Musashi3000GT

Shit I am so pissed!
I finally took the Goat to the track with some friends. I figured Id run a 13.8, 13.9 since I cant drive worth a shit and Ive only had it for 2 months.
so the track is 100 miles out of town, we get there after and hour and a half drive and have like 10 minutes before were on the track.
I set up, I try to launch and the car just sits there spining and hopping!
ran a 15.4! WTF?
I go again and spin just a bit but still get no traction for a good 30ft. despite the fact that I launched at like 2800 rpms. the shit just wont hook up!
ran a 14.9

I gave up after that.

there was another guy there who had a 05 GTO and ran a 13.32
he came up to me and told me he had the same problems when he got his. Says the tires are junk and the track wassnt in good shape that night.
I dont care about track conditions! its not supposed to run 15s

so after two days of bashing my head I guess the only logical solutions are to 1. sell the GTO and buy a Scion xA or 2. get tires for the track.

can anyone recomend good tires? I have 2 spare rims at home so all I need are the rubbers and slap them on just for the strip whenever I go.

Thx guys, and yeah feel free to bash my head in.

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06 GTO: SLP Longtubes, SLP Loudmouth II K&N intake,
Ported Intake Manifold,
Ported Throttle body, MAF screen delete.
Tunned by Jeremy Formato. 381whp, 376wtq.
07 Ion Redline: Bone stock w/ factory Competition package.

In response to a race my wife had while pregnant with our baby:

Mr. Luos

You drive like me.

What was the car trapping?

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Musashi3000GT

96.7 mph was the 14.9 run.
I dont remember the trap on the 15 sec run.

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06 GTO: SLP Longtubes, SLP Loudmouth II K&N intake,
Ported Intake Manifold,
Ported Throttle body, MAF screen delete.
Tunned by Jeremy Formato. 381whp, 376wtq.
07 Ion Redline: Bone stock w/ factory Competition package.

In response to a race my wife had while pregnant with our baby:

IshtarX

Now honey, we all told you that the track was bad. For pete's sake right before you ran there was oil on the floor!! Two guys ( i think or maybe it was one) had to come and mop it up before you ran against that little P.O.S. corolla or whatever it was, on top of that you can tell the tracked looked wet up. It just wasn't a good night to run.

BTW.... you aren't selling the goat and you sure the heck ain't buying a Scion!!!

-The Stig-

Wow, only trapping 96mph with 400hp?

My LS1 with a Blown clutch/bad traction was trapping 105mph... (ET was 14.3 @ about 2000ft DA)


I think you just need more seat time homie... sorry to say it, but it seems like it's driver error, Maybe you were having an offday? I have those, where I just can't get a smooth shift to save my life.


Oh, and BF Goodrich drag radials are a good buy if you want some traction.

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Musashi3000GT

I know it was driver error. Even with bald tires anyone else would of pulled of mid to low 14s!

Thanks for the info Stig.

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06 GTO: SLP Longtubes, SLP Loudmouth II K&N intake,
Ported Intake Manifold,
Ported Throttle body, MAF screen delete.
Tunned by Jeremy Formato. 381whp, 376wtq.
07 Ion Redline: Bone stock w/ factory Competition package.

In response to a race my wife had while pregnant with our baby:

CassiesMan

I'm faster than you!

And I'm slow again.

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Mr. Luos

at Cassie on that post.

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Musashi3000GT

ROFL for real!
I just spit out some mountain dew all over my keyboard from that post Cass!
LOL.

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06 GTO: SLP Longtubes, SLP Loudmouth II K&N intake,
Ported Intake Manifold,
Ported Throttle body, MAF screen delete.
Tunned by Jeremy Formato. 381whp, 376wtq.
07 Ion Redline: Bone stock w/ factory Competition package.

In response to a race my wife had while pregnant with our baby:

-The Stig-

How many miles are on the motor so far?

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Musashi3000GT

4K miles. Why?

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06 GTO: SLP Longtubes, SLP Loudmouth II K&N intake,
Ported Intake Manifold,
Ported Throttle body, MAF screen delete.
Tunned by Jeremy Formato. 381whp, 376wtq.
07 Ion Redline: Bone stock w/ factory Competition package.

In response to a race my wife had while pregnant with our baby:

VR43000GT

Ouch. That sucks. You might just as well have kept your n/a 3kgt. J/k man, keep trying.

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-The Stig-

Just wondering how broken in the car is... maybe it's not fully broken in, doesn't have all it's ponies yet...?

I dunno, seems weird it trapped so low.

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CassiesMan

^Good point. Even with a slow 1/4, it should have a higher trap?

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-The Stig-

Yeah, cause with shitty traction... it should still be gaining speed at the end of the 1/4 mile and trap high, even if the ET is slow.

With a trap of mid 90mph it seems as though he might be lifting before the traps? Or, just not fully on it.

I see no reason why that car shouldn't be trapping 104+mph.

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