IronOutlaw
11-05-2011, 09:59 AM
As the title says I went to the track last night. I ended up having to work yesterday when I thought I would have the day off so I got a late start on everything. The only thing the tech at our track really checks is the battery hold down so I had to fix that, which was a pain because someone broke the bolt off that holds the battery down. Then we had to wait for the girls to get ready so needless to say I didnt get there as early as I wanted.
After I got there the Tech didnt even check my car. They just signed the papers and told me to go. As I was waiting in the staging lane I noticed some steam or smoke coming up from in front of my car. I thought it was exhaust from the truck in front of me but then a guy come over and said I was pouring water. I backed out of the staging lanes and found that my damn radiator cap was leaking. I guess I hit it with the battery messing around with it. I hitched a ride to O reillys and bought a cap and had to bleed the system in the parking lot. I was scared to run the car because I knew if I filled the resevoir up to much then I would leak water on the track but I ended up driving it around for a while and it did fine so I decided to give it a shot. I get back into the staging lanes and notice the car getting hotter than it should...my damn fans quit kicking on without the A/C turned on, and we all know you cant run the AC at the track.
Soooo.....my little brother pushes me through the lanes and I dont fire it up until I get up to the front, and I FINALLY get to run after 10 pm.
Needless to say my nerves were shot by then. They line me up next to a bone stock LS1 Z28.
I MISS 2nd GEAR. Dont know how I did it, but I did.
60'-2.4
1/8-10.145 @ 72.77mph
1/4-15.356 @ 95.64
So I go back around and try again. This time I ran at 10:44, second to last pass of the night for the track.
60'-2.338
1/8- 9.441 @ 78.22mph
1/4-14.408 @ 99.72
I didnt meet any of my goals. :( I was wanting to trap 100 and run break into the 13s but that didnt happen. I had big time traction troubles. I was bogging off the line and rolling into the throttle so the 60' time is just my lack of driving. I think I could have managed a lot better 60' with a few more runs. My main problem was shifting into second it just busted the tires loose. I tried backing off a little and it would finally grab right before third and then it would spin some more again when I would shift. I dont understand why it spun like that considering on the street it barely barks the tires going into second and third. Also, even though I was spinning my MPH seemed lower than it should be. I thought these cars stock trapped 100. But, the two stock LS1 cars there were trapping the same mph as me and were running 14.2 and 14.1 all night. One was an auto and the other a T56.
I had great DA though at 316'. Also Vengeance racing was there testing their shop cars. They were fun to watch and Im glad my brother got to see some cool cars on his first trip to the track with me. Sorry for the long story, guess I just like typing today. lol.
After I got there the Tech didnt even check my car. They just signed the papers and told me to go. As I was waiting in the staging lane I noticed some steam or smoke coming up from in front of my car. I thought it was exhaust from the truck in front of me but then a guy come over and said I was pouring water. I backed out of the staging lanes and found that my damn radiator cap was leaking. I guess I hit it with the battery messing around with it. I hitched a ride to O reillys and bought a cap and had to bleed the system in the parking lot. I was scared to run the car because I knew if I filled the resevoir up to much then I would leak water on the track but I ended up driving it around for a while and it did fine so I decided to give it a shot. I get back into the staging lanes and notice the car getting hotter than it should...my damn fans quit kicking on without the A/C turned on, and we all know you cant run the AC at the track.
Soooo.....my little brother pushes me through the lanes and I dont fire it up until I get up to the front, and I FINALLY get to run after 10 pm.
Needless to say my nerves were shot by then. They line me up next to a bone stock LS1 Z28.
I MISS 2nd GEAR. Dont know how I did it, but I did.
60'-2.4
1/8-10.145 @ 72.77mph
1/4-15.356 @ 95.64
So I go back around and try again. This time I ran at 10:44, second to last pass of the night for the track.
60'-2.338
1/8- 9.441 @ 78.22mph
1/4-14.408 @ 99.72
I didnt meet any of my goals. :( I was wanting to trap 100 and run break into the 13s but that didnt happen. I had big time traction troubles. I was bogging off the line and rolling into the throttle so the 60' time is just my lack of driving. I think I could have managed a lot better 60' with a few more runs. My main problem was shifting into second it just busted the tires loose. I tried backing off a little and it would finally grab right before third and then it would spin some more again when I would shift. I dont understand why it spun like that considering on the street it barely barks the tires going into second and third. Also, even though I was spinning my MPH seemed lower than it should be. I thought these cars stock trapped 100. But, the two stock LS1 cars there were trapping the same mph as me and were running 14.2 and 14.1 all night. One was an auto and the other a T56.
I had great DA though at 316'. Also Vengeance racing was there testing their shop cars. They were fun to watch and Im glad my brother got to see some cool cars on his first trip to the track with me. Sorry for the long story, guess I just like typing today. lol.