my car:
03 VIII, aftermarket clutch, intake, tbe, lowering springs

My questions:
i have 245/45/17 street tires, should i adjust the air pressure at the track?

being that i have awd and street tires, the water box is useless so just drive around it, correct?

i know the stock 9 ecms have a two step that lets you launch at 5500, is that where i should be lanching at?

the answers to these questions and anymore beginner info would be greatly appreciated, thanks!!

 

.well your tire pressure can stay the same untill you know that you need to lower it because of too much tire slip.

.the water box you can just drive around

.yes i would use the 2-step rev limiter and ride the clutch out a lil and you should be good.

it will take some getting used to and a bunch of times befor you really understand how your car performs at the track so good luck and let us know how you do

edit: the evo 9 has a factory 2-step you say you have an evo 8 tho so you wont have one unless you have it reflashed

 

thanks for the info, I'll let you how I do. As far as the two step goes, I know I don't have it but I just wanted to know where in the powerband to launch at

 

I'm almost at the track now. I'll post results at the end of the day

 

Good luck brother!!

 

I'm gettin ready for my third run now, I need to work on gettin off the line. My 60' time was 2.5 which is why I'm running in the 14's at 99mph

 

Bring that 60ft down dude.

 

Hey I saw you at the Track today. I have the Grey MR. How did you do?

 

What did you run?

 

ok, the day is over. I learned a whole lot today. Mainly to step out of my comfort zone and trust what the car is capable of. I still need to work on my 60ft. I feel like I'll have a lot better times and mph if I get the two step lowered to 5500 with a tune. Enough of the talk though here's the slip of my best run

R/T: .222
60': 2.141
330': 5.952
1/8th: 9.103
MPH: 79.91
1000': 11.801
1/4': 14.066
MPH: 99.80

 

yea, I saw you, didn't get a chance to see any of your runs though. How'd you do?

 

keep practicing man.. I only took mine to the track once when it was all stock which is in the sig.
But I don't see why your only trapping 99mph.. Because on my 107mph run I totally screwed up my launch and had a 2.8 60'ft time.. but yet still trapped the 107..

 

I ran 12.046 at 113 and some change with a 60ft in 1.7. I had better 60ft times but missed third gear so I think I should go into high 11's next time out.

 

We ran against each other in my first run..I thought

 

how much does the car weigh? did you power shift? what size tires did you run with?