hamidlmt

Got to Portland International Raceway quite a bit earlier than last week. The sun was still shining for the first couple runs.

Before leaving to the track, I upped my front tires to 40 psi and downed the rears to 30 psi. I would have gotten my front tires higher, but my air compressor is really slow and I got impatient! LOL! And darnit... I forget to take out the spare!

First run I was up against a paint-pealing off POS 5.0L Mustang with a lovely engine... 13.595 to my 14.913.

Second run was a quick Subura... no contest there... 12.872 to my 14.978. Not a great run on my part, put my best reaction time to date (.060).

I took a bit of a break to watch from the stands and enjoy the sunset.

The third run was around dusk against a previous generation Eclipse GT. He got me off the line, but after that it was all over. 16.197 to my 14.921. Here's a viddy of this run... http://www.transcendingtouch.com/mus...vs_eclipse.mp4

Now the sun was down and the temperature was cooling. The line was also much longer which cooled the car down more.
A kid in some sorta Honda wanted to race... I assumed he had some sort of boost since there was a cluster of gauges near his dash. I thought... easy kill... I was right. http://www.transcendingtouch.com/mus...6_vs_honda.mp4

Here are the vitals from the time slip...

some sorta honda thingie -- vs -- me

R/T -- .961 ---------------------------- .555
60' --- 2.597 --------------------------- 2.139
1/8 --- 10.210 ------------------------- 9.464
MPH -- 71.78 -------------------------- 74.09
1/4 --- 15.690 ------------------------- 14.794
MPH - 88.23 -------------------------- 91.27

At first, I was bummed that I couldn't break out of the 14.9's. My previous best was 14.885. I wasn't going to leave until I got back into the 14.8's. Did it and then some!

And still... whatta rush!!!



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Jeremy

Damn, good for the old sixer. Are you running a manual or an auto?

hamidlmt

Thanks! I've got an auto.

fazm

damn man, you just keep ccreepin up on everyone lol. Ive got 5 months before i can run another decent time. Ran a 14.53 when it was cold on street tires, now 30 degrees warmer i can only manage a 14.58 on dr's lol.

Jeremy

Yeah, I can't wait to go to the track in Reno and test mine. Also can't wait till Hot August Nights!

hamidlmt

I'd be so happy to match ya! That'll take a few more tweaks to get this auto of mine rollin' better. 5 months is a long time! How often are you getting out to the track in the hot weather?

fazm

i dont see more than 3 or 4 runs in the summer months, just not worth the stress on the car to not improve on my times. Now the only exception to that would be, if i were puttin down 340rwhp with a certain pt61 feeding my car lol

hamidlmt

Fazm... that is just monster hp!

I think this board has a case of forced induction fever!

fazm

na, thats doable on 8psi, maybe 9psi on crappy az gas. and if i really wanna push it i can run 12psi at the track and let loose

hamidlmt

Post when ya do! What's Hot August Nights? ... um... besides really warm evenings in the month of August.