Went To Sac Speedway Last Night, Timeslip Inside!

[mirconrice]

Hi everyone, I went to the track last night. At first I wasn't gonna go because that morning my check engine light was on for no apparent reason. I don't know what the heck is going on, I checked my intake and everything is fine, drove it around the block and it feels good and strong so I went anyways. Well first off I had the worst day at the track yet, I couldn't launch worth crap last night, I keep spinning into redline, the launch that i was doing before didn't work last night, I had to launch it much lower from 4700-4900 last time to 4000-4300 this time. I don't know whats going on. It might be the tire or I let out too much air. Oh well on one of the launch I got a good 60ft of 2.2 but i don't understand it cause I bogged down to 3500-4000 but my 1-2 shift was really good, landed at like 6600 but I got a 14.5 on that run, the best I did last night was 14.49. I know if I can launch and land in vvtli and get a 2.2 60ft, I can get a 14.1 to 14.2 cause I'm trapping pretty high, it has protential, going next week again cause I was so diappointed last night. I met up with another member of newcelica, Red94GSR, his best was 15.1, he almost won the bracket racing but his dad changed his time on his car from 15.1 to 15.4 and he broke out at 15.3. haha, oh well, sorry for the long post, here are the slips:

best run of the night: I hit rev limiter and still manage to get it so I was surprised: http://mircon31.tripod.com/mycelica/nov8/2/11.8.14.491.JPG

this was my best 60ft time of the night but bogged down: http://mircon31.tripod.com/mycelica/nov8/2/11.8.14.5.jpg

this was my first run at the track, ran to rev limiter once again, damn it: http://mircon31.tripod.com/mycelica/nov8/2/11.8.14.6.jpg

run against an old corvette: http://mircon31.tripod.com/mycelica/nov8/2/11.8.14.7.jpg

this was against Red94GSR, damn I lost, he got a better reaction time then I did but I beat him by like 1 sec, i almost had him at the end, i was pulling on him hard but he cross the finish line first. Oh well have to work on my reaction time. http://mircon31.tripod.com/mycelica/nov8/2/11.8.14.9.jpg

[vvtlikick]

Nice times. As for the CEL, did you check your gas cap? <IMG SRC="http://www.newcelica.org/ubb/smilies/cwm1.gif" border=0>

Also, It appears that you can't directly link into pictures hosted by Tripod. So this link (http://mircon31.tripod.com/mycelica/nov8/2/) might work better.

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[mirconrice]

yeah thanks, i know i can do better but the check engine light was from a hose that came loose, i didn't see it until i readjusted the throttle body and made sure that it was tight, it was still on when I turned the car on but i drove it around for like 30 minutes, shut the car off and then turn it back on, it went away so I'm happy. But could that hose cause a big lag when I launch, cause on one launch it would just stop at 7k and would go pass it, I was like wtf is going on, maybe it didn't get traction or something. oh well, bad night all together.

what the heck ran that 18.3 @ 73mph? http://www.newcelica.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

good runs otherwise, considering you weren't launching very well!

[Kit99bar]

Hey Micron, nice times http://www.newcelica.org/ubb/smile.gif

could you tell me exactly which hose came lose?

[REdGsR94]

Hey it was fun, dispite that stupid reason to lose from changing my time on my window. Oh well there is always another time. We had lots of fun, i'd wish more members from this board that are in the area can go too.

But that run against Micron(i hate your third gear!), damn my launch sucked so bad that time. thats why i got such a horrible time. But my 15.1 was my best run that night.

late

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94' Red GS-R
*HKS Intake
*DC Headers
*RS*R Exhuast
*Tokico 5 way adjustables
*Front and Back DC Struts
*Lightspeed springs
*17" Racing Senitals
*Yokohama Parada Tires
*Short Shift Kit /w momo shift Boot and Nob

[mirconrice]

yeah it was fun. It was funny when that guy came by after I raced him, it was a crx with a LS engine in it, ask me if I was squeezing or not. Haha, i had a terrible launch, he was up on me about 2 carlengths, and then my 1-2 shift was good, 3rd gear i gained the 2 carlengths back and put like a car on him, i ended up winning, hehe. I got a 14.7 and he got a 15.0. He was like man your 3rd gear pulled hard. He was shocked that I only had intake in my car, he didn't know my car can do that, haha, that was the best feeling, seeing his face in shock, it was priceless. <IMG SRC="http://www.newcelica.org/ubb/smilies/cwm1.gif" border=0>