So I went to the track Fri night to see what I would run B 4 I started modding. I dyno'd last week at 226 hp on a dynojet. (I'm stock btw) So b 4 I raced, i figured id put on the Ingals Tq Damper to get rid of the wheel hop. Still no power adders.
So the 1st run sucked, I bogged it, blah blah blah, ok. It was my first run at a track with a manual car. After that, I realized 2 thing.

1st. I REALLY SUCK AT RACING A STICK CAR.
Like, Bogging, not being able to come off the line good , had a few problems with the 2nd to 3rd throw. I just got progressivly more and more pissed off cuz I felt like I was imbarrissing (sp) myself.

2nd. I DID NOT INSTAL THE GOD DAMN DAMPER RIGHT CUZ THERE WAS MASSIVE AMMOUNT OF WHEEL HOP!!!!! 1 TIME I GOT IT REAL BAD, AND I WAS LIKE F*** IT, I CAN'T COME OFF THE LINE HARD CUZ I DON'T WANNA BREAK ANYTHING. SO THE I STARTED KINDA ***** FOOTTING IT. SSSSOOOOO FRUSTRATING.


Bright spots of the night. The last 30 min, no 1 was really racing, so if U ran the car, u would just go right back to the line after u were done. I must have raced this GT Mustang like 6 times. I was like 3 for 3. Really good races. actually they all came down to the start. but after he was done, he found my friends and asked them what i had done to it. (They told him I was stock and he was like WOW). And when I went to put some Air back in my tires (I took out 5 lbs for like 3 races) there were a bunch of ppl looking at the car and wanting to talk. The one guy ran over and gave me a card for Tune Time Performance. Told me to give them a call.

So all in all, it wasn't the worst night, but compaired to what most of the other ppl on here run stock, I'm pissed. Maybe at the next cobalt meet in Edgewater I can have some 1 help me look and see how the F to get that damper tighter! Thanx for reading

 

So what'd you run?

 

lmao, I'm still so heated I forgot to put the damn times down! lol


Best was a 14.592 @ 98.79mph that happened 1x
then 3-4 14.6xx @ about 96mph,
lol, and then some 15 flats, one or two 15.2's. lol, there was the two times I missed thrid and ran 15.8xx lol

 

its ok man! I ran shitty times like that stock more practice you will be running 14.3's or lower

 

thankx man, but i need like a friggin lession or sumin to help cuz I was pretty bad. Tho's times are ALL CAR. Driver Mod -1.0 last night. That reminds me.

this might sounds friggin weird, but after I ran the thing all night, We let it sit for a lil while, and we went home. I noticed on the way home the shifting felt much smoother as did the clutch. I was wondering if me racing it might have actually broken them in a lil more or what? Or am i just mental?

 

14.5's are not bad for stock you trapped 98 i would be happy you don't deal with spin like me i ran 15's at 105

 

just keep practicing... i always launch from different rpms... i can launch from 3k pretty good with minimal wheel spin, but it feels like when i launch from 2k with minimal spin, i get a better take off... i figured that the higher the launch, the better off... guess not in mycase...

 

are you new at driving stick in general or just racing? because if you just started driving a stick you will improve on your race times with just normal driving around practice.

 

i practice in a my works parking lot around 11 at night, mostly launching lol shifting from 1st to second gets some spin and hop too. i was gunna run last night aswell but it was gunna rain

 

aahhh well, I drove around my GTZ beretta for about 2K miles 2 years ago. Besides that, never drove stick. I guess it wasn't as bad as i thought, but still, I was hoping for like a 14.2 or sumin. (Real goal was a 14.4 actually) guess I came pretty close. When I saw the dyno tho, I got all pumoped like I was just gunna tear ass on everything! lol WAKE UP CALL for Mr. Russo!

 

these cars are just really tricky to launch practice does make perfect

 

you guys think I should have broke it in more B 4 i dragged it? I got 2K on her?

 

It should be ok, but maybe a few k more would have been good. It seems to me that my car seems to get a lil stronger as she gets older. I have 12k on her now, never raced yet. Were you at max boost by 2k?

 

I wasn't even looking at boost to tell ya the truth. I was just watching the tach

 

everyone is right. when i first got mine i the best time i ran was a 14.5 at 97 mph stock and now i run 13.99 at 100.8 mph stock. so once you learn how to lunch it you get alot better times. heres some advice drip the tire pressure down to 20 like i do it helps alot and dont rev it up at the line and dont fully get on it till 2nd gear. thats how i broke 100 mph and like i said im stock. plus i have over 40000 miles on it so im really use to the car. just my 2 sence.

 

you got a slip for that run thats a little hard to believe man

 

^^x2. best run i had with an intake was 14.22 and it was cold out so that helped.

 

yea i have slips. ill try to post them today once i get them from my car

 

its all good man....once ur drivin for awhile and it becomes 2nd nature u'll be runnin 14.3"s 14.2's...

 

Post it in this thread also when you get it. You'd be the fastest stock 1/4 mile time.

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...ial+1%2F4+mile

Make sure you confirm anything you changed because you'll get a lot of questioning. Did you change:

Tires, intake, ETD, tire pressure, mounts? Any of those things can be debated as "not stock."

 

Agree'd 150%.... my first time at the track i was barely rolling high 15's!!! LoL now that i know my car im BARELY gettin beat by Modded V6's (I.e. Mercury Cougars)... Just keep practicing and you'll get it!!

 

lol, yea, I have a slip. (ps it was also cold.) but a 14.5 sux compaird to what opther ppl ran stock.

p.s HOW the Hell do U post pics on here? I've never done it B 4 so as soon as I figure it out, I'll post em up.

 

my car went 14.1or 14.2 @ 100 2.2 60' (airbox mod), you have to know how to drive the car, stock times can range from low 14 to well, you see the high 15's....haha


this was like 2 years ago(05), no i dont have a slip

 

what do you do take off all your mods and run it? I call bs on that 13.9@101. was that COMPLETELY stock, or is it internet stock? meaning you have stickier rubber and some little mods that people may not notice

 

Where'd you go? I thought you were posting slips?