, probably should have stopped power shifting it, and a bit into third as well though not near as much. I was also short shifting it a bit, shifting at 6k to avoid the rev limiter.
My question is about the trap speeds, they seem to be at least a few MPH lower than I should be seeing. Any thoughts? The last 60 seemed not horrible, and with LCAs to take care of the wheel hop I'm sure I could get that lower. Just concerned that the car might be low on power...
Dan
P.S. Full weight car with nothing removed, 3/4 tank of gas and 180lb driver.
My buddy with his 350Z and I went, and we both struggled. This was my first time ever to do a proper drag race, so I have no problem saying I'm probably not terribly good at it. My two best times:
Bone stock 08 manual with 3.31 and stock 17's.
Reaction - .7327 - .8286
60 - 2.1878 - 2.3950
330 - 6.1249 - 6.2959
1/8 ET - 9.3314 - 9.4845
1/8 MPH - 74.91 - 75.83
1000 ET - 12.1302 - 12.2473
1/4 ET - 14.5444 - 14.4556
1/4 MPH - 97.59 - 98.73
Traction off the line wasn't an issue, wheel hop was. I'd either bog or had enough wheel hop to just short shift it and kill the run. The fast time was with just a bit of wheel hop but not enough for me to take my foot out. I was spinning into second fairly well, probably should have stopped power shifting it, and a bit into third as well though not near as much. I was also short shifting it a bit, shifting at 6k to avoid the rev limiter.
My question is about the trap speeds, they seem to be at least a few MPH lower than I should be seeing. Any thoughts? The last 60 seemed not horrible, and with LCAs to take care of the wheel hop I'm sure I could get that lower. Just concerned that the car might be low on power...
Dan
P.S. Full weight car with nothing removed, 3/4 tank of gas and 180lb driver.