First trip to track in GT

[White608]

12 GT A-6, has 400 miles on it hope it gets a lil faster

DA. 715ft on best run

Had a good nite car ran good. best of 12.81 @ 111 with a 1.99 60ft. It seems like even with everything turned off (tcs stuff) the car is still kinda dead until 10-12 ft out ?

In the 1st round of elminations I forgot and left tcs on and tried to do a burnout. It didn't work so I turned it off and tried again, it said it was off but it wouldn't spin. So I staged up had a .03 light and then the car had a 2.60 60ft it wouldn't hardly go, it was like 1/2 throttle. The other guy ran way off his dial.
:cuss:


After letting it cool down and tried it again it woked fine :shrug:

Hot lapping the car vs letting it cool off for 35-40 min was worth ~.20

Leaving off idle vs leaving from ~1800-2000 both had 1.99 60ft



in car video, raced a Challenger SRT

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[z28th1s]

Not bad for first time out and only 400 miles on the clock!

 

[ArabianOak]

how bad did you beat the challenger? nice times!

 

[White608]

It def needs a converter to get it in the powerband leaving.

how bad did you beat the challenger? nice times!

4-5 car lengths, I think it ran 13.37


I raced a new Camaro SS he went 13.16, beat him 2-3 car lengths

 

[Scuba-Matt]

Not to shabby at all :thumbsup:

 

[BryanW]

It seems like even with everything turned off (tcs stuff) the car is still kinda dead until 10-12 ft out ?
Leaving off idle vs leaving from ~1800-2000 both had 1.99 60ft

I emailed bama last night asking if these cars have torque management, i dont know it they do or not, but i can tell you that even with a off road x pipe, cold air kit, and a tune..... that 10-15 feet issue is still there. 2.02 is typical 60' here... traction button held down for 8 seconds

Very nice and impressive for bone stock, what was your 1/8th mile et and mph?
8.14 at 89.80 12.490 113.72 <----- premium with 230lb driver and a 93 street tune at 2800 feet

 

[5.0jake]

Im assuming street tires.
Why the need for a burn out?

 

[White608]

I emailed bama last night asking if these cars have torque management, i dont know it they do or not, but i can tell you that even with a off road x pipe, cold air kit, and a tune..... that 10-15 feet issue is still there. 2.02 is typical 60' here... traction button held down for 8 seconds

Very nice and impressive for bone stock, what was your 1/8th mile et and mph?
8.14 at 89.80 12.490 113.72 <----- premium with 230lb driver and a 93 street tune at 2800 feet

8.34 @ 86 .. I wonder if it just isn't making much power at that low of an rpm ? something in pcm working the VVT so it doesn't spin ?


That's really quick for that DA!

Im assuming street tires.
Why the need for a burn out?

I had to drive thru the water box. See in the video, between the burnout boxes. They parked a bunch of shit there and I couldn't drive around it. I had been earlier in the day.

 

[5.0jake]

I emailed bama last night asking if these cars have torque management, i dont know it they do or not, but i can tell you that even with a off road x pipe, cold air kit, and a tune..... that 10-15 feet issue is still there. 2.02 is typical 60' here... traction button held down for 8 seconds

Very nice and impressive for bone stock, what was your 1/8th mile et and mph?
8.14 at 89.80 12.490 113.72 <----- premium with 230lb driver and a 93 street tune at 2800 feet

I'd imagine gears/tq conv/DR's would help the first 15 ft.

 

[BryanW]

I'd imagine gears/tq conv/DR's would help the first 15 ft.

Funny thing is i described it the same way as the OP, first 10-12 feet or so, the car just rolls out, wont peel out and just all of a sudden at 10 feet, it starts going. Feels like i could get out and push the car quicker LOL...

Yeah gears and torque converter will help, but i drive the highway a lot, i've heard from a few guys gas mileage went down to 12mpg with a converter.

I'm not building a race car, so if there is something that can be done in the tune to get the car rolling out of the gate better, then ill be happy with a better sixty foot.
Sometimes on the street there is no hope for traction in the first 2 gears, even with 3.15 gears and Perrelli 245/45/19's

Take it easy

 

[Impetuous]

This is strange because my auto with or without a tune I can smash the gas pedal from a dead stop and smoke tires so bad that it'll shift into third. So dunno??

 

[White608]

Yeah gears and torque converter will help, but i drive the highway a lot, i've heard from a few guys gas mileage went down to 12mpg with a converter.

In town it will drop mpg, takes more gas to make it move. When the converter is locked up mpg should be the same as it was before.

 

[BryanW]

This is strange because my auto with or without a tune I can smash the gas pedal from a dead stop and smoke tires so bad that it'll shift into third. So dunno??

Mine too. Try it at a sticky track and it will bog for the first 10 feet or so

 

[Templar]

Hope you get it sorted out. Nice run anyway!