Ran my car at the track last night

[02legacygt]

We have a car show locally that a radio station hosts every wed night at Lancaster Speedway, and for 5$ you can run your car down the 1/8 mile or for 25$ you get as many passes as you can get in the night. They call it grudge match racing, i have seen everything from a go-cart to a scholl bus race down the track. you can either match up with your buddy or rival, or they match you

so i get next to this cavalier, ridic. i must say stupid body kit, huge wing giant chrome rims, STICKERs everywhere. so of course the announcer is horribly tearing this kids car down... i mean bad but whatever.

so on with the story i had a perfect launch didnt red light
i ran a 10.28 @ 66.2 mph pretty good i think! for any atx with just a k &n drop in filter!!!

[jg09]

Nice! Way to kill ricers!

[Rockgod]

makes me wonder what I would run since I have more than that.

[impreza_GC8]

You failed to say whether or not you beat the Cavalier. A 10.2 is DOHC VTEC Honda territory. A Cavalier should be right in there as well.
Glad you had fun at your first drag night.

[grayguy]

Hmmm, I've seen a bone stock 89' Civic Hatch Run a 10.1 1/8th...I'd think a legacy would be a little quicker than that.

[rougeben83]

that translates to about a 19sec quarter doesn't it?

[Reason]

that translates to about a 19sec quarter doesn't it?

Is there a way to calculate that? The other half of the strip will be faster than the first.

[decke48]

its more like a high 16 or early 17

[02legacygt]

seriously!, im not trying to toot my own horn, however its a cavalier that mabye had an air intake and fart can, with about 500lbs of sound system and all the extra weight from the body kit and spoiler... damn really

he ran a 11.86 @ 60.1mph oh and he was stock, he had me on the launch, however I way over powered him! I really need to know how to make my little ATX faster off the line!, and no im not switching to a MTX, i like step on the gas and go!

im gonna run again next week well see how i do then!

[deadlydave]

Way to put the Cav in their place. I know someone out that way, near Buffalo. The 'grudge match' thing sounds familliar, I think he lives less than a mile from the track.

My BD 4eat did the 1/8 in 11.4 or so on the way to the 18.046 quarter mile time.

[Huffer]

I really need to know how to make my little ATX faster off the line!, and no im not switching to a MTX, i like step on the gas and go!

im gonna run again next week well see how i do then!

http://www.importperformancetrans.com/subaruauto.shtml

[02legacygt]

wow really funny you gave me that link, i hit a deer, and ran it over, one for the tranny lines cracked and was pissing fluid, if i wouldnt have gone under the car a gave it a good once over i would have never had seen it...... kinda wish i would have fried it, becuase its under a bumper to bumper.... and i would have gotten the really nice trans huffer suggest


thanks for the link

[subba]

my Wagon did 11 flat when it was auto, after the conversion, my best was 11.1, the LegacyTT gearboxes have a shoooort 1st gear and a loooong second gear, imagine that on a N/a motor lol i have to ride the clutch into 2nd so it could grab.

A friend of mine had a automatic 98 accord breaking 10's with ease lol
H22 powa... it was his mothers car that he used to race, XD no mods what so ever, hubcaps and all.

1/8 times

N/A EJ20 Inside

[02legacygt]

ok well last night was weds. and the last chance i will have to run my car for the winter, cold season here in buffalo ny, and as promised here are the result

i ran up against a heavly modded STi,

I ran a 10.13 @ 67.1 mph really excellent run for me

the sti ran 8.93 @ 86.7 mph, he was running a crate STI engine, with a whole slew of engine mods, forged pistons, over bore, bigger turbo, fmic, N2o, co2 sprayer, there was alot more, however after he started talking about what he had, i got pissed new i was beat and stopped listening.

running against him was kinda redic. however i still had a good time

second run
ran against a honda civic late 90's hatch mabye a ex

i ran a 10.34 @ 63.5 mph,, i missed the light however I CRUSHED him
he had way out at the light, like a good cars length, i came from behind, ALOT

he ran a 11.25 @ 59.87 mph silly ricer.... silly ricer

so all and all they where 2 excellent runs for me

[Reason]

What is it only a 1/8 mile track? No 1/4 times??

[BenO]

Where in Buffalo is this track and how often do they put on races like this?

[subba]

I really need to know how to make my little ATX faster off the line!, and no im not switching to a MTX, i like step on the gas and go!

Get a Manual Transmission car dude, I redline launch and havent broken anything yet. :p Cant let a FWD car eat u off the line lol u drive a subaru.

to launch a lil better with a Auto,
Transmission Oil Cooler
Transmission Temp Gauge
Time the light and Torque break launch

Also good to have a backup Tranny. :D

[impreza_GC8]

....I redline launch and havent broken anything yet....
If this is truly the case please never give anyone launching advice ever again.

[subba]

that selection of the quote you taken will be taken way out of context. if someone does not see the original post.

You guys dont launch your cars?

[deadlydave]

that selection of the quote you taken will be taken way out of context. if someone does not see the original post.

You guys dont launch your cars?

Do you let the clutch out or just sidestep off? Just 'dropping' into gear is baaaaad. Also, slipping the clutch at redline will severely shorten its life.

I launch at 3800-4000 at autocross and can get the Baja to take off without lurching forward or bogging. I'll admit that I haven't even brought it to the 1/4 mile, because that's not what I'm building the car for.

Basically, if you launch a RWD or FWD car, there is a place for all that energy to go...tires slip and spin, minimizing drivetrain strain. With AWD, you have so much grip, you don't have that release...which means everything from your clutch to your tires is under severe stress. Something's gotta give, more often than not it's the teeth on the gears. :cry:

[subba]

i never used to pop the clutch, i would rev the car to about 6,500 (7000 is redline) 2nd light come on i ease of a little bit, as soon as it start rolling pop the clutch then wheels will start spinning, now i just pop it and i get wheelspin, i revert to method 1 when i am running on a preped track with allot VHT.

Launching on Rcomps or Slicks will mess up your axels but i never seen or had a issue with street tires.

My car is 5spd is anyone thinks i am doing this on a Auto.

[xXGTBspecXx]

i launched my wrx at 6k and got a 1.4 60' never hurt my car and spun halfway thru first gear(bald tires)

[vtlegacy95]

why not make the trip to NYIRP south of Rochester, there are guys going there all the time from buffalo

[02legacygt]

yeah i know im really curious to see what it will make in the 1/8

however cruise nights are over for the season, and i might have a suprise coming soon!

[vtlegacy95]

http://www.nyirp.com/sat_sun_schedule.htm

its open til the end of october I was running the last weekend of october last year with my truck