dkano

The guy checking that pink card told me to get one when he saw that I was getting low 13 times. I kinda thought it was bs but I really didn't like that rental helmet anyways. I went and got a full face blue helmet, which is the one I really wanted when I went in to get the rental, I'll take it with me from now on, it was only $100 anyways. I was in such a hurry to go race that after I got the new helmet I didn't even take a sticker it had in the front!!
If you're thinking about getting your own, you can probably find one online for less than a $100 though, just look for a full face helmet.
The one I got is the HJC CS12, you can see it here:
http://www.hjchelmets.com/cs12.htm


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Menace

Yeah, they were saying if you did under 14 seconds that you would need a full race helmet... They never told me to get one though, but I want one anyway. Next time I go I'll probably get one, that way they can size me and make sure I got the right fit too.

dkano

yeah, you're right about probably getting the wrong size if you order it online. I had to try two different ones on before I found the perfect one. I had to go with an extra large one (got a big melon!)
The guy said the same thing to me when he asked me what I ran the last time, he said the other helmet was only good for 14s.

Phrosty

Yea I was looking on here for you but I forgot your user ID! lol

These are all my 60ft times:

Wednesday Night:

1.972
2.009
2.003
2.025
2.121
2.331

Last Night:

2.037
2.035
2.093
2.138

When it comes to burning out, I noticed when I first got my car, if I did a burnout on the street at a light for a couple of seconds just to get all the **** off my tires and heat them up a bit, it would give me better traction and the car would stick more to the road.

But now that I have over 5,000 miles on my tires, and abuse the hell out of them as u can see in this video Me doing some donuts

For some reason at the track when I don't do burnouts I seem to get better times. Not sure why that is, maybe because I have no tread on the tires now? When I get new tires I'll have to test it out.

So the reason I pretty much do the long smoky burnouts before I run is:

(a) I love doing burnouts and at the track I can't get a ticket for it lol
(b) As a crowd pleaser
(c) It looks cool hahaha

It was great meeting you and those other guys though, its nice to see some younger newer mustang owners like myself around my area lol.

Reply back with some of your times, I'm curious about how u did last night! Also we should all get together sometime and go drving or something, maybe start a little club haha

Menace

I didn't know if you were talking to me or Phrosty?

Menace

I was also running street trim. Jack & Spare tire. Shaker 1000 in the Trunk, 1/4-1/2 tank of gas. Rear tires were set at 25psi, front was 32psi. I was launching around 2000-3000 RPMs, with no warming/cleaning of the tires, traction control turned off.

dkano

My runs were somewhat similar, 1/2 tank of gas, spare & jack, but for forgot to turn traction control off or turn the overdrive off, don't know if any of them would make a difference. I tried launching from around 2K RPMs once and ended up spinning the tires (I'd never tried doing this before) went out of the staging area, had to hit reverse and go back!
I'll try some different things next Wednesday (like the tip from Spyder) and see what works best. My car is a Mustang shop right now, getting the 3.90 gears installed. The pulleys get here on Tuesday, so I'm getting them installed Wednesday morning.

Lucy2005

I bought a racing helment, and took it to a harley shop to have it re-painted. Windviel blue with silver flames! Sweet match.

ren274u

My best run last night was:

RT .041

60' 2.051

330 5.636

1/8 8.582@83.66

1000 11.112

1/4 13.269@104.26

Ive had faster but not by much as seen by my sig. I just cant get 2.0 60ft consistently.

Here is what clay ran, in this other thread:

https://mustangforums.com/m_1226380/tm.htm