quadcam
New Member
Well, I had a superb day today. I've had the most fun I've had in a LONG time. For you see, today for the first time since early 2005, I went to the track with the Cobra. I managed to both embarass myself and to prove that I can still launch worth a ****.
When I took the Cobra today, I did ZERO prep to it (no ice, sway bars still in, didn't **** with the tires, ect). She got ridden hard and put away wet as the saying goes, I drove for 70 minutes to get there and never turned it off before going on the track, and it was about 120* in the staging area. I also am running on 100% bald Nittos, no tread left. That being said....
When I staged up for my first run, I made a complete ass of myself. I pre staged, then I staged, then my left foot slipped off of the clutch just as the tree dropped and I stalled my car and it rolled forward slightly to make me redlight. My worst ever performance.
On my second run, I was up against a s/c Harley F150, and I got him pretty good, but I am really concerned about my times, here's how it breaks down...
RT- .278
60'- 1.928 Pretty normal for good tires, astonishing for baldies
330- 5.692
1/8- 8.827 right on the button
mph- 79.86 A little slow, normally 81 sometimes 82
1000- 11.485
1/4- 13.735 normally 13.3-13.4, not too concerned though...
mph- 100.59 ....Normally 104 sometimes 105.
Could the heat and the fact that I hat a cats-less inspired CEL have really sucked up 4-5 mph from my trap? The car felt really weak, but my ET was right on the button I think because I spun 1-2 pretty good and barely tickled the 2nd gear rev limiter. Fixing those two errors would have gotten me a 13.5 at least I think, but I think that my missing 4 mph would have done it too. This also seems off because I walk from a buddies car who traps 101's at the same track.
Input PLEASE.
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Story two...
On the way home, I'm cruising along at 80mph rocking out minding my own business, and a black Trans Am comes up along side of me and this cute black girl in the passenger seat points forward and mouths "ya wanna?" I smile a predatory smile and nod, and we get ahead of a minivan and line up.
Three honks in fourth gear and we're off. I pulled this car HARD up to 125 where I let off, I had 6-7 cars on it. They then do a ricer flyby and the cute girl flips me off. They get way the **** ahead of me and stay there. It was funny.
By the way, it was an LT1. Don't get your panties in a bunch.
Then on the way home I jumped on it for some 13ish year old kids riding in the open back seat of a Wrangler who where oogling my car and who waved at me. When they caught back up and turned off, the kids where yelling and waving, it reallly made my night!
When I took the Cobra today, I did ZERO prep to it (no ice, sway bars still in, didn't **** with the tires, ect). She got ridden hard and put away wet as the saying goes, I drove for 70 minutes to get there and never turned it off before going on the track, and it was about 120* in the staging area. I also am running on 100% bald Nittos, no tread left. That being said....
When I staged up for my first run, I made a complete ass of myself. I pre staged, then I staged, then my left foot slipped off of the clutch just as the tree dropped and I stalled my car and it rolled forward slightly to make me redlight. My worst ever performance.
On my second run, I was up against a s/c Harley F150, and I got him pretty good, but I am really concerned about my times, here's how it breaks down...
RT- .278
60'- 1.928 Pretty normal for good tires, astonishing for baldies
330- 5.692
1/8- 8.827 right on the button
mph- 79.86 A little slow, normally 81 sometimes 82
1000- 11.485
1/4- 13.735 normally 13.3-13.4, not too concerned though...
mph- 100.59 ....Normally 104 sometimes 105.
Could the heat and the fact that I hat a cats-less inspired CEL have really sucked up 4-5 mph from my trap? The car felt really weak, but my ET was right on the button I think because I spun 1-2 pretty good and barely tickled the 2nd gear rev limiter. Fixing those two errors would have gotten me a 13.5 at least I think, but I think that my missing 4 mph would have done it too. This also seems off because I walk from a buddies car who traps 101's at the same track.
Input PLEASE.
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Story two...
On the way home, I'm cruising along at 80mph rocking out minding my own business, and a black Trans Am comes up along side of me and this cute black girl in the passenger seat points forward and mouths "ya wanna?" I smile a predatory smile and nod, and we get ahead of a minivan and line up.
Three honks in fourth gear and we're off. I pulled this car HARD up to 125 where I let off, I had 6-7 cars on it. They then do a ricer flyby and the cute girl flips me off. They get way the **** ahead of me and stay there. It was funny.
By the way, it was an LT1. Don't get your panties in a bunch.
Then on the way home I jumped on it for some 13ish year old kids riding in the open back seat of a Wrangler who where oogling my car and who waved at me. When they caught back up and turned off, the kids where yelling and waving, it reallly made my night!
