Way to go Jon and Bill, sounds like you showed a few people the power that
is (V)OPAR.......
Bruce
>
> At 08:47 PM 4/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >NYIRP opened up today and Jon and I were there to kick off the new year.
> >Beautiful day and lots of cars and trucks. Also picked up my new hood from
> >Jon's delivery service. I only got in 4 runs but Jon and his friend Ed were
> >chowing down and then planning to run some more. Jon was pretty discouraged
> >with his first run or two but then he settled down and started knocking them
> >off. First runs were 16 + but then he ran a couple of 15.6's and may have done
> >better after I left? That was a pretty good jump from his last years 16+ runs
> >and he was a happy camper when I left. I think he's hooked though,said he is
> >coming back on the wednesday evening runs for sure. It was a good day and good
> >to see Jon again and meet his friend Ed who was tearing up the track in his
> >Nissan (I think).
>
> Yep, a Nissan Sentra SE-R. He was dissapointed; never did break into
> the 15's, though he did have a couple of 16 flats. Its got 70,000 miles on
> it though, so its probably a little slower than its published specs when
> it was new. I was surprised to see Bill's son running 15.6-15.7's in his Neon!
> Once he gets all 4 new tires on there he'll probably go even faster. Guess
> I'll have to work overtime to try to keep ahead of him! :-)
>
>
> Yep, a good day of racing. :-)
>
> This was my second time to the track. The first time was last year.
> My first run (last year) was a 16.063, but then I couldn't get below
> 16.3 for the rest of the night. That was stock. Over the winter, I
> added a 14" open element air cleaner (K&N filter), the MP computer, and
> a 180 degree thermostat. I was pretty sure that would drop me into the
>
> 15s somewhere, but I wasn't exactly sure where. My first run this year
> was a 16.3. (Couldn't get the darn 5-speed to shift into 2nd or 3rd)
> Needless to say, I was dissapointed. I shifted a lot better on my 2nd
> run and pulled off a 15.616@87.5mph. Gettin' better! :-) My next 4
> runs were all 15.6 to 15.7. Somewhere in there, Bill commented to me,
> "I smell a 15.5!" :-) I told him I'd be pretty happy with that. However,
> 15.6 - 15.7 was all I could do. After getting some lunch (during which time
> Bill left), I hopped back into the Dak and ripped off a 15.343@89.10mph!!
> I was *quite* happy with that one!! I got right back in line and did
> 15.538@89.10mph. I made 5 more runs after that, two of which were 16+
> because I screwed up (either through shifting problems or failing to feather
> the throttle and losing all my traction) but the other runs were in the
> 15.4 to 15.6 range.
>
> So, the short story is that the K&N, computer, and thermostat took
> anywhere from .7 to a full second off my 1/4 mile time. Not too
> shabby, IMHO. :-) (This is a Club Cab with a 3.55 rear and suregrip)
>
> My major problem (next to shifting) was traction. It doesn't hook up
> at ALL in 1st, and hooks up about 1/4 of the way through 2nd. I think if
> I could get some traction, I could do low 15s... I did let some of the air
> out of my tires, which helped a little. Most of the times that I screwed
> up the traction, I let it rev too high in first or jumped on it too hard
> at the start instead of feathering it better.
>
> So, I was feeling pretty happy until I got back to the pit area and
> discovered that some low-life had stolen my gas can (with 5 gallons of
> 93 octane in it)!!! :-( Bill: I'm REALLY glad now that I decided to
> leave your hood in my truck instead of leaving it in the pit area and
> racing before you got there!!!! I'm still burned up about the gas can,
> but that can be replaced a lot more cheaply than your hood!
> Speaking of which, have you taken it out of the box or test fitted it yet? :-)
> BTW: When you asked me if it just bolted onto the stock hinges, it completely
> slipped my mind to mention that you might have to crimp the hinge a little to
> keep it from digging into the hood. There's probably a note taped to your
> hood from Terry about this, but it is a little hard to understand. I talked
> to him on the phone about it, so if you have any questions, just drop me a
> line and I'll 'splain it.
>
> The "ram-air" hood and a fiberglass tonneau cover are on the way, then
> its no mods for me for a while 'cause I don't have the cash! So, hopefully
> those two items will drop my times down a little bit and then I'll have to
> spend some time on my technique.
>
> By the way, one thing that I noticed was that in 4th gear, the power
> doesn't "really" come on until just at the line. I get a nice surge of
> power after I cross the 1/4 mile line, but of course, its no good there.
> Maybe I need some more power in the low end?
>
> -Jon-
>
> .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu -- http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ---.
> | DoD# 1038, EAA# 518210, NMA# 117376, USUA# A46209, KotWitDoDFAQ, RP-SEL |
> | '96 Dodge Dakota v8 SLT Club Cab, '96 Kolb FireFly 447 (#FF019) |
> `-------------------------------------------------------------------------'
> I do not speak for the SUNY College at Fredonia; any opinions are my own.
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:08:37 EDT