just got back from the track!

**whiteLS1TA** · 03-05-2008, 08:06 PM

yea i just got back from the track little bit ago. it went pretty good i got a better reaction time (.112) then last time (5.23) for some reason i cant get my car to run better then a 14, i mean this is my 3rd time going to the track. but damn isnt my car sapposed to be running low 13's? although i cant run anything better then 14 at my track becuase i dont have a helmet, but still i tried to go all out to see what my car can do but even then i could hit anything lower then 14.

Oh yea and this guy in a cuda idont know what year. but after he stagged and the embers turn green he launched but snapped his rear end and his left tire kind broke off. it was kinda funny but fuked up at the same time.

**FuhBreezeE** · 03-05-2008, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by whiteLS1TA

Oh yea and this guy in a cuda idont know what year. but after he stagged and the embers turn green he launched but snapped his rear end and his left tire kind broke off. it was kinda funny but fuked up at the same time.

It's funny till it happens to you.

Got a timeslip?

**Mustang Killa** · 03-05-2008, 08:18 PM

is your car a4 or m6?

**Orcus79** · 03-05-2008, 09:25 PM

Its gonna vary by track and conditions. The 13.xx number people toss about are the average. At my local track and knowing my car I amexpecting nothing more thena possible low 14 given altitude and track prep. As well as cheap street tires.

**whiteLS1TA** · 03-05-2008, 09:26 PM

yea i have one but for some reason i cant post images right now. but when i do i will. i have an m6
yea i know its not funny as soon as that happen i began to worry becuase i've heard that GM rear ends are pretty weak.

**whiteLS1TA** · 03-05-2008, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by Orcus79

Its gonna vary by track and conditions. The 13.xx number people toss about are the average. At my local track and knowing my car I amexpecting nothing more thena possible low 14 given altitude and track prep. As well as cheap street tires.

there was a guy with a 99 trans am, dont know if it was m6 or a4 but he told me he was running 13's, he was in high school so im guessing he was running stock.

**Tyler_LS1** · 03-05-2008, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by whiteLS1TA

yea i have one but for some reason i cant post images right now. but when i do i will.
yea i know its not funny as soon as that happen i began to worry becuase i've heard that GM rear ends are pretty weak.

Are you a stick or manual?

not all GM rear ends, just the 10 bolt and 350HP

**Mustang Killa** · 03-05-2008, 09:33 PM

i ran a 13.20 w/slp loudmouth exhaust and a lid..pretty close to stock..i saw an 02 collectors ed. ws6 that couldnt break 14s and it was stock but the kid couldnt drive the 6spd very well

**whiteLS1TA** · 03-05-2008, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by Tyler_LS1

Are you a stick or manual?

not all GM rear ends, just the 10 bolt and 350HP

m6. although i had a friend ride with me might have slowed me down. and i had somewhat bold tires. but still i think i could have ran atleast high 13's

**Tyler_LS1** · 03-05-2008, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by whiteLS1TA

m6. although i had a friend ride with me might have slowed me down. and i had somewhat bold tires. but still i think i could have ran atleast high 13's

With practice you will get in the 13's

**whiteLS1TA** · 03-05-2008, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by Mustang Killa

i ran a 13.20 w/slp loudmouth exhaust and a lid..pretty close to stock..i saw an 02 collectors ed. ws6 that couldnt break 14s and it was stock but the kid couldnt drive the 6spd very well

yea im still getting used to my car and racing. i guess i just need more practice.
i forgot to mention while i was doing my run my friend said he heard my rear end make a knocking noise. kinda sounded like my rear end was loose. whats up with that

**Mustang Killa** · 03-05-2008, 09:41 PM

practice makes perfect

hard to say on the knocking thing when its a 3rd party thing ya know..your friend told u and you are telling us..

**Tyler_LS1** · 03-05-2008, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by whiteLS1TA

yea im still getting used to my car and racing. i guess i just need more practice.
i forgot to mention while i was doing my run my friend said he heard my rear end make a knocking noise. kinda sounded like my rear end was loose. whats up with that

do you have subframe connectors?

**whiteLS1TA** · 03-05-2008, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by Tyler_LS1

do you have subframe connectors?

no i dont. some guy at the track told me it was my stock sway bar i think he said.

**lemons12** · 03-05-2008, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by whiteLS1TA

there was a guy with a 99 trans am, dont know if it was m6 or a4 but he told me he was running 13's, he was in high school so im guessing he was running stock.

im a freshman in college?? does that mean i have a lid and tires?? lol... just saying..

**t-rock** · 03-06-2008, 03:25 AM

i think you should try it without your buddy in the car.

**96Firebirdformula** · 03-06-2008, 06:02 AM

Did you granny it out of the hole? what was 60ft time?

**sfletch2000** · 03-06-2008, 06:21 AM

yeah if your buddy weighs two hundred pounds thats worth close to two tenths right there

**egod** · 03-06-2008, 08:12 AM

speaking of getting out of the hole, i still can't find a good launch rpm, can i get some feedback on how some of you guys have learned to launch hard, keep in mind me TA is a stock m6 but should have the 3.42 rear according to the coding. thanks

**sfletch2000** · 03-06-2008, 10:18 AM

yeah all 6 speeds that are stock have that gearing, they asked for your code number becuase if it was a auto there are too different ratios.

Just find what your car likes start low and keep upping it by a hundred rpm's until it breaks loose and then you know that you have to keep it lower than that.

Theres no special rpm to launch cause there's too many variables(tires,track conditions,ect.) but don't put it to floor as soon as you take off. The key is to not have it bog but not have it break loose so you have to find the place in the middle.