Went to the track last night....

[Dreamspawn]

Best runs where 14.3 with my fiance in the car and my old battary *forgot the battary was in there * but yea didn't think that was to bad for just a intake on it. But i got a few ?s
**1.What rpm would be best to shift at to knock these times down?
**2.My moonroof thingy messed up a few weeks ago and i noticed alot of noise when i was hitting the end of the quarter mile and noticed it was lifting up a bit so how do i fix this i know its somthing in the turny knob lol sorry for lack of tech terms but yea....

o yeah in a few weeks 3in downpipe and full exhaust and boost controller gets put on

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RIM QUESTION
I'm thinking of switching to a lighter rim/wheel combo for track will a 16rim work? can get some that weigh 18pounds for 89$ each or i have a set of my old 20lbs eclipse wheels

[Stealthee]

Shift right around redline.

What were your 60's?

[jason_bet]

Nice!! those numbers arn't to bad bro.. like stealthy said whats your 60'?

[Twizted_3KGT]

Not too bad for the extra person in the car. With the mods you have coming you could hit a high 12. That's all I have and that's what I did. But I launch from 6k-6.5k and shift at 7100 rpm. There was a guy that did a lot of testing over on 3si on what the best shift point is and came up with that it wasn't at redline. I did my own testing, and redline is the way to go for me (could just be driver difference, i'm not the best).

[DSM Monster]

if we shift at redline wouldnt we go past our powercurve and actually start loosing boost past 6800? thats what i was told so just aim for like 6600 6700

[Stealthee]

Heres the issue. If you shift too early then guess what happens... you bog. By shifting at redline your RPMs will fall a lesser amount once the shift is completed and you will be that much closer to hitting your power curve.

[DSM Monster]

alright that makes sense thanks

[vectorspecialist]

the best run i ever made(never went to a real track) was around 13.7-8 just me, launch at 6500, and shifted at said number. this was only after having the car for a month, and it was my first stick, so i wasnt all that good, maybe better now

[Dreamspawn]

i will have to find my slips but i know my reaction times where like .4somthing so yah really really bad reaction times.. but my first time so anybody have ideas to my moon roof ordeal just find sombody parting out one and replace the whole spin thing i think what happend i might have tightend down to far one day and broke somthing...

RIM QUESTION
I'm thinking of switching to a lighter rim/wheel combo for track will a 16rim work? can get some that weigh 18pounds for 89$ each or i have a set of my old 20lbs eclipse wheels

[Stealthee]

16's wont fit on a 2g TT. Being 2g your options are limited on rims.

As for your times, reaction times arent important. We need your 60's. Those are huge when it comes to ET's.

[Twizted_3KGT]

Yes don't pay attention to the R/T, it doesn't factor into your time. The 60' time will tell you how well you launched.

[Igovert500]

Yeah, what htey said. My first time at the track, I was so focused on R/T and some random guy in the pits kept telling me he had a stealth, and I should dump the clutch...I did, and I kept bogging bad. All in all 4 14.1s and one 14.3 pass later and I realized I either sucked at driving or was doing something wrong. Took my time, let a miata beat me outta the hole, slipped the clutch ~4.5rpms and ran a nice 13.6 or something like that. (I'm drunk, so don't quote me) but it was around there...raped the miata, gave my boys the finger as I cruised down the return lane, and ended the night on a nice note.

I actually like to practice launching at 2am at redlights. Provided the cops don't see me, it always puts a smile on my face

[new2mitsu]

hell, why wait till 2 am? as long as you don't break traction, and don't launch and accelerate past the speed limit, that can they do?

[Igovert500]

Ticket you for exhibition of acceleration...if you launch, and if you don't...how are you practicing launching, by not launching???

...true story

[new2mitsu]

never even heard of that... man i go flyin past cops on the line all the time. just always stop when i hit the speed limit... apparently they havent heared of it either... hope it stays that way :P