Well I made my first ever drag strip passes today. Pretty pleased with the results for a first time outing. I am in the right lane both times (car 615) first run on the right, second run on the left. I only got two passes due to not parking the car in the staging lanes after run one

Mods are:
2006 Evo IX mr
Buschur 3" TBE no cat
Buschur Filter
Forge mbc set at 23psi tapering to 19 at redline
custom tune from Al (car did 280/280 at Buschur's dyno)
Ran on pump 93
FWIW - Car was 1/2 tank gas, speaker box in trunk with 2 amps, spare tire and jack and laptop in back seat. No weight reduction at all. Tires are Falken fk-451's, 245/45/17.

Please comment and give advice, suggestion, critisicm! This was a great learning expierence and I hope to get some feedback on what to improve.

Thanks!

 

not bad for your first time out...mph is lower than most 9s with similar mods though...

 

not bad. need to work on your reaction. but that has no effect on 1/4 times though. lol what was the 308 car? lol the 1/8 mph was higher then the 1/4. got any video's?

 

Other car was having probs, hence the times on his slip.

I didn't even watch the tree really. I was just trying to get a good launch.

The car has not felt as strong last couple months, and the mph I felt did seem low. I was expecting around 112mph or so.

SQ

 

were you able to datalog it at all, maybe its knocking in 4th hence the lower trap speeds...

 

No, didn't get a chance too. I figure it is. Car would pull really strong in 1-3 and seemed to fall off towards the top of 4th. I am going to do some logging this weekend, check plugs, boost leak check etc.

SQ

 

keep us updated..

 

gotta take some weight out. Why race with 100+ pounds of extra weight. Your being a little bit harder on the car with every extra pound. Plus you probably would have a slightly better 60' and better et. If you know your going to go race do your car a favor and take out the extra stuff.

 

Yeah, next time all the excess stuff will be out. It was a spur of the moment thing. Today was more of a learning day, get a feel for the car, track etc. Atleast I have something as a foundation to build on now.

SQ

 

You guys not take the video camera, Nuked?

 

Eh, don't have it anymore..... long story! haha

SQ

 

Good driving on the 12.3, but you can definitely see a power dropoff up top, because you trapped 88.5 in the 1/8th but only 109 in the 1/4. It should have gone from 88 to 112 at least, so something is wrong up top.

 

Thanks, I am def going to log it and see whats up. It was around 80F outside yesterday, think I could be heatsoaking the intercooler by 4th?

SQ

 

No.

 

Reached the limits of the stock fuel pump or atleast it is not as strong as when tuned 15k miles ago?

SQ