well i took the evo out to the track tonight. my first pass was horibble 14.5. i missed 3rd gear. but my second pass was my best. 13.9 at 94.5 mph. there was also a 40+ mph head wind coming towards you on the track. will the wind effect my time and if so but how much? i'm still happy with my 13.9 on a stock evo. heres the slip.

reaction- 1.193
60ft- 2.001
1/8 - 8.868
1/4- 13.989
trap- 94.55

 

You could do much better dude. Im guessing you were at a very high altitude ( but then again your in hawaii which doesn't make sense lol) at the track. You need to work on your launch, the 2.0 60ft is bad. You should be cutting 1.8's stock and that would lower e/t. But hey, it's your first time, and practice makes perfect

 

Sounds like you're not letting the turbo spool enough before launching. Try fluttering it between 5000rpm and 5500rpm for a few seconds.

 

I think the wind had an effect... I mean the Evo is a skyscraper in the world of dragging...

 

Yes I agree... experience will get you better times...

 

40mph head wind....thats goign to KILL your trap.

 

yea my friend in the stands said that sometimes the wind was so bad it almost knocked him on his a$$ and he weighs 220lbs.

 

thats a pretty decent time for HI.

 

yea ive heard that it is pretty average for HI. But i know that i can do better.

 

you can tell that the wind was a definite factor....your 1/8 mile time was very good, in fact, by the numbers, you were on your way to a 13.6-13.7 time, but apparently that headwind, coupled with he evo being a rolling brick slowed you down quite a bit.....might wanna work on your shifting too, first person I've ever heard of missing a gear in an EVO

 

yea i think it was just nerves. like i said it was my first time at the track driving any car. if i had a better 60' like 1.8 and no wind. what do you think i could of done? just asking for sh*ts and giggles

 

There is a bit more to the Hawaii Raceway Park track on Oahu that many do not realize. Yes, it faces the prevailing tradewinds. These tradewinds average about 15-20 mph as the norm, and are usually at 20-30 mph at the track at night when the weather is good humidity and density-altitude-wise. This is a pretty constant wind with gusts at approximately 8-10 mph over the constant wind. It is rare for these tradewinds to die down to less than 15mph without the "aid" of a low-pressure system in the neighborhood. When the low-pressure system gets close, the tradewinds die down and we get what we call "Kona winds", which means either very little wind, or wind "in our favor" at the track. Unfortunately, this comparatively favorable wind or lack thereof comes along with high DAs of 3000+ ft. and high-temps, or the track rains-out altogether. What this all means is that anytime we get favorable DAs and temperatures (down to 70s!), we get a nasty, constant head-wind, or we get decent wind with horrible temperature/humidity/DA. It's extremely rare to have all good conditions at one time, and it may happen once every three years.

You take that with a track that does not prep except for pro-gas race events (only to the 60ft. mark then), and a horrid launch-pad, and you end up with people picking up at least .3 to .8 seconds just by taking their cars to just about ANY mainland track with no changes to the car, or even tune in many cases. We see it all the time with people that move away to the mainland. We also see the reverse when people move out here. I've lost count on how many people have signed up on one of the local forums and announced they were moving to Hawaii, said what they ran on their local track on the mainland, and when they finally got here, they uniformly ran at least .5 slower than their "normal time" from back home. Some of these people had thought they would just mop up all the local racers at the track since they ran such comparatively good times on their mainland track, only to find they were no faster than us in the same conditions.

Quite a few people out there do not understand how climate, weather, and track conditions can drastically alter how fast their car is at a track. Most of these types of people live in such favorable drag-racing weather places such as Houston (unreal in the fall), Norwalk, etc. Some of them like to think they are just faster drivers and better tuners than people in other areas of the country. Some of them don't even consider the possibility that 50f. temps, -3600 density-altitudes (DAs), and a track prep so good that you may loose your Nikes if you try to walk on it, had something to do with a "faster-than-thou" pass at their track.

With that said, you now have a much clearer idea why most stock Evos only trap about 95-98 out here compared to 99-102 compared to most of the mainland tracks.

 

Good job on your first time. Keep practicing.

 

With a better 60ft. like a 1.8, you could have gotten that down to 13.7 or so. With better wind along with a better launch, you might have been down to about 13.6 at best. My best launch at this track with an Evo was a 1.7 with an Evo so far.