First time back at the 1/8th

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First time back at the 1/8th

October 30, 2007, 05:52:26 PM

So Friday night I took Sasha back to the track. It was my first time back in almost a year. I had high hopes of cracking off some of my best times ever. Car was running great, and I was stoked, until I left my friends house after ditching all my intior and all the tools in the trunk. I pulled out on the street and got up to about 30+mph and pouched it, It spooled up and immediately broke the tires loose. and stayed that way till well over 45. I thought "this may be a problem" As it was. I could not get out of the whole to save my life. Every pass I made started in wicked wheel spin leaving me with a depressing best of 10.08 at 70.26mph. And a best 60' of 2.50sec. I was livid by the end of the night. With a last ditch attempt at 9's I upped the boost to 25psi and let her rip. Witch let to spinning the tires through 1st, 2nd, and 3rd before I got squeamish and let out and coasted to a 13.5sec, at 35mph. At the end of the night I was just happy I didn’t brake anything.
I made a decision, that the next time I hit the track I'll be on slicks. Oh, and I'll be spraying a 100shot!
!:D

First time back at the 1/8th

Reply #1 – October 31, 2007, 12:07:37 AM

How many feet above sea level are you?

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Reply #2 – October 31, 2007, 12:26:10 AM

what turbo are you using? other mods?

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Reply #3 – October 31, 2007, 03:50:03 PM

88 turbocoupe.
T-3
Motorsport FMIC
B&M shot shifter
home made boost controler
Chuck W motor mounts
MSD Coil
running 20psi with 10 degrees timing

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Reply #4 – October 31, 2007, 03:50:56 PM

Quote from: Carpimp1987;185520

How many feet above sea level are you?

as far as that goes, hell! I dont know. I'm in north texas.

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Reply #5 – October 31, 2007, 05:18:16 PM

In Amarillo Texas its 3,600 feet above sea level makes it harder to run good times.

What town do you live in?

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Reply #6 – October 31, 2007, 05:34:31 PM

denton

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Reply #7 – October 31, 2007, 06:59:05 PM

Quote from: 4bangen;185605

88 turbocoupe.
T-3
Motorsport FMIC
B&M shot shifter
home made boost controler
Chuck W motor mounts
MSD Coil
running 20psi with 10 degrees timing

you turned it up to 25psi with nothing but a fmic and you didn't detonate?! you got lucky.

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Reply #8 – October 31, 2007, 07:30:23 PM

with only 10 deg BTDC for base timing, 25psi isnt as scary.

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Reply #9 – October 31, 2007, 08:49:39 PM

Post up a pic of your slip and I'll add you in to the Top 25 database. Good baseline runs for next year

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Reply #10 – October 31, 2007, 09:17:56 PM

cool

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Reply #11 – November 24, 2007, 11:10:47 AM

A buddy took his GMC Typhoon to the local 1/8th a couple of weekends ago and wanted me to take my TC. He asked me at the last second and I was so unprepared. I only work about 1 mile from the track but live about 25 miles away so I didn't go home and get the stickies...BIG mistake. His Ty is stock with 45k miles and ran a best of 9.10 that night whereas I did the slip and slide to a 10.10. He poked fun at his suv beating my bird ( awd) but I pointed out our trap speeds (his-72 mph, mine-80mph) and told him that with stickies I should be able to hand him his azz. No rematch yet due to my cyl head being off for follower chunking problems. Can't wait!

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Reply #12 – November 24, 2007, 04:50:20 PM

Wow, I always thought typhoon's were quicker than that...I my old 'Bird was running mid to low 9's in the 1/8th at almost 80mph.

With some traction, you'll definitely dog him. Too bad your don't live up here...good sea level air...great traction (ATCO!) and you could borrow my slicks...lol. Good luck next time out, I'm excited to see what that thing will do with some traction.

-Don