First time i ever went to the track. my best time was a 13.8 at 102. my 60's were 2.29

The bad thing is now there's a weird sound coming from the front or somethings loose or possibly cracked. I don't know if i'm paranoid but it doesn't sound the same

 

Where did you find that pic in your sig? I like that. Nice job too

 

honestly i forget but i have it saved on my computer.

I'm just trying to wonder if anyone elses car sounded totally different after 6 runs at the track

honestly i forget but i have it saved on my computer.

I'm just trying to wonder if anyone elses car sounded totally different after 6 runs at the track

 

hmmm. ive never got better than a 14.3 in the 1/4 with my car but our mph is about the same and our 60'

and i dont have as many parts on mine as you. hows that work?

hmmm. ive never got better than a 14.3 in the 1/4 with my car but our mph is about the same and our 60'

and i only got a 2.8 pulley, CAI, and 42s. i was hoping to see 13.8 with a tune and H/E sometime soon...

 

idk all i know is i wanna go again. I just gotta make sure everything on my front end checks out. Hows what work the times?

 

ha i had a 14.01 at 109 with a 2.93 60 foot. same mods as you. wheel hop scared me and i can drive at all.

 

yeah my friend drove it and wheel hopped all first gear i'm like jesus my cars gonna die.

 

i think you can get better times is what im saying. did you use radials or anything?

 

stock perlli's

 

Wheel hop over time can cause premature wear of joints and bearings. With serious wheel hop, the torsional forces can actually crack drive shafts and differential casings. As soon as you experience wheel hop lay off the throttle as damage can result quickly and it usually gets more violent as you lay in to the gas more.

How to fix this is the hard part as depending on how much power your car has, suspension modifications, tires, all the way to transmission and engine mount types can effect this. We could probably start up an entire sticky tread on solving wheel hop.

I actually just found this very informative page about wheel hop, definitely worth the read:

http://www.mc2racing.com/tech/20061012a/index.html

 

Yeah after I get my tranny ear re wielded back on, i'm buying the ottp rotated mounts and slicks

 

Good luck, please post your results!

 

Yeah they say it should strong as stock. I guess I'll see. I'll try this first before buying a new tranny

 

Ohhhh.... THAT kind of track...



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haha yeah drag strip.

 

Agreed, the other kind is way more fun but way more expensive

 

exactlly. But the drag strip is still awesome

 

Drag strips also require less time and are more readily available. All the track events I have done require a long drive, a hotel room for a night or two and a fair amount of cash... heh... Drag strip requires a Saturday evening, $20 and gas money

 

yup and new parts sometimes. lol

 

The auto-cross I just did, required $40 and a Sunday...
Unlucky for you that you don't live near a road course. However a lot of auto-cross events take place in very large parking lots. I doubt that'd be a long drive.

If I was a member of SCCA it'd have been $20.

In drag racing it's about a really hard launch, banging gears etc.. (it's not exactly 'easy' on the cars.

The main difference is in road-course racing is you wear out all 4 tires...instead of just 2.

 

Yeah but you really don't have to be smashing gears. It's all how you drive

 

Yeah, I've been to a number of auto-crosses, generally they run them about 15 minutes from where I live. Depends on which clubs you are racing with.

Though, the auto-crosses just aren't no where near as fun as getting out on a road course for a day... But for the convenience and money, that's definitely an advantage.

They actually just opened up two road courses near me:

http://www.njmotorsportspark.com/

My Cobalt only has 400 miles on her so far (just over a week old) so I won't be racing till next year. Missed out this season entirely because I lost my old car that I used to race back in December

 

The autocross I just went to was held ON a roadcourse. They just had cones up adding about 20 more direction changes than what the normal road course had.