Track night tonight!!

[Damkid]

I drove my festiva to work today after fixing the timing belt and it's ready for the track!!! I should have some videos of it all, as long as my friend can make it and we'll see what kind of times I'll pull tonight

[htchbck]

alright! Good luck... oh and if your friend can't make it, find someone else who can take a vid or two and post them somewhere, I'd love to see it!

[bhazard]

You gonna have some traction tonight? 14.9's is kinda embarrassing for havin so many cylindaz and litaz.

[Damkid]

Htckback - here's a link for a YouTube vid

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31641

You gonna have some traction tonight? 14.9's is kinda embarrassing for havin so many cylindaz and litaz.

I blame a bad clutch and running pig rich for that crappy time, both issues have been fixed so I better run a lot better tonight :lol:

[eurotiva]

Good Luck Chris.

[Damkid]

^^thanks Greg


So far the best time I got with it was 14.7 @ 96 mph, I want to at least get a 14.3 tonight

[eurotiva]

Come to the "13" second club.

[Damkid]

If I only had slicks, it wouldn't be a problem :lol:

[big_ty2003]

You gonna have some traction tonight? 14.9's is kinda embarrassing for havin so many cylindaz and litaz.

:laughing3: "cylindaz and litaz" lol!

maybe find some used slicks on the net?

[Damkid]

I've been keeping an eye out for a set but when i see some I don't have the cash, when I have the cash I don't find any lol

[eurotiva]

Just lower your street tires to 22-25 psi and bog it out of the hole. I have to do this with mine on street tires.

I try to keep from making the suspension/ weight transfer happen too fast. it helps with traction. I've been able to go 13.61 @ 104.5 on 6 month old 195/50/15 kumhos.


That was a 2.19 60' on street tires. My best on Nitto 555r DRs is a 2.01 60'.


I'll rev 4k and dump the clutch without giving it more gas. As soon as it's rolling go WOT.

[Damkid]

Thanks for the advice Greg, I have a very hard time getting a 2.3 60', when I ran 14.7 earlier this year my 60' was 2.4, not good at all, so tonight I'll be playing with my launches and basically focus on the launch and the rest should fall into place :lol:

[eurotiva]

Thanks for the advice Greg, I have a very hard time getting a 2.3 60', when I ran 14.7 earlier this year my 60' was 2.4, not good at all, so tonight I'll be playing with my launches and basically focus on the launch and the rest should fall into place :lol:

The launch is where it's at. I've got over 2500 passes under my belt, and I've beat alot of cars just by knowing how to launch.

Every 1/10th you can knock off of your 60' will = 2/10ths at the end of the track.

And in my car I drop 1/10th for every 40 lbs. So take any extra weight out that you can.

Post up times and vids as soon as you can

[Damkid]

1st run..... wheel hop off the line, popped out of 1st on me and i miss shifted 3rd, ended up with 15.78 @ 95.72 mph.... boooo

2nd run..... 2.29 60ft. 14.32 @ 98.68 mph, much better

3rd run..... 2.27 60ft. 14.20 @ 99.12 mph this was my best run of the night

i made 5 more passes and then on the 5th pass, i broke my tranny :lol: i lost all gears except for 4th!!! i even lost neutral and reverse :shock: when i put it in reverse, the car will not move at all, something has jammed up good inside the tranny, but i still managed to drive it home

I feel as though i could have got my time down a bit more if i was able to make more runs, but i'm fairly happy with the out-come

a pic of the time slip and a video of the run where i broke the tranny are uploading now, i'll post them as soon as there uploaded

[Grey Vw]

Nice runs!