. How not to drag race

[joedls]

I went to a private track day today and performed very poorly. The track was prepped amazingly well. I hooked so well I was bogging my car. I had a really hard time shifting today for some reason. Just a bad day, I guess. Still had a blast though.

Here's a an on-car video from my worst run. You can hear the car bogging from the launch, then you can hear the engine bouncing off the rev-limiter when I miss the 1-2 shift. Then again when I miss the 2-3.

The video is kinda cool, though.

http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o151/joedls/?action=view&current=Fontanarunvscobra.flv

 

[rvrtrash]

Nice! We all have days like that. You'll do better next time. (Typical dad talk)

Dad

 

[robert campbell]

WAY COOL!! I never experinced any "too much traction" days with my old Mustangs on the track. My brother had a 327 powered, 4 speed, 67 Camero that he took to the track a few times. Ran it on street tires and it turned 14 flats with 3:08 gears. Almost no need for 4th gear. We got a set of 4.88's and some 9 inch slicks. He spun a bunch on the street tires, so I set him at about 10 pound of tire pressure in the slicks......

Big time bog! Kept playing with more air pressure until he could turn them a bit and got him down to the mid-13's.

I LOVE THE WHINE!! Can't wait to start "whining" myself!
Me and MSD are not talking these days. Long story....

Rob

 

[davidathans]

that video is so awesome! love the view and the whine haha...

how bad did you do? what were your slip times? how many runs did you get? wish i could have been there joe

 

[joedls]

That was a 5000 RPM launch. I didn't spray the nitrous until second gear. My best run of the day was a 12.1. That is way off my best times. I launched at 5700 RPM on that run and still bogged.

 

[joedls]

Here's a photograph someone took yesterday.

 

[hotrodgrany]

Awesome video and love the GT/CS

 

[CALIF GIRL]

Loved the video Joe...we all have bad days...but I am sure you still had fun and that's what it is all abouty

 

[GTCS07]

Nice Joe! Love that pic and the video. Glad to see you got into the 11's. Mine is still garaged for the winter.