I just do not get it...
03-16-2006, 12:29 AM
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I just do not get it...
Men.. I just do not get it... I have being reading your times for 1/4 m and I do not know what I am doing wrong...
I had my first chance on the drags with my stock 2006 GT but my best time in 8 passes was 15.42 [:@][:@][:@]
The car is 100% stock, it had 650 miles on, new oil, track conditions was not good but the time !@#$%^&*().... the track was at 2600 mts (8500 ft) and weather was dry but cold, 8 deg C (46 deg F).
I tryied with TC on and off and almost the same result, tire pressure was 25 - 30 psi for back set and 35 for front set... any idea... besides a not very good driver???
Thanks.
I had my first chance on the drags with my stock 2006 GT but my best time in 8 passes was 15.42 [:@][:@][:@]
The car is 100% stock, it had 650 miles on, new oil, track conditions was not good but the time !@#$%^&*().... the track was at 2600 mts (8500 ft) and weather was dry but cold, 8 deg C (46 deg F).
I tryied with TC on and off and almost the same result, tire pressure was 25 - 30 psi for back set and 35 for front set... any idea... besides a not very good driver???
Thanks.
03-16-2006, 11:52 AM
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RE: I just do not get it...
The engine may not be completely broken in either with only 650 miles on it. I would really wait until you broke 1k before you really start pushing you car hard. Give your engine time to "glue" together so to speak.
03-16-2006, 11:54 AM
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RE: I just do not get it...
what were ur 60' times? the biggest killer is too much spin off the line. Hell, I would rather lose a second starting real slow than lose two by spinning through two gears (which ive done [:'(])
03-16-2006, 12:54 PM
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RE: I just do not get it...
ORIGINAL: Pipe_Rueda
Men.. I just do not get it... I have being reading your times for 1/4 m and I do not know what I am doing wrong...
I had my first chance on the drags with my stock 2006 GT but my best time in 8 passes was 15.42 [:@][:@][:@]
The car is 100% stock, it had 650 miles on, new oil, track conditions was not good but the time !@#$%^&*().... the track was at 2600 mts (8500 ft) and weather was dry but cold, 8 deg C (46 deg F).
I tryied with TC on and off and almost the same result, tire pressure was 25 - 30 psi for back set and 35 for front set... any idea... besides a not very good driver???
Thanks.
Men.. I just do not get it... I have being reading your times for 1/4 m and I do not know what I am doing wrong...
I had my first chance on the drags with my stock 2006 GT but my best time in 8 passes was 15.42 [:@][:@][:@]
The car is 100% stock, it had 650 miles on, new oil, track conditions was not good but the time !@#$%^&*().... the track was at 2600 mts (8500 ft) and weather was dry but cold, 8 deg C (46 deg F).
I tryied with TC on and off and almost the same result, tire pressure was 25 - 30 psi for back set and 35 for front set... any idea... besides a not very good driver???
Thanks.
03-16-2006, 06:32 PM
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RE: I just do not get it...
ORIGINAL: Pipe_Rueda
The car is 100% stock, it had 650 miles on, new oil, track conditions was not good but the time !@#$%^&*().... the track was at 2600 mts (8500 ft) and weather was dry but cold, 8 deg C (46 deg F).
The car is 100% stock, it had 650 miles on, new oil, track conditions was not good but the time !@#$%^&*().... the track was at 2600 mts (8500 ft) and weather was dry but cold, 8 deg C (46 deg F).
me at 100' above sea level=first and most of second gear get no traction and when they do i get thrown back
me at 6500' near lake tahoe=wtf this thing feels slower than my mom's saturn
conclusion=high altitude means lower air density which results in less air mass into the engine in a given volume and thus, less fuel burnt...all ending up with you getting less power.
try it again at sea level, i think you might be surprised
03-16-2006, 07:16 PM
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RE: I just do not get it...
ORIGINAL: JML
Our cars at this altitude are slow. any N/A car here looses around 30% of the power, so if we dyno´ed our cars at the wheels without compensating the altitude, I guess we´ll be hitting around 220-230 whp...
Our cars at this altitude are slow. any N/A car here looses around 30% of the power, so if we dyno´ed our cars at the wheels without compensating the altitude, I guess we´ll be hitting around 220-230 whp...
+1, HP decreases with altitude at approxiamately 3% for every 1000 feet above sea level. which mean at 8500', you have 25.5% less hp then a guy on the coast. For an example, a stock 05 GT Manual, has about 265 RWHP at sea level on a standard day.
My OWN car, (mustang dyno'd) at my Level of 3500', was 239.5 hp...
265 - 10.5% = 239.82 RWHP
YOUR car, because it's so high up
265 - 25.5% = 211 RWHP...
Conclusion: Drive to a sea level track, you'll get your 13's.