I went 12.7, 12.6, 12.5....still not my best and I am not happy either with my times as nobody ever seems to be ...but hey I did what I wanted to do! Car did feel fast though I don't know what it is.

60' was a 1.8 consistently....I don't get it I was doing 1.7s on my stock clutch, no cams, etc in my black 8.

I was trapping like 108 and on the blizzaks I went 12.4 @ 116! WTF. That day was extremely cold in early spring vs. last nights 90* weather....does that really make that big of an impact?


Bo it was good seeing you man, that cobra is absolutely ridiculous! Best looking ride in the area. What did you end up running once you got that fixed up?

 

Thanks, I appreciate the compliment! I love those rims on your car, the finish is sick on them. They look perfect to me

It makes a HUGE difference for FI cars, at least in my dumbestic corner. The other thing we had going against us last night was how humid it was all day/night. My car ran like *** last night even though I thought I drove it better. I know my shifting was faster, although I'm not sure about the shift points I used... Regardless my mph was up in the 1/8th by a little and down by 4 in the 1/4.

I ran craptastic 11.88/11.80 @ 122/123 back to back. Which I guess isn't really that bad considering that the car didn't get much ice now that I think about it. I was just hoping for more

I'm going to play around with my firewall adjuster to see if I can get my clutch to a more on/off engagement next time I go out, but I think I'm starting to suffer from stock clutch woes on the launch.

 

did anyone go out to the waterfront on monday? my dad said he saw a few evo's. anyone planning on parking on the lawn at the pvgp? it's for a good cause!

 

Well, in my opinion PRP blows to begin with, however a 30 degree temperature and significant humidity increase can make a huge difference in a cars performance. It does seem hard to believe though that your trap speeds were so different. I mean, dropping 8mph is pretty significant, however your ET's do seem to be pretty good and consistent. Tough call, but if everything is alright with the car, thats about the only thing that can explain it.

 

The IX's don't have the vibration issues that the VIII's have with the front motor mount it seems. I have one and I have 0 vibrations, actually all the rattling I had stock went away and the car feels much more solid.

All I did was bump up my idle like 100 rpms in the ecu and there is no problems at all.....If i get the car back in time for the meet you can check it out Saturday.

If anything just get a front mount - all you really need at this point. I have the powerflex on my car and it was cake to install.



here i go again talking about bushings........

 

maybe you should give john a call and talk to him about bushings. i bet he would love to hear from you.

 

I was told with my Rota's this could make a big change too?! I ran 12.4 @ 116 on blizzaks on my stock enkei's....maybe it's time to paint them black and throw those and some advans back on her.....

 

^no way, you saw what the black enkis did to the 35R car.... I'll tell you next week how 17's vs 18's affect my car, which is almost identical to yours

 

Saturday July 19th, 2008 at approximately 1900 hours at the Waterfront Lowes parking lot.

1. Me (X)
2. Travman (IX)
3. Dan I or L or whatever the hell it is
4. herevo8 (VIII)
5. evoraab (VIII)
6. mondobongo (IX MR)
7. garcia10 (VIII)
8. craig king - possible
9. xsolox (VIII)
10. steelcityevo8 (Monster Buschur build in progress - VIII)
11. TSI
12. Queer SRT4
13. Integra Type R
14. 3G Eclipse
15. Spumoni1984 (IX)
16. xtmt (X)

 

Yeah it's hanging low for sure... Those videos are my first and 2nd attempt at launching with the 35r and twin disk. Big mistake. My 2-step is set at 5800 and every time I dumped just a bit early and fell on my face. I'll be bumping it up to around 6400 so once I learn to slip it, instead of dumping like I used to, the quarter will get down to where it belongs. I did stay for the 3rd and 4th run and did a bit better. My third run my launch wasn't as ****ty but it still wasn't good at all, 2.1 60' and 13.2. Still crap. My third run was 12.9 and 2.0 60'. I am starting to get the hang of it now but launching the 35r is WAY different than launching the stock turbo. I'll be back up hopefully within the next month or so.

 

If it was really hot and humid you car was just down on power.......it happens. If you ran those times in cooler weather of course you were making much better power then. You cant expect to trap in 90 deg. weather the same as you do in 60 deg. weather (ex.)

 

My traps on the last two were 118.8 and 119.6. Not where the car should be but I did improve during the night. I really needed to go practice beforehand. I am really regretting not doing it.

 

Problem is your launch has nothing to do with what its trapping - even a bad launch can still net a good trap....that's just a super low mph for a 35r car.

I'd start checking over the car and make sure things are in check - no boost leaks, etc.

 

I know I have a few boost leaks but I don't want to make excuses. I have a big patch of black exhaust on the radiator right in front of the turbo and I know the throttle body is still leaking, I have the WORKS seals but haven't had a chance to put them in. The reason I had a bad runs was not because I had leaks it's because I was trying to launch my pre-35r evo and not the current one. Driver error all the way.

 

statler upload your videos I'd like to see it from a different angle!