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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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First time at the track
best run was 14.201 @ 101 MPH ... i really need to get the launch down lol
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 08:17 PM
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what were your other runs.
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 08:19 PM
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all around 14.6 - 14.7 ish
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trap speeds?
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 08:21 PM
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99 - 101 highest was 102
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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well unfortunately those trap speeds match the ETs lol. what was the weather like??
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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best 60 was a 2.385 on the 14.2 run .. not very good

aww around 18 degrees C
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sounds like some possible heat soak... or a not so great tune, maybe slow shifting.. idk. if i ever trapped 100 it would be a run like this...
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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dont feel bad i still stand behind my first and worst run ever with the balt was a 28 at 34mph
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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^ What happened?
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 12:25 AM
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whats everyone running for a tire pressure with street tires?
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 12:26 AM
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 12:34 AM
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I droped it to 26 so ill have to try lower next time ... also car was heat soaking bad .. whats everyone doing for this at the track?
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waiting between runs. and more cooling mods besides just a h/e so it doesn't get hot at all during the run.
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 12:45 AM
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I might try adding ice water to my intercooler system between runs next time see if that helps only other thing i can think of would be meth
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^ What happened?
intercooler pipe popped off
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 01:23 PM
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Are guys with HPT limiting boost in first at the track? If so what to? I tryed lowering it up to 5000 rpm seemed to help a bit.
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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 04:28 PM
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