System_S4k

Bandimere has a brand new concrete surface and it was 45 degrees outside. It was basically like launching on a frozen pond. Anything over 3.5krpm launch would result in a redline and not moving anywhere. Best launch all day was a 2.00 60ft'... The car was running mid 12's at 117mph, so I put in race fuel, leaned it out, and cranked up the timing. The result was an RS4 clutch that had no chance in hell of holding the power. Luckily, I caught my beating the **** out of it on video! And the car still drove home, lol. Best ET was 12.6 and best MPH was 118.75, which is my 3rd or 4th best. I am going to pull the engine, swap to a new clutch, and try again in a few more weeks.
I had a camera mounted to my helmet and the in-car video is very cool, IMO. My brother was filming from outside the car, too. MWW for profanity on the RS4 Clutch vid...
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTevpEqvwSE"> 12.7@117mph! </a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0vY7heUg0M"> 12.9@118mph! </a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtwLRI7WiMc"> Dead RS4 Clutch! </a>

Here are the logs from the two videos. The car is considerably slower at the drag strip than it is on the street, even in cold air. Timing is rock star with the race fuel in it. You can see which run is on the 93 with meth and which one is 104 with meth.
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I am supposed to go dyno the car this Thursday. The clutch seems to be fine driving around, so I think I am still going to give it a shot. I really compare logs vs drags vs dyno.

LaserAvantS4

are you on stock tranny? amazing how it held that kind of "abuse" what r u going with the clutch?

System_S4k

I have a spare in the garage, but I can't seem to kill this one. Incredible considering that I have made over 50 passes at the strip on it so far.
I want a Tilton carbon carbon twin disk.

LaserAvantS4

sweet!

GollyGwagen (Chuck)

I'm surprised Bandimere went to concrete considering how bad it hooks up. I'm sure once enough rubber gets down it will hook up good again.

System_S4k

And it was about 45 degrees out, lol. It was just hopeless. It was truely like launching your car in a foot of snow.
I might actually throw some drag radials on it, but I worry about breaking things. If I get this twin disk, I can load the drive train and build boost to launch, and that would be ideal.

lnferno

with what other people have said that were there opening day. Two stock 335s only did 14.5 and 14.7. Those should be high 13 second cars easily. Your car definitely has a very low 12 in it -- maybe even an 11. Hopefully the track will be better after a few sessions of people laying down rubber on the track! Keep us updated if you go back!

GollyGwagen (Chuck)

Well, most of it. Had different font halfshafts as I recall, but I was stunned. You should browse that article, I'm sure if there are weak areas he's probably found them!

System_S4k

Those poor FWD and RWD guys wouldn't even move half the time, it was really funny. Towards the afternoon it got better, but I had nuked my clutch by then.
There was an STi with some GT turbo that hit 120mph, but other than him, I think I was the fastest car on street tires. He broke, too, lol.

GollyGwagen (Chuck)

Gotta love AWD! You make us proud man!!