Atco 10.862 @ 127.94 mph
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Atco 10.862 @ 127.94 mph
I made it down to Atco for the season finale with my TT (Europipe exhaust). Not too many cars. Used my Chicken Hawk Racing tire warmers. They helped, but I still managed to bog each time just after I took off. Too much power for launch control on a cold surface.
Ran 4 times. Best run was a 10.862 @ 127.94 on a 1.60 60' time. I did a lousy job of timing my runs, so I would heat my rear tires to 175 degrees but then get to the staging lanes and be forced to sit a bit. Did back to back runs twice. The second in each pair was slower than the first with a worse launch. Our tires need heat to launch.
Worst run was a 11.040 @ 127.67 on my worst 60' of 1.727. Also ran 10.9 twice.
Guys watching from the stand said they could see and hear the car bog after I got out of the hole. The RPM's did not drop to 2k, but there was definitely some RPM drop. I guess I will be back in March for a rental where I can go from the tire heaters to the tree without having to wait.
Ran 4 times. Best run was a 10.862 @ 127.94 on a 1.60 60' time. I did a lousy job of timing my runs, so I would heat my rear tires to 175 degrees but then get to the staging lanes and be forced to sit a bit. Did back to back runs twice. The second in each pair was slower than the first with a worse launch. Our tires need heat to launch.
Worst run was a 11.040 @ 127.67 on my worst 60' of 1.727. Also ran 10.9 twice.
Guys watching from the stand said they could see and hear the car bog after I got out of the hole. The RPM's did not drop to 2k, but there was definitely some RPM drop. I guess I will be back in March for a rental where I can go from the tire heaters to the tree without having to wait.
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I made it down to Atco for the season finale with my TT (Europipe exhaust). Not too many cars. Used my Chicken Hawk Racing tire warmers. They helped, but I still managed to bog each time just after I took off. Too much power for launch control on a cold surface.
Ran 4 times. Best run was a 10.862 @ 127.94 on a 1.60 60' time. I did a lousy job of timing my runs, so I would heat my rear tires to 175 degrees but then get to the staging lanes and be forced to sit a bit. Did back to back runs twice. The second in each pair was slower than the first with a worse launch. Our tires need heat to launch.
Worst run was a 11.040 @ 127.67 on my worst 60' of 1.727. Also ran 10.9 twice.
Guys watching from the stand said they could see and hear the car bog after I got out of the hole. The RPM's did not drop to 2k, but there was definitely some RPM drop. I guess I will be back in March for a rental where I can go from the tire heaters to the tree without having to wait.
Ran 4 times. Best run was a 10.862 @ 127.94 on a 1.60 60' time. I did a lousy job of timing my runs, so I would heat my rear tires to 175 degrees but then get to the staging lanes and be forced to sit a bit. Did back to back runs twice. The second in each pair was slower than the first with a worse launch. Our tires need heat to launch.
Worst run was a 11.040 @ 127.67 on my worst 60' of 1.727. Also ran 10.9 twice.
Guys watching from the stand said they could see and hear the car bog after I got out of the hole. The RPM's did not drop to 2k, but there was definitely some RPM drop. I guess I will be back in March for a rental where I can go from the tire heaters to the tree without having to wait.
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When I used to run my E55 over and over at these rentals, I knew that nothing was going to improve my time and speed except maybe better air. Launches were perfect and the car just went.
Don't get me wrong - I had a blast today. But I didn't need to see my time slips to know I didn't have my best runs. I could feel it.
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Actually, the second of my back to back E55 runs was typically better because the tires were warmer from the run and my 2nd 60' time was slightly better. I usually did not run more than two runs between sitting with the hood up and a bag of ice on the supercharger housing. I didn't have heat soak problems because my rentals were always in cooler weather.