I am a bit disappointed...

[Mazda3ofKent]

Bad Day

Maybe your car just had a bad day, i am going to try to go down to the strip next week sometime I post my times

 

[goldwing2000]

Anything's possible. Here's the break-down of all my runs:

Reaction 60 ft 330 ft 1/8 ET 1/8 MPH 1000' ET 1/4 ET 1/4 MPH
0.488 2.322 6.824 10.48 65.10 13.632 16.271 85.70
0.762 2.369 6.894 10.53 65.97 13.657 16.284 86.03
0.676 2.344 6.847 10.50 65.41 13.638 16.283 84.92
0.430 2.511 7.120 10.83 66.47 13.997 16.643 85.56
0.186 2.396 6.928 10.59 67.44 13.728 16.360 85.84
0.449 2.448 7.076 10.79 66.25 13.964 16.607 85.68
0.494 2.493 6.914 10.64 64.75 13.855 16.704 75.38
0.452 2.711 7.337 11.03 64.84 14.192 16.821 86.07

Milan runs a "zero tree", so a perfect reaction time is .000.

The last run I had HUGE wheelspin and bounced 1st gear off the rev limiter, hence the piss-poor 60ft time.

The next-to-last run, I had huge wheelspin, bounced 1st off the rev limiter and missed 3rd, so I just gave up on that one and lifted off before the traps, hence the low speed.

I do have to say that regardless of the performance of the car, it was fun to go back to the drag strip. Maybe if I go back before another 10 years goes by, I'll actually get some of the butterflies out of my stomach and cut some decent reaction times. (eyeballs)

On the plus side, I did actually win three races but only because the other person red-lighted. (evil)

 

[willy65000]

... with the straight-line performance of this car. (drive)

I made like 6 or 7 runs yesterday and the best 1/4-mile time I could manage was 16.271. Had two more around the same area (16.283 & 16.284) and the rest sucked even worse (16.360 - 16.8**).

All the speeds were about 85-86mph and my reaction times ranged from .186 to .6-something on a zero tree (that sucks, I know... gimme a break... I haven't raced this track since 1990 {on a bike} and I haven't raced ANY track since about 1993).

The first few runs I had too much traction and bogged at the line (32psi, launching at ~4,000 rpms).

The later runs I didn't have enough traction and burned through 1st gear until it bounced off the rev limiter and I had to slam 2nd (34psi@~4,500).

If I can get my reaction times better and somehow get the right traction, I might break into the 15s. But, really, even 15s suck. There was some kid there with an old 1.8L Escort (bone stock) that he pulled out of a junkyard, stripped the interior and trailered out there... he was running 16.2s, too. Talk about embarrassing. (eek2)

Damn... I really thought this thing would be quicker than that. Not to mention all the heinous smashing sounds coming from the front suspension and motor mounts.

*sigh* (ripped)

Maybe I'll trade it in, now....

It's a heavy car with average power and tall gearing. It's verry simmilar to the Civic SI. Drive a Civic Si and you'll see what I'm talking about. It's geared much tighter and zero to sixty is verry simmilar if not a hair faster.

 

[Mazda3ofKent]

It's a heavy car with average power and tall gearing. It's verry simmilar to the Civic SI. Drive a Civic Si and you'll see what I'm talking about. It's geared much tighter and zero to sixty is verry simmilar if not a hair faster.

i thouhgt that silly thing was ligter than the M3 (drive)

 

[FrigginGLI]

Anyone know the speeds in each gear ? Does 2nd go past 60?

 

[Da 6]

goldwing were you hiting 4th gear? thing with these cars is if you don't get to redline exactly you cheat yourself and if you go beyond it fuel is cut by pcm so ove and under revving by like 200-300 will screw you...specialy if you were lime me with the automatic that takes 300-500 rpms to finnaly shift. Anyone disable vtcs to see what we would do w/o it? My other problem was at the heat of the moment I kinda did a deer in the headlighs in amazement of the green light. rule of thumb is if you don't go as the light turns green...add half to amost a full second to your time. If it makes you feel any better GW you beat my times (Which only me and afew other people know of before coincidently loosing the time slips )

 

[willy65000]

i thouhgt that silly thing was ligter than the M3 (drive)

It is a little lighter but not by much.

 

[FrigginGLI]

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83554

This guy does not have any problems getting into the 15's.

 

[jgl296]

who's thumb???

Hey Da 6, you said that if you don't leave exactly when the light turns green you have to add time to you e.t.. The timing system doesn't start recording your time until you roll throught the starting beams. Just trying to help.

 

[goldwing2000]

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83554

This guy does not have any problems getting into the 15's.

See, that's pretty much what I was expecting. I think if I can take out the extra weight and get the launch right, I should be able to get into the 15s.

Da6: Nope. Wasn't hitting 4th gear. Shifting right at redline, maybe a little past.

pimpprotege69: Don't know where 2nd gear tops out but 3rd was hitting redline right as I was going through the traps at 85-86.

Thanks for all the feedback, everybody!

 

[goldwing2000]

Hey Da 6, you said that if you don't leave exactly when the light turns green you have to add time to you e.t.. The timing system doesn't start recording your time until you roll throught the starting beams. Just trying to help.

Exactly. That's why someone can have a faster 1/4 mile time but still lose the race if the other person has a better reaction time.

 

[sndsgood]

Hey Da 6, you said that if you don't leave exactly when the light turns green you have to add time to you e.t.. The timing system doesn't start recording your time until you roll throught the starting beams. Just trying to help.

is that how it really works? because i know when i was drag racing if i left when the light turned green i had a slow reaction time, but if i was hitting the gas right before the light went green i'd shave allot off my reaction time and get a lower 1/4 mile time. and if this is the case heck you could just sit at the line and leave whenever you felt like it right?

 

[Da 6]

you might piss the 20 other cars off behind you waiting for you to go so they can spin their tires

 

[bvmazda3]

is that how it really works? because i know when i was drag racing if i left when the light turned green i had a slow reaction time, but if i was hitting the gas right before the light went green i'd shave allot off my reaction time and get a lower 1/4 mile time. and if this is the case heck you could just sit at the line and leave whenever you felt like it right?

The race is won by whoever crosses the finish line first, it's not based on E/T's.

Something to keep in mind:
All runs being equal, you could shave some time of your E/T and add to your trap speed by staging shallow (further back), essentially 'getting a run' at the line. This will also increase your R/T. This only gives you an advantage over your opponent if you are quicker in your reaction time to make up the difference.

Staging deeper will shave time off of your R/T, but will result in higher E/T's. However, this also increases the chance of that nasty red light poppin' on.

Edit: Accidentally wrote "increase" instead of "decrease"

 

[FrigginGLI]

The race is won by whoever crosses the finish line first, it's not based on E/T's.

Something to keep in mind:
All runs being equal, you could shave some time of your E/T and add to your trap speed by staging shallow (further back), essentially 'getting a run' at the line. This will also increase your R/T. This only gives you an advantage over your opponent if you are quicker in your reaction time to make up the difference.

Staging deeper will shave time off of your R/T, but will result in higher E/T's. However, this also increases the chance of that nasty red light poppin' on.

Edit: Accidentally wrote "increase" instead of "decrease"

Word , gives you the extra few feet. Pays off.

 

[Da 6]

I don't need a few extra feet...I neeed 1/8 a mile and 3 seconds shaved (rlaugh)

 

[1ofdfew323]

O can't wait to see one on the road so that I can try my BP on him...(killit)