Well, I attempted to G-Tech the Evo and shot a vid of it. Launching the Evo is not the same, I thought I was slipping it but it was more dumping that slipping..

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player....A-AC4E3AD733C0

I did manage to Run the EVO the past weekend. Went to the Drag last minute and learned how to launch the Evo the night before, still not good at it but better than before..

First time racing and first time owning a manual car. Got a total of 6 runs in.

1st = 14.30
2nd= 14.20
3rd= 14.312
4th= 14.543
5th= 14.09
6th= 14.19

The 4th-6th runs were done by my buddy who has a Talon TSI. I figured if anyone could break into the 13's it'd be him. First try, learning how to launch it, he got a 14.5.. hehehe,, but was able to manage 14.09.. that's pretty close to 13 sec for me hehehe.. then last run.. there was a bit of torque steer (the car pulled to the left during launch), 0-60ft was 1.985 and pulled off 14.19. I believe if the car didn't pull to the left and if it would've been a straight launch we would've seen the 13.999's..

Didn't do the bracket racing, figured the stock clutch took quite a beating already..

 

Yep, you need practice!

 

Show some timeslips, so I can figure out why the times are so bad. I can't imagine the temps and elevation were that extreme...

 

I think I saw this guy running. I think it was at Rock Falls raceway. The track temps were in the mid 90's. He wasn't launching it very hard if this was him which is part of the reason. The other reason is the track is notorius for incredibly bad times (Mainly ET's... most people assume that at a different track you will run .3 seconds faster more or less depending on power).

If this is the car I am thinking of most of the problem was the launch.. it was smooth but not hard enough. I would assume at a different track he would have been hitting 13.5-13.7's. I ran at the same track stock and hit a 13.4 I think when it was bone stock but it was in october and I have launched the car more than the night before

 

Oh, now that I know you also have an exhaust, then I think you are even further away from where you should be. It may be the old untuned intake problem again...

 

That was me Did you run that day? what were you running? There was a white Evo RS with CF hood that ran a 14.333. in Comparison my run was alright. But also there was that black Evo that was ran a 12.3. I went to look at the car, and he had a laptop hooked up with tons of gauges.. Also had what I think is a turbo manifold (would be headers on a honda engine??) I wonder how much $$$ he's spent.

Them SRT-4's, 240's and Eclipse/Talons are no joke. 12 to high 13's all day..
Here are the timeslips:

1st>>>>>> 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
r/t .397>>>>> .365 .601 .626 .113 .161
60' 2.244>>>>> 1.950 1.895 2.053 2.136 2.066
330 6.164>>>>> 5.796 5.727 5.910 5.970 5.871
1/8 9.408>>>>> 9.041 8.959 9.163 9.204 9.109
MPH 78.59>>>>> 77.38 77.64 77.16 78.78 78.55
1000 12.183>>>>> 11.848 11.753 11.957 11.972 11.874
1/4 14.524>>>>> 14.191 14.095 14.307 14.312 14.209
MPF 97.33>>>>> 96.71 96.73 96.42 97.16 97.41


*** They aren't in order.

 

I just checked out your Profile.. Hey that was you in that AWESOME black EVO!!! That s*#@ was TIGHT!!!.. Runnnig low 12's all day.. I wanted to come talk to you.. but at least got to look inside the cab and engine..

 

Yes that was me. My best time that day was a 12.044 I think. The car still wasnt shifting correctly. I have now solved the problem and I am more than confident it will run mid 11's next time I go out at the same lame boost. Both of the DSM's were my friends as well. One of them just put his car together the week before and it was his first time out running mid 12's most of the day. The other one has some shifting problems as well and he was running mid to low 12's all day as well. Yes I have spent alot of $$ on the car also I am pretty happy now that i learned the shifting problem. The car at this boost level hitting an 11.5 would seem on par. With a little more boost it should hit a 10.7-10.99 so we will see in a few weeks. Are you going to go to the next Import Race at falls? It is Saturday July 30th. If you are I will probably be there again. You should come hang out with us... HOPEFULLY I will be close to or hitting the 10's by then.

 

The other funny thing is... did you notice that me and my buddy were the only two in our class at the bracket race? I also held the fastest time of the day.. THAT tells you how stupid that track is when a 12.0 is the fastest time of the day

 

Yeah.. I saw that, it was just you and that talon in the 12 sec bracket.. I don't know much about tracks, or what makes a good track but i guess it's all we have for now.. You were definitely one if not the fastest car there that day.

The next time going will have to be in the end of August. So you ran 13.4 complete stock the first time there?? There was much faster cars that day then during opening season...

Oh.. the biggest surprise of the day was when that silver 05 corolla XRS ran a 14.20, I think it was during bracket racing too.. I wonder what he has done.. sure did make my 14.09 time look dumb..

 

I dont really know but I am pretty sure that thing is also AWD so it isnt that bad a thing. And yes, I think I ran a 13.4 or 13.5 or thereabouts. The thing you need to remember is I ran it in October. It was over 90 degrees at the track that day. If it was more around 70 when I ran it, you will have alot more power. You were trapping around 96mph or so. I trapped at 101 which is half the difference there. The other thing that I noticed if I remember correctly is your launches were a little weak no offense. On the stock turb you could have been ripping right off the line pretty easily giving you at least real low 1.8's at that track. On a different track you should be able to pull off low 1.7s. Anyways, a little more practice on the launching and your times will be fine. You cant expect any better than a mid 13 at that track honestly when you are stock. Get your car a full exhaust and intake and a new tune and you could hit the 12's for sure even at that crap track.

 

aww, link no workie..

 

can u put up a working link, i wanna check out ur launchign

 

After reviewing the slips, you just aren't making the proper amount of power. You should hit 100mph in stock form with no mods and with an exhaust you should get another 2-3mph. Obviously, the 60' times are hurting your times, but that's not as important as the mph. To compare, I hit 80mph in the 1/8th and 104 in the 1/4 in stock form, but with an 05. Your 1/8th mph of 77.5 isn't so bad, but you're only picking up 19mph in the back half, when you should get no less than 20.

Unless you're missing shifts, shifting too early (before 7200), or shifting slowly, then I'd blame it on the intake w/o a tune. Yes, the 90 degrees is definitely a factor, but it shouldn't affect you this much. I ran my 12.2 and 111mph runs in 80 degrees with 70% humidity, which isn't that far off.

 

I was shifting at 7RPM just right before red line. I read somewhere that power falls off after 6.5, next time I'll definitely try shifting at 7200 instead. The shifting was done pretty hard. I had some good shifting I believe.. it was really the launch that i need to work on. I launched it at 4.5 to 5k and might of held on to the clutch too long. I kept my foot on the clutch slipping a little until I felt the car jump ahead. Also, I was on 91 non-oxgenated gas.

Good thing was I beat every car that i went up against because luckily I raced some slow cars.. hehehehe.. did lose to a bike that ran 12.333. Can't wait to get down pipe, test pipe, boost gauge, mbc then finally a reflash...