Well guys I've been racing mine at the Norwalk Raceway in Ohio and I've been running consistent 13.9-14.0. MY personaly best at my 4th time EVER at a drag strip was a 13.8. Once again I have a GMPP Stage 2 and a K&N intake. Just curious to see what others are doing.

Here's my slip....

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You should get it corrected for the DA.

 

whats the da and correct what?

 

Very respectable times! How is your clutch acting?

 

Correcting for DA is like ricer racing. Besides, Norwalk is a very nice track regardless of how the air is during the day.

13.8 @ 101 is very respectable for GM S2.

 

well those numbers helped me out in guesstimating my 1/4 time. good times, i am also running stage 2, with the ingalls though. however i only have a 1000 foot track here, i ran 11.54 in the 1000 so im thinking i would have run about 13.6-13.7 depending on your trap.

dude your car could easily be running 13.5's if you got that 60 foot down, remember these cars make plenty of power, they have a hard time getting it to the ground, invest in traction mods!!!

 

Nice!!!

 

Traction modes LOL you dont have to do that.

This is what I learned today. I am stock and My worst start was 2.667 and best was 2.347, unitl I did the following.

Air down tires to 24PSI (experiment with this up or down in the range of 20 to 26LBS).
Burn out super important.

This eliminated wheel hope and I could lauch harder. I needed more practice and experimentation with it but I got 2.2680 on the first try. I could be more agressive with my launch now and possibley do a whole lot better. Possible less than 2.200!?

Hope that helps you. Also consider air baging the rear coils.

 

My best is a 14.13 so your getting some good times. I am running the 2.8 know and can not wait to go to the track to see if my times will inprove. I also go a new set of BFG's so that should help me 60' times. Looking at your time slip i am not far off since my MPH is 102 but my 1/8 is 9.27 at 79.65.

 

I cannot wait till I get Stage 2.

 

What is the elevation of the track you are racing at?

 

trust me with the ingalls or different mounts the car will be much quicker out of the hole, a 2.268 is not a great 60 foot man, 2.1's and 2.0's are what can be considered good on these cars on street tires.

 

I am stock and I just noticed your 60ft. I have done better than that.
2.269 my technique - setup - 24PSI in tires, Burn out (street tires). got less wheel hop and great launch. I could go harder two. only had one launch like this but what a difference. Try it an let me know how it works for you.

 

LOL you dont think I know that. I was shocked with how I was struggling. my point is that I made a drastic improvement on one pass with air down and burn out. I know I can go harder now with this technique. I actually think I can get a good 60ft. First time out to the drag strip with anything.

 

so you still think horsepower is the way to go?

 

So, who did you beat on that slip!? He/she must have felt pretty bad...

Sweet runs bro...

 

Your numbers are good! But, correcting for air density or altitude is not ricer math, but an exact science.

 

1.9 60ft is possible on stock rubber.

Nice runs, get that 60ft down and ur in the mid 13's easy.

 

Yeah, but what does it matter what he *might* run at sea level? It is not like all the other people at the track are racing with a different DA. My buddy, dvscobaltss on here, ran a best of 14.5@96 with stage 1 and a 2.8 pulley along with CAI, header, high flow muffler, torque brace and boost bypass mod. To give you an idea of how shitty our DA always is here and how high our elevation is, the quickest stock cobalt ss/sc I have ever seen ran a 15.4@90. Most are in the high 15's though. So, he pretty much took off at least 1 full second over stock with his mods. Not bad if you aks me.

 

I take it your trying to be funny. Yeah Horsepower and a good start. I am getting stage II and I expect my 60ft. to suck until I practice with launching.

 

very nice #'s very ompressed with the stage 2..

 

oh well im not going to beat a dead horse, you will learn, slowly it seems, but you will learn

 

Hey guys thanks for all the great replys and suggestions.
I have looked at the torque damper and probably will consider getting one in the future. However at the moment money is tight and I'm in the process of buying new tires and possibly wheels. I also want to get my windows tinted and that plastic coating on my hood from 3M that repels rock chips.
I can't make it to the track tomorrow cause of my work schedule but next time I go I think I'll try taking the tires down to 24psi and see what that does. I'll continue to post on here with future passes. Lets see some numbers from others!

*also I have no idea what the elevation of the raceway is but if someone wants to look it's in Norwalk, Ohio.

 

I beat a newer body style Mustang GT auto trans. It was kinda a funny race cause he was revving at me like he was gunna walk on me. He red lighted as you can see, and I passed after I shifted to second lol.

 

nice times out of a 4-banger :-P i bet you got bettter gas mileage in that run that he did too haha. I havent looked yet, but if this site has a time slip page then look at a bunch. Look at the best 1/4 times and look at the worst. Look at two things because they are the only two things that really matter on the timeslip. 60ft and trap speed. compare the 60fts of the good times to the 60fts of the bad times. then compare trap speeds. you will see cars with 2.3 60ft and 103 trap speed running a 13.9 or something. then see a 2.0 60ft with the same trap speed running a 13.5......... compare your timeslips the same way. and next time you buy tires, dont buy the 215-45-18 stock wheels. get a 225-45-18 so you have more tire on the ground... also, i dont know what the PSI in the tires is normally, but you should only drop the psi about 4-5 lbs at the track in the front tires and raise the psi about 3 in the rear tires. That will help your time.