I ran at the drag strip for the first time today. I took my 90 LX in my sig. It's mostly stock except for the few little things in my sig. It was fun and I ran about what I thought I would. I had one really bad run, but I didn't break anything. The car actually felt like it was running a little better on the way home, but that's probably just me. Ha ha, my car seems really quiet compared to the other cars at the track.
I've seen a lot of guys on here say to go around the water and just knock the rocks off, so I tried that and the guy told me that if I didn't go through the water and do a burn out, I would just spin; I backed up and did a burn out. Mods in sig (275/50 bfg t/a's).
Here's an pic of a spreadsheet I made detailing my results from my runs (comments below):
Comments:
Run 1:
I was kinda nervous, but not really as bad as I thought I would be. I wasn't shaking or anything. I really had no idea what I was doing because I didn't know anyone there and haven't watched a lot. I had my drivers window down the first run because I didn't know to put it up.
Run 2:
I did better, so I was happy. Run 2 ended up being my best run of the day.
Run 3:
Not a lot to say. I did worse than run 2.
Run 4:
This run was horrible. My 60ft was terrible because I went to slam second and something happened. I'm still not really sure what went wrong, but it didn't go into 2nd gear, so I had to hit the clutch and jam it into 2nd and take off. I've been driving the car for 5 1/2 years, so I know how to drive it pretty well. Maybe it was nerves, I have no idea. I seemed to come back though (considering) and my mph was better than run 3. I would have beat the guy in the other lane if I didn't F up the 60ft, but I really wasn't paying a lot of attention to anyone on any of the runs.
Run 5:
I pretty much stayed to run the 5th one just because my 4th run was so bad. I tried really hard to concentrate on what I was doing so I could remember this time. I feathered the clutch from 2000rpm this time instead just dumping it as I did before (I think I did anyway). My 60ft still wasn't as good as run 2, so I don't know.
In general:
I ran my rear tires at 18psi and the fronts at 34psi. I had a sub box w/ 2 12" subs in it that probably weighs at least 50lbs; I was gonna take it out, but I didn't. I'm 130 lbs for what it's worth. I launched at 2000 rpm's each time, but I had a hard time remembering what I was doing (I was kinda just on auto pilot I think because the tree goes so fast, so I just went off of instinct. I think I just dumped the clutch the first 4 times. I was going to try to remember to power shift, but I never did because I forgot (so I was speed shifting). I shifted at around 5500 rpm as best I could tell.
My check engine light came on during one of the runs, but went off when I was slowing down. I also heard a noise the first couple times coming back from the run; it sounded like it was from the passenger side rear of the car like maybe the tire rubbing on something, but it was kinda like a whine. It did that the first couple of times, but went away after that.
All in all, how is my 60 ft w/ street tires? I don't plan to mod this car any more and don't plan to go to the track real often. I probably won't buy drag radials or anything. I've wanted to see what it would run for a while and now I know that it's slow. Anyone think I could hit 100mph with just driving and no mods?
I'll probably take the GT once I get the engine broken in all the way in a couple months. If I figure out how to drive, maybe I can get it into low 13's.
I've seen a lot of guys on here say to go around the water and just knock the rocks off, so I tried that and the guy told me that if I didn't go through the water and do a burn out, I would just spin; I backed up and did a burn out. Mods in sig (275/50 bfg t/a's).
Here's an pic of a spreadsheet I made detailing my results from my runs (comments below):
Comments:
Run 1:
I was kinda nervous, but not really as bad as I thought I would be. I wasn't shaking or anything. I really had no idea what I was doing because I didn't know anyone there and haven't watched a lot. I had my drivers window down the first run because I didn't know to put it up.
Run 2:
I did better, so I was happy. Run 2 ended up being my best run of the day.
Run 3:
Not a lot to say. I did worse than run 2.
Run 4:
This run was horrible. My 60ft was terrible because I went to slam second and something happened. I'm still not really sure what went wrong, but it didn't go into 2nd gear, so I had to hit the clutch and jam it into 2nd and take off. I've been driving the car for 5 1/2 years, so I know how to drive it pretty well. Maybe it was nerves, I have no idea. I seemed to come back though (considering) and my mph was better than run 3. I would have beat the guy in the other lane if I didn't F up the 60ft, but I really wasn't paying a lot of attention to anyone on any of the runs.
Run 5:
I pretty much stayed to run the 5th one just because my 4th run was so bad. I tried really hard to concentrate on what I was doing so I could remember this time. I feathered the clutch from 2000rpm this time instead just dumping it as I did before (I think I did anyway). My 60ft still wasn't as good as run 2, so I don't know.
In general:
I ran my rear tires at 18psi and the fronts at 34psi. I had a sub box w/ 2 12" subs in it that probably weighs at least 50lbs; I was gonna take it out, but I didn't. I'm 130 lbs for what it's worth. I launched at 2000 rpm's each time, but I had a hard time remembering what I was doing (I was kinda just on auto pilot I think because the tree goes so fast, so I just went off of instinct. I think I just dumped the clutch the first 4 times. I was going to try to remember to power shift, but I never did because I forgot (so I was speed shifting). I shifted at around 5500 rpm as best I could tell.
My check engine light came on during one of the runs, but went off when I was slowing down. I also heard a noise the first couple times coming back from the run; it sounded like it was from the passenger side rear of the car like maybe the tire rubbing on something, but it was kinda like a whine. It did that the first couple of times, but went away after that.
All in all, how is my 60 ft w/ street tires? I don't plan to mod this car any more and don't plan to go to the track real often. I probably won't buy drag radials or anything. I've wanted to see what it would run for a while and now I know that it's slow. Anyone think I could hit 100mph with just driving and no mods?
I'll probably take the GT once I get the engine broken in all the way in a couple months. If I figure out how to drive, maybe I can get it into low 13's.
