07-14-2006, 11:57 PM
MIR ended up being rained out so we headed to Capitol.
My group: Me in STi, Rob in VR-4, Brad in TT Stealth, Ian in 350z.
So we get there kinda early, and it's a usual variety of cars. These dudes in standard WRX's cornered the shit out of me to BS...but I did pick up some useful info about launching and whatever though. The 3000GT/Stealth guys I went with and the WRX guys all said that the best way was to slip the clutch, get it rolling, and then dump it.
1st run: So I pull up to the line. Let the clutch out a little, but not enough to grab, dump it (so it's basically a full dump, which I kinda wanted to try anyway) and I instantly bogged down. Hard. Like uh, 2.5 60' and 15.3 hard.
2nd run: I tried it again and basically the same thing. Close to crying after this one.
3rd run: Missed a 3rd run because this guy in an e46 M3 wasn't around, so our lanes got shut down before I could get it. Cool guy though. His family has an e30 M3 with 15k miles. Nuts.
4th run: I squeezed out a better (relatively speaking) launch with a 200lb passenger in the fourth run. 14.3@96mph, 2.1 60'.
5th run: Last run was the best. 14.1@97mph, 2.0 60'.
All in all, I feel like if I could've tried it 2-3 more times, I could've gotten it down to 1.8 or so and mid-high 13's. The last launch was by far the best...I just need to perform it quicker. If I could do the slip/gas/dump thing faster, I'd be much happier.
I'll get up two videos later. One is my first bog (I don't know how the damn thing didn't stall...and it took forever and three days to get out of the lag). The other is of my last run, but I was next to my buddy in his 3000GT. I didn't pay attention at all to the R/T, since it meant nothing in test and tune...so you get to see his launch instead of mine. And then it looks like I'm crawling as he walks me.
FTD of the group was Rob...he put up a 11.8@115. The last run (missed second, so final time was 12.2) he had a 1.676 60'. :o
Cliffs notes: Launching AWD takes some learnin', Rob's car is silly quick, clutch smells nasty, and loud cars get fucking annoying. Oh, and it seems most everybody's traps (in my group anyway) were a few mph off the mark. It was a hot, muggy night but I dunno. Funny.
My group: Me in STi, Rob in VR-4, Brad in TT Stealth, Ian in 350z.
So we get there kinda early, and it's a usual variety of cars. These dudes in standard WRX's cornered the shit out of me to BS...but I did pick up some useful info about launching and whatever though. The 3000GT/Stealth guys I went with and the WRX guys all said that the best way was to slip the clutch, get it rolling, and then dump it.
1st run: So I pull up to the line. Let the clutch out a little, but not enough to grab, dump it (so it's basically a full dump, which I kinda wanted to try anyway) and I instantly bogged down. Hard. Like uh, 2.5 60' and 15.3 hard.
2nd run: I tried it again and basically the same thing. Close to crying after this one.
3rd run: Missed a 3rd run because this guy in an e46 M3 wasn't around, so our lanes got shut down before I could get it. Cool guy though. His family has an e30 M3 with 15k miles. Nuts.
4th run: I squeezed out a better (relatively speaking) launch with a 200lb passenger in the fourth run. 14.3@96mph, 2.1 60'.
5th run: Last run was the best. 14.1@97mph, 2.0 60'.
All in all, I feel like if I could've tried it 2-3 more times, I could've gotten it down to 1.8 or so and mid-high 13's. The last launch was by far the best...I just need to perform it quicker. If I could do the slip/gas/dump thing faster, I'd be much happier.
I'll get up two videos later. One is my first bog (I don't know how the damn thing didn't stall...and it took forever and three days to get out of the lag). The other is of my last run, but I was next to my buddy in his 3000GT. I didn't pay attention at all to the R/T, since it meant nothing in test and tune...so you get to see his launch instead of mine. And then it looks like I'm crawling as he walks me.
FTD of the group was Rob...he put up a 11.8@115. The last run (missed second, so final time was 12.2) he had a 1.676 60'. :o
Cliffs notes: Launching AWD takes some learnin', Rob's car is silly quick, clutch smells nasty, and loud cars get fucking annoying. Oh, and it seems most everybody's traps (in my group anyway) were a few mph off the mark. It was a hot, muggy night but I dunno. Funny.
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Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3