track day

[1Gto2GinGS-T]

so how did everyone else do? my best was a 17.1 @ 92.9 mph.

with several things wrong. MASSIVE boost leak. whole intake manifole was leaking pretty much. bad electrical problem. second gear and race gas pwns me!


other than my car treating my like shit....i had a good time!

[GSXLR8]

yea!?

how did everyone do?

my butt is stuck in Chicago and was unable to make it.

[criitter7]

13.8 at 98

[Jarod]

14.7@104

blown driver gasket

[Iwishiwascool]

12.09 @ 115.90

Thats about 20 psi with a 50 shot. I was hoping for more but Im a.ok with a 12 flat.

[GSXLR8]

nice!

[dewman0012]

16.04 @ 87.33

it will work for my n/t, I was hoping for the 15's just a little short

[turbomark]

13.233 @ 107.91 1.711 60' (beat that!)
Car of course shifted like shit, most runs I was struggling very much to get the car into second gear grinded it in every time. One run i missed 2nd third and fourth. Once i get my tranny fixed and get some serious tuning done i'll be pretty deep in the 12's i think.

[Iwishiwascool]

Originally posted by turbomark
1.711 60' (beat that!)

1.704 twice. Not on the above pass though. Track prep sucked you did well to pull that 60' out.

[Iwishiwascool]

Casualties:

Axle snapper brian: You guessed it, snapped an axle.
Mike C: Killed an axle too. 2 steps rox yo !@#$
JP: Blew a turbo on the way home.

...anyone else?

[turbomark]

My synchros are hurtin real bad... but not dead yet

[dewman0012]

power steering belt went bye bye

[talon guy]

13.4 @ 100. something :-D with a boost leak, next time i go to the track, im gonna have that damn leak fixed and hold 20psi till redline. oh and im gonna grab a 12 befor i get rid of thsi turbo, thats a promise.

[ucsigep]

Myself, ran a 12.36 @ 110, spark blown out all through 4th gear. Best mph was 115.

[XxDsMbAbYgRlxX]

Originally posted by dewman0012
power steering belt went bye bye

yeah mine to.... Damn DSMs!! but my best time was 16.6 @ 82.50mph ..... not to bad for stock i guess..

[Stanislav94]

Had a good time. Thank you for letting me run. 15..941@87.48 ! Made it into 15's on just that one run. the rest were 16.1 or so, 2.384 60' helped, all the other ones were 2.4's. Fun stuff.

[sandman_1221]

13.8 at 97 with a 1.8 60ft' needs tooning

[koritina]

17.147 @ 87.74

[Mike C]

TRANSMISSION= Ka-boom.

I wish it was an axel at this point.

[Iwishiwascool]

:eek

[turbomark]

how did you get home then??

[Slowgsx]

13.9@ 97, blown turbo and boost leak
-Brandon

[harry's94tsi]

Originally posted by Mike C
TRANSMISSION= Ka-boom.

I wish it was an axel at this point.

sweet jesus joseph and mary, im sorry to hear about that mike.




my best was a 15.9 @ 86mph, and a 2.45 60ft.

[jplong]

13.7 @98....best of night...
need a turbo now...

[MrBlunt]

Best et, 14.023 (for the love of god)
Best mph, 106 something

Egts looked nice after a few runs and playing w/ my injector scaler a bit. Decided at the end of the night to mess with timing. O yeah, there is no advance feature on my dis2, only boost retard. Sucks ass, however i did discover that i was playing with my dis2 last year and had it retarding timing 4*'s starting at 16psi, that would put me at 13* of advance, no wonder i lost 4 mph from last year. Set the timing feature back to default, no help from the box, and picked up nearly 2mph. I managed to run a handful of 14.1's and .2's most at 103.somthing mph. Fixed the dis2 and started trapping 104-105 something. Jarod owes me a nickel but I owe that to dale so you owe him, isn't that the way things go around here :)

I had a lot of fun and enjoyed grilling until my eyes were watering shut and there was no hair left on either hand nearly to my wrists. We went through all that food, dear lord. That was nearly 150 bucks worth of bbq, hope everyone enjoyed though. Thanks all that came out and supported the club, it was really cool of everyone.

[MrBlunt]

O and we need to start organizing a bake sale to help out w/ mikes tranny so we can have this bish repping our club at the shootout.

[Theoretic]

Well i wasnt there today But at indianaopis a last weekend i ran 13.2 @ 103 and change easing it into 2nd, so if i get this drive train thing figured out im hoping for 12's

[fvee21]

My EVO = 14.2 @ 96mph
Mustang = 14.9 @ 102 mph
Rally Red's EVO 13.2 @107 mph

Don't think that I broke anything but I did stop racing my EVO, it just would not go into 2nd gear on the track. Something is wrong with the Mustang it 1.5 seconds and 5mph slower than the last time I raced it. Thanks to everyone that organized this event I had a very good time.:beer

[Baluchitherium4]

13.0@108.5 2.095 60ft. Looking for better traction and cooler, less humid weather. NA cars hate heat and humidity. Didn't break anything to my knowledge.

[Mike C]

I felt really bad for you Dale. Your car was definately the worst victim of the traction issue. The icing on the cake for me was when the NTR fucker sprayed the VHT down for the first time at the end of the night for the 440 Cuda. All in all, a very shitty job done by NTR.

[fvee21]

Talked with my friend with the brown mustang, transmission is leaking oil now. Either the seal in the back of the transmission is shot or the cone on the back of the transmission is cracked. Guess its not just DSM's that can break. BTW his best was a 14.9 @ 94 mph.

Bill's car (purple Mustang) ran a 10.24 @ 136mph. He is still searching for the 9's, with more traction he might have come closer. I loved the smoky burnouts, even chocked on the first one because I was right next to the car when he did it.

They both expressed their thanks for allowing them to come out and play. Everyone was courteous, even though we weren't all driving DSM's.

Thanks Again,
Shad

[hndaklr]

Just wanted to say thanks. I had a good time. Chad, the food was good. And the show everyone put on was great. I got to meet a few of you. Matt thanks for putting names with the faces for me. I'm hoping to get to a few of the meeting in the future, and the shootout this year. Maybe I'll get to bring my car. Just in case you are going....he was there? I was the fat guy in the Speed Channel shirt that was taking a lot of pictures and driving the Security Engineering work truck.

I was watching most of the night though, and after they started announcing times 2 2G's and 2 1G's made 12+ sec runs...nice. Everyone else ran good in the 13's at 104. And even the stock guys seemed to run good. The vet was running 11's, and when the Cuba could keep it straight it was in the 11's.

I'll post some of my pics later, after work. Have to do it again:beer

[Iwishiwascool]

Traction was definitely an issue. Id say there was as much or less than marion had a few months back. I easily spun all 4 all through 1st.

[criitter7]

Originally posted by Mike C
TRANSMISSION= Ka-boom.

I wish it was an axel at this point.

im sad now mike...im the only one now:( :cuss

[turbomark]

Mike, they were spraying the glue a few other times throughout the night. They did it once while everyone was over grilling, and once while I was staging.

[smokeshank]

question. when you say the power steering belt went, does that mean it snapped? why do they snap on the NT? 2 NT's went same night. is that a flaw or something?

i was just curious.

[dewman0012]

from what jp told me, there is an upgraded pulley that started in the 97 that help keep it from coming off track. But what is weird is, manda's is a 97-up and it did the same to her. My last run I launched hard and that thing just came off.

[Rally Red Evo]

I think my best was 13.4 at 107 MPH. 60' was 2.2, I pretty much suck at drag racing will stick to road course racing.

Car was as I drove it to the track with 93 octane about 20 psi and same air/fuel settings as my every day driving.

Thanks to all who set it up. That is the first time I have ever been to a drag track. Was a fun time.

[92tsiawd]

Sorry to hear about the tranny Mike, that sucks.

For my first time out I'm very happy with the POFS. My launches got a little better as the night went on. My last one was my best, I actually felt the LSD for the first time, at least thats what I think it was. MY best run was a 14.91 @ 90.84 60' 1.91. I had 3 runs around 14.9 and the rest low 15's. Not bad for stock and 166K miles.

I'm just happy I didn't go home on a tow truck. Thats last launch scared me a little.

Thanks to all for setting this up. It was nice to see everyone helping each other out.

[turbomark]

Mike- http://www.magnusmotorsports.com/article_dogmission.asp you need this

[Iwishiwascool]

Teressa says no

[OWNDJOO]

damn mike, that sux!! i'll prolly be doin the same thing here shortly though. did anyone see an 11? i know i ran 12.59 @ 106 on my bike, and whitslow ran 13.1 on it at 104.:p

[Iwishiwascool]

The vette, the cuda, and the 5.0 were the only ones to break out of the 12s.

My 12.0 was the best of the club.

Ken > Mikey this time

[ucsigep]

Originally posted by 92tsiawd
Thats last launch scared me a little.


Honestly, a good launch tends to scare a lot of us. That's how you know it was good. :) I didn't have a good launch all night, my best 60' was a 1.8 I think, I'd have to check the slips. I'd either bog it, or spin the tires. Personally, I thought the prep was worse than MCIR was, at least there I was pulling 1.7's.

[1Gto2GinGS-T]

my friend TJ with the 100% stock 2000 civic SI ran a 16.4...... not bad for a stock civic

[EvolvedDSM]

Originally posted by 1Gto2GinGS-T
my friend TJ with the 100% stock 2000 civic SI ran a 16.4...... not bad for a stock civic

My wife did that in her mostly stock 99 Si... mostly ;)

[MitsubishiGirl]

Thanks so much for throwing such a great day-get together. It was farking hot and I had to listen to the youngin whine all day, but hey, I still managed to enjoy myself. Many thanks to Chad-our designated chef. :D
I was a little upset that the times weren't being shown. They should have at least been announcing them like they did later that night. Thought that was kinda crapy on their part after we paid all this money to rent the track. But, other than that, it turned out great and I can't wait to do it again.

Sorry to hear about your car Mike. That really sucks.

JP, I'm glad you made it home WITH the car last night.

[Insane99Eclipse]

I had a good time as well. Must agree it was hot there at the start i just baked in the stands. Didnt run but no biggie still had fun. Talked to Kon and Chad both said they would never do it again to the GS. I did want to hear that because i wanted to know if it was really worth it. Thx guys.

BTW i think toops was there see pic fastest time of the night.

[Neo]

15.717 @ 87Mph i dont think that is too bad for a 100% stock GSX. but i could be wrong what shold a stock GSX run?

[dan toops]

I think they should be low 15's. my friend witha t-25 and boost controller,m hard pipe went 14.1.

[Neo]

yeah i think i would have been better, but i had only 92 in the tank :(

[94RS-T]

drove my car there and back with no problems. didnt run but i now have 500miles on my engine:Woohoo :Banana

[Extreme GS]

Fun time! I'm glad to have made it out with everyone. I've cooped up in the house too long:)

After 5 runs I had to call it quits. The car was running way too rich (.99V, 1350 egt @ 6500 rpm:( ) I shouldn't have added 110. The car was bucking and popping because it was rich, and I could only see 14-15psi, so I might also have a boost and/or vacuum leak somewhere. Car idles at ~10 in Hg; it should be around 18-19 in Hg.

Best: 14.3 @ 97 mph w/20G @ 15psi...13.8 @107 w/16G @ 18psi :( Damn POFS car:)

Great time at the outing, depressing performance/issues with the car.

[Buzz]

Had a good time hanging out with you guys. Hope to do it again soon,Buzz

[DSM614]

After what me and brian went thru just to get the car to the track, I can say it was worth it, despite the poor track prep. (I was spinning slick's:()

My run's went down like this, very untuned, ported 14b, 550's. Some runs are on Slick's at 15psi. Boost was at 20psi with a little 110/sunoco 94.


R/T ----- .349
60 ------- 2.413
330 ----- 6.449
1/8 ------ 9.788
MPH ---- 74.35
1000 --- 12.621
1/4 ----- 15.092
MPH ---- 91.87 (spinning slicks ;))

R/T ----- .110 Chopped the light.
60 ------- 2.488
330 ----- 6.463
1/8 ------ 9.722
MPH ---- 75.35 (gained 1mph)
1000 --- 12.495 (2 tenths lost)
1/4 ----- 14.910
MPH ---- 93.48 (Gained 2 mph) (no slick's)

R/T ----- .355
60 ------- 2.240
330 ----- 6.134
1/8 ------ 9.500
MPH ---- 74.01 (lost 1mph)
1000 --- 12.342(1 tenth lost)
1/4 ----- 14.825
MPH ---- 92.15 (lost 1 mph)

R/T ----- .099 (Chopped the light 1 more time)
60 ------- 2.277
330 ----- 6.155
1/8 ------ 9.438
MPH ---- 75.96 (lost another mph)
1000 --- 12.142(lost 1 tenth )
1/4 ----- 14.665 ( best of the night )
MPH ---- 93.30

So there ya have it. A BIG THANKS to Kim, Brian, Josh, Marc, Ash, T.j, Fisher, And everyone who helped me these past 2 day's of hell.

BTW I replaced my whole front end to make it. I WILL do an event like this again ANYTIME.

[Gunner]

I felt sad and dissapointed for all you, so I went to Norwalk today, and got two passes in before the rain came.

Boost set at 13psi, Eagle RS-A's. A logger cable connector broke so i didn't mess with anything. Runs were on 92 octane goodness.

14.13@103.97
14.32@104.35

[Iwishiwascool]

Buzz = Yellow Z06. ;)

[DSM614]

Damnit gunner...

[Extreme GS]

Originally posted by Extreme GS
The car was bucking and popping because it was rich, and I could only see 14-15psi, so I might also have a boost and/or vacuum leak somewhere. Car idles at ~10 in Hg; it should be around 18-19 in Hg.



...I found the problem. Looked under the hood and traced along every ignition and vacuum lines, and I found the vacuum hose to the MAP sensor for the Accel DFI was blown off, thus leaving a big leak; that also caused a vac leak for the MAP sensor for my ignition, since they were hooked up in inline (but the hose was still connected to that MAP sensor.) After everything was secure, I turned up the boost and took it out for a test drive.

OMG! What a difference! At 24-25 psi, and 110 race gas, the car pulled like a mofo. That makes me so mad, since I wanted to run this boost level at the track yesterday.

Takas, thanks for the MBC!! I owe you one:beer

[DQ Driver]

almost everyones times make my stomach hurt.....

13.0@81mph sandbagging > joo
(purposely put in neutral after 3rd gear and started braking hard before the pass was even over)

best pass was like a 12.2@115

[OWNDJOO]

9.63 @ 75mph ownz joo:beer oh, and that IS a 1/4 mile time

[Gunner]

Mike C. What exactly broke in there? Any clue? What are the symptoms?

[Mike C]

Originally posted by Gunner
Mike C. What exactly broke in there? Any clue? What are the symptoms?

I pulled the tranny last night but ran out of time to open it up. 4th gear is gone though and something is rattling around in there. I drove the car home from the track shifting from 3rd to 5th and everything else seems fine (except for the clunking and lack of 4th).:(

[Gunner]

Yuck, 4th gear must be junk in these things, the only two real fast DSM's that were running last year both stripped 4th gear last year. I take it this happened well down track then.

[Mike C]

Originally posted by Gunner
Yuck, 4th gear must be junk in these things, the only two real fast DSM's that were running last year both stripped 4th gear last year. I take it this happened well down track then.

I think so but it was suspect before. When I got off the offramp at the freeway, the Bean was riding shotgun. I downshifted to 4th during decel and the was a weird whining sound coming from the passenger front. The Bean at the time said "It sound like you've got a bad CV joint or something" I dismissed it as a fluke and couldn't reproduce it but I'm guessing it was on its way out and the No lift to shift use for the first time polished it off during the 3-4 shift.

MC

[DQ Driver]

4th gear also went in my car first. but that was becuase i let gunner borrow my car after he busted his rearend and the cholo was trying to pass a semi's and minivans on the birm and mis-shifted. that's what happened right? you can admit to it now since it's almost 2 years later


i dug up some old timeslips... my 2nd pass ever in my stock tsi @15 psi with 93 octane.... 13.6@98 , it was the fastest car i had driven

[Mike C]

but my "built" 4th gear wasn't supposed to go.........this soon:)

[Wayy2muchpsi]

if that wassnt the case with all of our cars


sorry guys i wish i would have made it up to run with all of u, but i figured i needed more tuning before running or else i'd be pushing her home..

[turbomark]

Tuning is easy... i reinstalled my safc the week before and installed the boost controller the day before the event. I set it close to what i had my old safc at and did a couple butt dyno 3rd gear pulls and i was trapping at 107-108 at the track.

[OWNDJOO]

GET AN EGT!!! if you dont have one. believe me, u need it. my car was running good times, then i put on the egt and was running WAY lean.

[Mike C]

Originally posted by turbomark
Tuning is easy... i reinstalled my safc the week before and installed the boost controller the day before the event. I set it close to what i had my old safc at and did a couple butt dyno 3rd gear pulls and i was trapping at 107-108 at the track.

I wouldn't call tuning easy. I'm not being a jerk, but only giving constructive criticism. You can certainly get alot more trap out of it. Use Ken's car as a comparrison. Before he used the spray I think he was trapping 111? He's still on stock cams. I trapped 109 with my 16g on a stock 2g head. I think you did great out there with your car for the first time but I think you'll continue to get more out of it. How much boost were you running that night?

[Mike C]

Originally posted by OWNDJOO
GET AN EGT!!! if you dont have one. believe me, u need it. my car was running good times, then i put on the egt and was running WAY lean.

Get a logger, not a stupid EGT gauge. Especially on a 1g where you can see everything you need, its a no brainer.

[Baluchitherium4]

Originally posted by turbomark
Tuning is easy...

Famous last words.

Careful with your tuning, it will make or break you.

[Iwishiwascool]

I trapped 113 as a best pre spray. 6 MPH is a huge difference... and my "Tune" was very light... since I dont know what i am doing.

You may remember I have a dinky, beat up, supra smic... and some stock cams. If you were a true tooninator, you would have at least out trapped my somewhat average times.

[talon guy]

Originally posted by Mike C
Get a logger, not a stupid EGT gauge. Especially on a 1g where you can see everything you need, its a no brainer.

+1 thats y i have not wasted my money on an egt gauge

[OWNDJOO]

well, if your gonna try to tune. an egt is better than nuthing, and it's cheaper...........i think. idk, i just stole mine off our racecar.

[Mike C]

a palm and a pocketlogger costs about $50 more than an EGT gauge. Hardly nothing considering how much more info you get.

[1Gto2GinGS-T]

50? i thought the pocket logger program and cable alone were 125??

[talon guy]

Originally posted by 1Gto2GinGS-T
50? i thought the pocket logger program and cable alone were 125??

he said $50 more then wut the egt cost

[Mike C]

Originally posted by 1Gto2GinGS-T
50? i thought the pocket logger program and cable alone were 125??

A typical EGT setup runs around $150. You can buy a used Palm for next to nothing and the pocketlogger cable runs around $175

[turbomark]

I didn't say tuning for maximum power is easy but with an egt it isn't so incredibly hard to do that you're gonna blow up your car. I would have had a few extra mph on my trap if i hadn't taken a half second on every shift. I'm also sure that there is a bunch of extra tuning to be done on the car too. I was only running 22 psi on race gas, and a safe tune.