Snakes709

yea but theres a few tc cars that have more mods then him, in some cases, traction mods and every time jody lauches i hear his tires squeeling like a bitch. And the air density between castrol and race city isnt that much of a difference.

Anyways, in the spring/summer, ill have a ported throttle body, tune and the rear lowerd 1.5". So i hope to get 13.8ish off the bottle and into the 12s on the bottle.

cli3e0339384398jk

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Track prep is way different between the two though

DavidW

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and the 300hp with a t/c comes with 330+ torque where as with an s/c its probably under 270 torque,

their's no one whos posted a t/c with more mods this year, im the closest one in terms of mods,
but he has a superchips tune, where i have the gms1
he has a full 3" catless exhaust, i just have a 3" catted dp
he strips his car before the track which helps a bit im sure
and he has an intake, which i am wondering if it hurts or helps, from all the talk of skewed maf tables, also if the intercooler allows it to maintain close to stock iat's or if they are alot higher due to it sucking in hot engine bay air, IIRC he has a little bit wider tires too.
I have transmission mounts, and the hot side charge pipe too, but the charge pipe probably doesnt do much, and the mounts cant make up for the other mods, hopefully i can get some more practice in and have some times that are competitive with his though

and as for RC vs castrol, calgary's over 1000 feet higher, and i dont know much about the 2 tracks, but from what iv heard castrol is maintained better

soundjunky

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I've actually heard that the LSJ doesn't even get that high... but I'd wager the 300hp M62 cars are few and far between...
(btw I am clueless as to how much the torque curve is affected by the TVS - so maybe what I had heard was pretty much for stock block/supercharger)

You have no argument from me.

Castrol vs Race City

but let me add a smidge regaurding RC;

Our past (well present for time being) city coucil has been threatening to shut down Race City for several years.
It got so bad that for (iirc) the 2008 & 2009 seasons, the city gave the track operator a green light after the deadline to book IHRA events - so it's not so much that they haven't mainatind it*, but moreover they haven't had a budget to do anything because city council has screwed with the operator.
We have only had one person on city council who has lobbied to keep it open - even our outgoing mayour wasn't for keeping the track;
I'd appreciate that any Calgarians consider this final bit when casting votes for the forth coming mayoral race;
From everything I've heard and understood Ric McIver is pretty much the sole reason why the track is operating this and next year (he got the TV spots making the closing of RC an issue, he got people to contact their MLA's ect);
If Ric gets into office (according to the the members of the CDRA whom I know) Calgary will always have a racing venue... apparently the CDRA is all behind Ric.

Can you please pass the word around?
(typically people in our age group are indifferent to mayoral/ect races, so it's the old codgers who make up most of the voting population - frankly, I cannot see them getting this, I'd wager the older or uninformed might be inclined to vote for a former news anchor (who just happened to have no opinions to offer when she announced she was running!?!)


(* = actually the 1/4 mile is regularly maintained, and the back of the track did get repairs this spring; not that the latter is evedent anymore...)

soundjunky

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I'm wondering if anyone else noticed this;

Castrol Raceway

I'd probably be game for the saturday event... anyone else?

Flatgod

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I hit 285 wtq and we're not finished tuning it yet.

DavidW

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what do you have for horsepower?
what blower are you using, and note that i said probably

soundjunky

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I can answer that;

jrmotosports 88

i was just about to say the same thing.... all the times he is saying is at castrol which at least .5 diff from calgary.... but then again he wouldnt know that coz he never ran at rc before.... for anyone else who is gonna say anything remember castrol is about .5 seconds faster then race city for many reasons.... altitude, track and track prep.....

soundjunky

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and with that being said, I'm going to repeat myself;

obviously we'ld have to play it by ear... but would any one consider going?
I'd probably drive up friday night, rent a room, then head home saturday evening

Snakes709

well ill prove if thats true or not next season, ill go to castrol with the truck and with the same mods ill go to rc. RC and Castrol arent that much different in altitude, maybe track prep. I know castrol is good for track prep cuz i can laugh my truck at 3000rpm with no spin and theres guys with same mods and a QC and they spin at 1500rpm. But .5 difference, i think that is abit extream

jrmotosports 88

it would surprise you how diff the 2 are!!!!!

Flatgod

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295whp. Like I said though we need to do some more tuning. My tuner put down 345 with a few less mod then me.

Hillbilly_Rockstar

here is my best time so far, my car # is 3869 and my mods are cold air intake, and a tune... 13.84 @ 106.92

kissrocker52

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alright i got around to it here you go jon

2006 2.4 AUTO
Mods: intake and ebay muffler

by the way im car779 lol

soundjunky

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woo-hoo!!

We've now hit ten AB* Cobalts posting up their best e/t's ~ took long enough!!
(* = ok, not quite ten Albertian's... but who's counting?)

I might be asking much, but I'd like to see us get to three in each of the following groups - so that I can justify splitting up;

• Turbocharged
• Supercharged
• Naturally Aspirated

(I think we're almost there... I'll check when I add Chris's run)

EDIT:

We're almost there;
4-turbocharged
4-supercharged
2-naturally aspirated

Now if outtamymind would have just raced when he said he was going to!?!

jrmotosports 88

well if anyone would just come out and do some racing.... not just outtamymind!!!!!!!!! you know we never got a time from daedlus or jade that night.... we could go back through my vids to see i guess... however there are many others who havent posted or havent come down with thier cars.... they all know who they are. i am sorry to say for some real cool guys, this has been the most disappointing year for support. imho i say get off your ass, make some time, and lets get this club back together, stonger then ever...

kissrocker52

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agreed mark there is tons of others who just dont go anymore

soundjunky

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well I expect things to change over the next couple years - these are no longer brand new exciting cars... those who stick with it, will without a doubt see more group participation from local Cobalt SS members - that I have no doubt.

cli3e0339384398jk

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ill be out on friday again at race city

kissrocker52

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i hope to be there

outtamymind

well i'm sorry i've been busy working 2 jobs and not having any time to race, i also just lost my full time job so if you guys feel like paying my $2500/mth bills then be my guest and i'll come down and race. i'm also not going this weekend because i would rather go up to leduc for my cousins 18th birthday and be with family

jrmotosports 88

lol ok i will try to show up but there is no way i can race until i get my dp fixed!!!!!!

Snakes709

Well in the spring ill be running Nitrous and in the summer ill be starting a engine build to go with a bigger shot, i want to run a 200shot. Viper engines can only handle 150 and thats pushing it cuz of the piston lands. To be safe im running 100shot. So what group does that put me in...haha

soundjunky

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hmm... touchy much?

but seriously I don't even have $2500/month bills - and I'm paying a mortage... I'll stop right there.

@ Mark - I saw your reply to TeeJay's post here - in the Calgary thread and was scratching my head....