Olympic Pace car

went to TAD again yesterday and ran a 15.2 with a 2.1x 60'. It was about 70 or so degrees out and was prety dry too. I think I can drop at least a tenth or two if I drop the 60' or if this weather will come in(cold front, in Tx) or if I strip out the car.


Just wanted to know what my "Target" time is?

KAOS, AZ (Papa Smurf)

Your 60' time needs some work. I have finally mustarded up a 1.8 60' routine. Every 1/10th of a second from you 60' time will equate about 2/10ths off your final time. Also, when do you shift. I shift 1->2nd at 6K, 2nd->3rd at 5900K, 3rd->4th at 5500.

The one thing that people don't realize is that you need to use the cars torque to pull you to the better times. If I try and redline every gear then I will end up in 3rd at 97mph. If I do as previously explained I can turn 105. Big difference! Every car, every driver, every condition is different, but hopefully some of this will help you.

The R

Wow, you shift that low? I usually shift 6600,6500 for my shifts down the 1320.

LCP

I used a G-Tech to measure G's in each gear under full throttle, and at the speeds you're shifting from 3-4 at, 3rd pulls more G's than 4th until about 6500rpm in 3rd. For the 2-3 shift, it's so close to redline, it's hard to measure where 3rd starts to pull more g's than 2nd does, and for the 1-2 shift, nowhere in 2nd gear pulls even close to as many G's as even nearly 7000rpm in 1st does.

KAOS, AZ (Papa Smurf)

every time you could watch the Gs begin to fall, I think I shift from 3rd at .28 G, down from .35. I don't think that I have seen it dip into the .3s in 4th, just mid .2s. 1st and 2nd are so quick that usually I don't have time to register that the G tech is there I think 1st is .55-.6 or so on the stock suspensio. Nasa can probably see my Xenons from outer space :P New springs this weekend should help to fix it.