Palm Beach International Raceway (PBIR formerly Moroso) just reopened this weekend and I was able to make it out to try out the new surface. I managed to make 4 passes although I'm sure I could have gotten about 20 in if I wanted to hot lap. First three passes all had about an hour in between them and the last pass was 3 hours later. The track was hooking great right off the bat, which was a big surprise for most.
In the past I was only able to leave the line about 1800 RPM and cut 1.98's on the 18" nitto DRs I was running. Saturday however I was able to leave about 2500 RPM and cut a best of a 1.88 60 foot. Last pass of the day with a DA of 1832' I went 12.05 @ 118.46 w/1.90 60ft, which was a new best MPH and ET for me. Rest of the day my best MPH was 117.40 so the long cool down helped out a ton. Unfortunately with the supercharger it just soaked up heat and takes forever to properly cool down.
Before anyone mentions anything this is a 3700lb street car (with driver), no weight reduction, Eibach pro kit, front and rear Eibach sway bars, 18x9, 18x10 wheels basically set up for handling not for the strip. Tires are 305/35/18 Nitto DRs at 25psi. The car can go alot faster once setup for it but for now it's pretty nice to just pull in and make some passes and go home without having to do anything to get it ready. I will be making some changes so it can with stand harder launches and be track legal while keeping it a nice daily driver.
Bill
In the past I was only able to leave the line about 1800 RPM and cut 1.98's on the 18" nitto DRs I was running. Saturday however I was able to leave about 2500 RPM and cut a best of a 1.88 60 foot. Last pass of the day with a DA of 1832' I went 12.05 @ 118.46 w/1.90 60ft, which was a new best MPH and ET for me. Rest of the day my best MPH was 117.40 so the long cool down helped out a ton. Unfortunately with the supercharger it just soaked up heat and takes forever to properly cool down.
Before anyone mentions anything this is a 3700lb street car (with driver), no weight reduction, Eibach pro kit, front and rear Eibach sway bars, 18x9, 18x10 wheels basically set up for handling not for the strip. Tires are 305/35/18 Nitto DRs at 25psi. The car can go alot faster once setup for it but for now it's pretty nice to just pull in and make some passes and go home without having to do anything to get it ready. I will be making some changes so it can with stand harder launches and be track legal while keeping it a nice daily driver.
Bill