Lextasy89

Well I'm going to Bama Dragway in about an hour an its my first time at a drag strip.. so wish me luck
I will post my results later this evening.

Oh and Im not sure how to check the DA .. but the zipcode is 35550, if someone wouldnt mind checking that for me.. thanks

caymandive

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I predict a 13.6@102 DA looks to be about +1000 for you today.

Lextasy89

well today prety much sucked. i had no idea it was only an 1/8th mile track.. but i went ahead and raced anyways... i did 4 runs and my best time was
60'- 2.043
1/8- 8.789 @ 82.26

and you were probably right about the 13.6 though, based on dragtimes, the IS350's that ran similar to this in the 1/8 mile ran a 13.5-13.6 in the 1/4 mile

Also my engine was pretty hot, it was a 1 1/2 hour drive to the track and I only let my car cool down for 10 min before I did my first run

I also noticed my intake was very veryy HOT!! and It really has got me wondering if my K&N is causing a loss of power

but cayman, i will have to goto a 1/4 mile asap since you already got me in the drag journal

Lextasy89

but wow there were some POS looking fasssst cars there.. my first race i went up against a rusted up fox body 5.0 mustang
he ran his 1/8 mile in 6.952 @ 99.62
i couldnt even see him lol

caymandive

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Can you post your timeslip? I'll at least put in your info for the 1/8 mile run.

Fuel?
Tire pressures?
Weight removal?

Lextasy89

how do i post it.. i dont have a photo bucket

caymandive

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Don't worry about it. just answer the questions in my previous post and tell me the time of your run and I can figure it out. So how far is the nearest 1/4 track? I'm surprised you did't do a bit of homework before driving all the way and finding the Bama Dragway was only 1/8th mile.

Lextasy89

1/4 tank
removed spare.. everything else was the same
i also would of liked to drop several psi from my rear tires.. but i assumed there would be an air tank there.. but their wasnt
so it was at 37psi front and rear

Lextasy89

well it never said that it was an 1/8 mile or 1/4 mile track.. and i called and emailed the track many times wiht no answer.. and I just knew when they were doing test and tune based on their voice recordings each week
the run was at 5:25pm

Lextasy89

caymandive

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I updated the spreadsheet. Looks like you had nice weather today. Not power making weather, but nice otherwise. haha When you hit the 1/4 next, try pulling the rear tire pressures down to 29.

Lextasy89

alright i will, thanks man.. you think getting rid of the K&N and getting a joez might help too? Is that normal that my intake was so hot?

caymandive

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Doesn't really matter how hot the intake feels to touch. The air is rushing in so quickly that it doesn't have time to get heated by the hot tubing. Personally I'd say yeah a JoeZ would work better. I like the fact that the JOEZ keeps all engine bay air out of the intake.

Lextasy89

hmm i will keep that in mind.. but yea it seemed all the area around the intake was really hot even the filter cone.. the long drive there probably didnt help.. but oh well, thanks