05-30-2004, 05:35 PM
All right. I decided to take the Geeser II to Capitol Raceway to do alittle draggin'. I figured I could practice my standing start and get an idea of how fast the car was.
So on my first run I ran a 15.7 at 87 mph. Slower than stock (stock is 15.6) but I missed the shift into 4th and I wasn't really trying to shift too quickly. My second run I ran a 15.8 at 88 for some reason. The last run I seriously missed the shift into 2nd so it was like a 17-something at 87.
I felt like the car should've been a bit quicker with what was on it, even though I hadn't really drag raced before. So on Saturday when we were working on our cars I decided to to check the compression to see if that might have had something to do with it.
140 psi across all four cylinders. 140. As in, 70 psi less than the lowest cylinder on my old GS-R. No wonder the car was so slow!
Disheartening for sure, since its like I'm losing at least 1 or 2 seconds per lap just on power. What really concerns me though is that I don't want my engine to let go before the end of this season. If it doesn't I'll get it rebuilt over the off season. In the meantime I'll have to check to see how much a new block will run, in the event that the engine does a BAR F1 impression.
This weekend I'll be off to Beaverun raceway for the maiden voyage. My main goal will be to have fun and get a feel for the car.
-G
So on my first run I ran a 15.7 at 87 mph. Slower than stock (stock is 15.6) but I missed the shift into 4th and I wasn't really trying to shift too quickly. My second run I ran a 15.8 at 88 for some reason. The last run I seriously missed the shift into 2nd so it was like a 17-something at 87.
I felt like the car should've been a bit quicker with what was on it, even though I hadn't really drag raced before. So on Saturday when we were working on our cars I decided to to check the compression to see if that might have had something to do with it.
140 psi across all four cylinders. 140. As in, 70 psi less than the lowest cylinder on my old GS-R. No wonder the car was so slow!
Disheartening for sure, since its like I'm losing at least 1 or 2 seconds per lap just on power. What really concerns me though is that I don't want my engine to let go before the end of this season. If it doesn't I'll get it rebuilt over the off season. In the meantime I'll have to check to see how much a new block will run, in the event that the engine does a BAR F1 impression.
This weekend I'll be off to Beaverun raceway for the maiden voyage. My main goal will be to have fun and get a feel for the car.
-G