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#1619528 07/29/06 04:13 AM
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...on the track sucked big time!!! i did 16.2...that was my best...what the hell? there was another dude with csvt and hsis best was like 15.9? 100% humidity, 167F degrees, 20ft above sea level. name of track was Capital Raceway in washington dc metro area...
but why so slow? my gtech gives me 6.7 0-60, and now i am so dissapointed...is that normal? please make my day, coz i just wasted $20 and lots of gas for nothing.

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FIRST times to the track are often FULL of let down. People simply aren't as good at competitive based driving as they would seem to think (or have been built up to believe).

Simply driving on a road and rowing through the gears "quickly" doesn't mean that you are "great" at driving that car. The tested times often (if not always) reflect PROFESSIONAL drivers. Those that do nothing OTHER than drive a car to its limits.

Most people buy a car and see that it CAN do the 1/4 in 15.2 (14.9, etc) and belive that means by starting in 1st and going through 4th you will make the car do the same. There is a LARGE difference in YOU doing it, and the car being CAPABLE of it.

Take what you DID and work on it. Get those 60ft times down. ignore your reaction times, they don't affect your ET. Practice.. with it, you will be cranking out some respectable times, VERY SOON.


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i don't have the slips with me but i will post them tonight (they are in my car) so you can tell me if the 60ft is good or not. i dunno, i was with couple of friends. all were there for the first time, and they did 14.9/15.05 with their vw gti's...that's almost a second faster...but check back on that forum when i post the times.
what's ET by the way? how is reaction time affecting the total time?

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R/T does not affect your ET (finish time..) in ANY way, shape or form.


you could sit at the light for 30 seconds and still run a 15.2

60' times...
2.4 .. meh
2.2 normal?
2.1x much better
2.0x WOW
>1.99 WATCH OUT! (not gonna happen... not likely anyway..)


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Cut atleast a 2.3 60' on street tires. And hit every shift like you hate life.


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ok ok ok... so here is my best run...
R/T -- .227
60ft is 2.386
330 - 6.897
1/8mile - 10.593 @66.55mph
1000 - 13.706
1/4mile - 16.372 @84.77

but that wasn't my best run....the best one was 16.240 sec with 60ft @2.505

...so are you saying that this is the time, and i should not subtract or add the R/T time?? and if R/T is below .5 that means its a fault start, right?

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Your RT has nothing to do with the rest of the numbers.
Just work on your driving, cuz with them numbers, I could smoke you with my old escort. Ain't good. It's alright, a svt ain't the easiest car to drive, but practice makes perfect.


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Take the R/T OUT OF THE EQUATION!! Don't add or subtract anything! The bottom line, is the bottom line!

What rpm are you shifting at? Is your clutch worn out? What mods? 16.2 is slow as balls.

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mods? no mufflers. resonator dosen't look stock, but is probably a cheap replacement. k&n short ram, and a superchip module which seems to make no difference...and pirelly pzero nero m&s all season tires 225/50R16. its a 98 csvt.
clutch was supposed to be changed at 65K miles, now I have 104K miles. i don't think it was worn. but i've had the car for 3 years. i know that when its hot and humid the car is slow like [censored]. same when i drive it in traffic for long time. and today was a combination of both. 100% humidity and lots of traffic to the track...gas tank was almost full...with 93ocatne.
well i will go again. the gtech once have me 14.9sec @101.1mph. i took the gtech on the track, and ran it so i can compare its results and the once from the track...they were always faster on the gtech but just a little. for instance if i did 16.3 on the track, the gtech will give me 16.27. so i know i can do better, but i guess it will be next time...i will make a post again once i go to the track for the second time

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well i wanted to ask how you guys launched and at what rpms you shifted gears? i launch at about 2k+ rpm, and sometimes i slip the clutch, sometimes i don't...depends. and i usually shift at about 6550rpm where i pass my maximum hp...does that sound reasonable?

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