DragStrip tonight

wesman

wesman

Miata Terrorizer
Heading to St Thomas dragway tonight, will post up a 1/4 time when I get back. Any who wants to join me its 10 bucks to watch , 20 to play.
 
wesman said:
Heading to St Thomas dragway tonight, will post up a 1/4 time when I get back. Any who wants to join me its 10 bucks to watch , 20 to play.
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Dang! Wish I knew in advance, I would've gone for sure! St. Thomas doesn't have the best prep, but it's usually pretty quiet, so you can get a bunch of runs in.

Maybe we can get a few Marauder together for a trip to the track, soon.:burnout:

Lookinf forward to seeing your results...
 
QWK SVT said:
Dang! Wish I knew in advance, I would've gone for sure! St. Thomas doesn't have the best prep, but it's usually pretty quiet, so you can get a bunch of runs in.

Maybe we can get a few Marauder together for a trip to the track, soon.:burnout:

Lookinf forward to seeing your results...
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LAMC (London Area Mustang Club) is holding a test and tune this Saturday at Sparta.
 
I ended up in Cayuga (Toronto Motorsports Park) watching the Jet Funny cars and the Nitro Funny cars. Insane! :burnout:
 
wesman said:
Heading to St Thomas dragway tonight, will post up a 1/4 time when I get back. Any who wants to join me its 10 bucks to watch , 20 to play.
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So... You going to post results? :confused:

Canadasvt said:
LAMC (London Area Mustang Club) is holding a test and tune this Saturday at Sparta.
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Are you going? The chance to race / meet with another Marauder or two would intice me out. :banana:
 
QWK SVT said:
Are you going? The chance to race / meet with another Marauder or two would intice me out. :banana:
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I'll be there unless our new baby (due date June 8) decides to be like his older brother and arrive 2 weeks early.

Is a helmet required at Sparta?
 
Canadasvt said:
I'll be there unless our new baby (due date June 8) decides to be like his older brother and arrive 2 weeks early.

Is a helmet required at Sparta?
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You won't need a helmet, unless you're in the 13's... Are you going in the day time (10-4), evening (6-10), or both?
 
I may show up, still undecided. I have some running around to do before a big AutoX Sunday, so I'll see, but having a few Marauders there would be cool.

Results: I am Car 165
Run 3 - loose shocks, hot motor, brake torque off the light.
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Run 8 - my small (250mm wide) BBS wheels on the back, stock on front
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Run 9 - half mix of 104 octane + Reinhart race tune + all four BBS wheels (285 rear weighing 48lbs each and 250mm front weighing 42lb each) Still cannot believe the MPH after only a 20min break with ice on intake.
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Run 10 - Back up run for previous
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I spun at every launch, with every tire I tried. The starting line was crap.
I will post some video footage soon.
Wes.
 
107 MPH on a 14.3 run....:dunno: I run 14.4 at about 98 MPH. maybe the weight difference, my 255's on stock wheels weigh a lot more than 45 lbs. Almost seems like a nitrous run, I have good friends that run nitrous between 12.6 and 13, They have trap speeds similar to yours. Congratulations.:D
 
The only thing I can think of is that the car in the next lane blew some debris across my timing lights. He has a trap of 108, and if you look at my 1/8mile traps, he was going 6mph faster. How could I all of the sudden make up that deficit after half track? It doesn't make sense.
 
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Just a quick hi-jack.

I will flying into Toronto on the 17th for a medical conference, I will be staying at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre. I would like to meet a few of our Northern brothers if possible. PM me or send me an e-mail :up:

Now back to the topic at hand :)
 
The rule of thumb that works for my car is: add 20-21 mph to my 1/8 mile speed and I have my trap speed. That would put your trap speed on that run at about 100 mph, whick I believe would be more consistent with your ET.

On the other hand, you have a timeslip ( so you are legit ;) )
Post it on the timeslip page, that is one kick-ass trap speed, right up there with the big boys.:D
 
Smokie your rule of thumb works for my first two runs, +~21mph

Then on run three its +22.9mph with the brake torque & stock wheels
Run 10 was +25.81mph with race gas and light wheels.
Run 12 +23.44mph

this is ignoring the 107mph slip, it appears my car has a hell of a second wind in third gear.
 
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