In theory that should be true, but, in Calgary, a bone stock Solstice GXP ran a 14.6 @ 94 mph while with my mods, my Sky Redline ran a 13.9 @ 98 mph. Even if a slower time is driver related, mph is a good indication of horsepower. So, while the ECU does compensate for altitude, it doesn't totally correct it.

 

I know they say RWD is better at launching but the cobalt turbo has that launch control program....dunno how good it is but i'm sure more cobalt tc's will be goin to the tracks around here as they come out, just wait and we'll soon have more #'s from other drivers to compare.

 

My best 60 ft so far is 2.001 with the stock tires. I'm not sure what size your tires are, but mine are 245 wide. On the stock tires, I doubt you'll get a better 60 ft than that. But, if you can, please feel free to prove me wrong!

 

ah many questions answered...

 

new pb for me last night

14.146 @ 104.04 mph

the car still has more in her, but oh man was the track bad. We'll try again next Friday.

I'll get a slip as soon as I can find my charger for my camera

 

No it was earlier in July i forget which day exactly, it was around the stampede.

you mean like scan and post my timeslip? I can if you want.

 

When are you planning to come back?

 

Real soon haha.

 

last night the air was super hot and muggy. one track operator told me that last night was altitude corrected to 5600 ft. i lost some top end, but i tried a newer aggressive launch at 10,000 rpm, and got a new pb. 2007 zx-10r
10.862@130.51

 

So finally traction was my friend.

My first run was a 13.952 @ 102.43 at 7:09. It was 32 degrees
My fastest was 13.868 @ 102.89 at 10:55 pm. I think it was still around 29 degrees.

I made 4 more runs after that, all in the 13.8s.

 

grats rob, i feel like a proud father

now where was that stock MS3 who was gonna beat you?

 

haha you should. I know the car's even faster. Imagine if it wasnt so humid and hot...



There was a few msp3s there running 15s all night...

 

oh dude i have a story about that one silver one.

hes got exhaust, FMIC fully replaced piping, clamp, running 21psi,
i asked him what he expects, he said high 11s rofl

he told me MS3s are running 12.8 stock


*giggle*

I didnt have the heart to tell him what he was going to run that night.

 

I would've told him that I had already seen a few in the 11's!!!

 

thats just mean ed, funny but mean.

 

I'll scan my new best this week, 15.8.

 

hahahahahaha nice.

right on. nice one.

 

ok so I set a new personal best last night.

New 13.859 @ 102.37
Old 13.868 @ 102.89



looking at my slips, should I not have been faster than that at the end? All my numbers were significantly better for the first have of the race, then it seems that I taper off on the top end. Could this be because there was a pretty strong head wind at the time?



see my last slip a few posts up...

 

absolutely.
headwinds will destroy your top end.
also, remember what i told you, your worse launches from a few weeks ago was inflating your trap.
now that your launching well, your trap is going to be a bit lower, but the ets better

nicely done though rob nice launching.

 

thanks! I kinda figured that wind wasn't helping me any. Im pretty sure that was a 13.7 run with no wind. Oh well.

I've finally figured out how to launch this car on street tires . All that coaching on how-to ride the clutch makes sense now!

Although last night it cooled quite quickly and I had to ride the clutch ALOT just to get that 60' time, not to mention I was dropped down to 26psi. My clutch finally told me to stop on my 5th run of the night. I shift perfectly into second and my tak pinned over to 6k and the car didnt move, so I shifted into 3rd and same thing *ping* 6k. So I let off and coasted. It should be fine though, just slightly glazed her.

 

ouch, lol, i did that before on another car of mine on the stock clutch in a parking lot and she smelled sooooooooooooo baddddddd, lol, thought i had completely toasted it, couldn't get goin in 1st right away lol, but it survived, barely

 

haha mine wasnt that bad. I stopped in the return lane quickly then took off slowly, went through the gears, no problem. Just a little glazed luckily. It didn`t smell too bad, notgood, but not all that bad.

 

my exedy will be for sale next week when i get the car back.......

 

when does castrol clsoe for the season?

 

oh jesus... do i dare as how much for fear of being tempted into it...