Some drag runs from Friday

[RevvdMedia]

Here is a video compilation of some drag runs I did this past weekend. My times weren't great, but this is the first time I've really pushed this car. I had a really hard time nailing a launch, but I found on my last run actually spinning the tires a bit in the burnout box helped my 60ft by about 0.4s...

Third run is a good example of why a harder launch on street summer tires is a bad idea...

Practice makes perfect?

Density Altitude: 2762 feet
Relative Density: 92.16 %

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[Apwrx]

Thanks for sharing. Get some sticky tires,a little more practice and she'll be down there. Regardless of the times hopefully you had fun.

 

[15GTBEN]

You should go on a night with better air.
Were you letting off early going through the traps? What rpm were you shifting at?
You shouldn't need sticky tires or abusive powershifting to run a a low 13@ 110 at least.
There is hope, another guy here posted a stock(supposedly) 15' 6M GT with 3.55's that ran a 12.6 @ 115, 2.0 60ft in good air.

If my car constantly runs this bad this summer, I'm probably trading it in. I mean, my stock 14 GT ran a 12.8 @113 with a crappy 2.2 60ft...

 

[RevvdMedia]

I don't claim to be a professional on the strip, so that comes into play. I don't have any issue shifting quickly (although if I wanted I could shift a little quicker than I was), but it was mostly the launch that held me back. For whatever reason, everyone seemed to be running a bit slow that night too...

As for the density, it's not going to get a whole lot better, we're at 2200ft altitude anyway. I don't think I ever let off early, usually ran it even longer than where I thought the end point is. My last run was my best with the 13.499 and a 2.08 60ft, but not idea how I didn't do better considering i picked up 0.4s on the 60 ft...should have pushed it closer to the even lower 13's I would think, not a slower MPH. That was the run I was powershifting, so I was deliberately shifting quickly (as to not bounce off the limiter). Most of my shifts were around 6500 (the tach would turn red just before the shift).

I was going to do 1 more run but I thought I heard some hissing while putting around the parking lot in first gear. I thought something broke, but I drove it home and realized it probably always did that but I never noticed because I always have my radio on even a little bit and I can't hear the hiss with the radio on...

 

[CM581978]

Holy DA Batman

 

[Apwrx]

Where was the hissing coming from?

 

[RevvdMedia]

Where was the hissing coming from?

From the shifter (area). If you put pressure on the shifter in first, it gets louder. You also notice it from a shift from first to second as you put pressure on the shifter. It is unnoticeable when driving in 2nd or higher. I think it is "normal" and I don't think anything should have broken during my runs - only 1 had bad wheel hop, and if the car can't handle 1 little bout of wheel hop, it's not well designed IMO.

A few other sites and threads make mention to the MT-82 being noisy, and a few have had the exact same comment about first (and second) gear as mine, so I'm not concerned. It doesn't really bother me, I just didn't want to break the car on the track lol.

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