first night at the track this year

[minivan_don]

the local weather finally cleared up so i could take my rb25 S14 to the drag strip. my fastest time of the night was a 12.85 @ 122mph, 2.1 60ft, on 265/35/18 kumho spt street tires. i was spinning way too much in 1st and 2nd and i even chirped 4th during 1 run .... i should be running drag radials next time out.

heres a vidhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18sfxuT1YYw

and here is a vid of an FC who beat me off the line and thought he could take me :Phttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgCAe0eD0rc

[bumblebtuna]

ha! love the second vid. my buddy has an FC with 330ish who is always running is mouth, i will have to show him the video.

what is your setup ?

[HxC_Nismo]

with a good set of DR's and better 60'ft you will get into the 11's with that kind of trap speed cause my best time with my rb s14 was 12.6 @111mph with a 1.8 60ft' with stock tune, im planning on going to the drag strip next month with my new tune and mickey thompson DR's and im hoping to get a 11.9. good job though man

[minivan_don]

built rb25 s2, custom Colt Cams (i started the group buy btw), minor P&P on the head w/ tomei valve springs, greddy style intake, gt3582r, haltech e11, aem water meth, splitfire coils, nismo twin disc clutch ... too much list!

[jdmser]

have you been on a dyno?

[minivan_don]

seeing as this was really my first solid time at the track im somewhat happy with my results. i was hoping for lower 12's but my street tires limited me more than i expected.

with the drag radials im expecting to get into the high 11's for sure ... then i will turn up the boost plus setup launch control and flat line shifting to see if i can break into the 10's. oh this is with a full interior btw. only downside is that i will get kicked off the track for running sub 11.49 without a cage

[minivan_don]

many times ! my friends shop has a brand new awd mustang dyno

[bumblebtuna]

nice how much boost were those runs?

[minivan_don]

i started the night @ 14psi, but then i went to 20psi which yielded me the 12.85 time

[Coolwhip]

the car sounds good, and that FC video was a good one too, lol.

[jdmser]

So what kind of hp and tq are you putting down. I just took my rb20 s14 to the track for the first time this year also and was somewhat dissapointed with the out come.

[minivan_don]

@ 20psi ... i think its 415whp/340wtq area. that was on a mustang dyno which are known to read low compared to other dyno's

[Shocker]

damnit man! I need my stupid turbo back so I can get out there as well. I really want to see these colt cams in action for myself as well!

sounds awesome, work on that 60ft lol.

[minivan_don]

yes yes ... 60ft times .... got it.

im just talking to a buddy about setting up a video camera in my car to get some in cabin footage. my buddy uses it when he goes auto crossing but i need to get a c-pillar bar

[Shocker]

you have a layout of your whole slip like all the times?

[jdmser]

what rpm are you launching at?

[minivan_don]

R/T: .61060ft: 2.3 (sorry my 2.1 was on another run that i did a 12.89)333: 5.981/8: 8.69MPH: 93.361000: 10.951/4: 12.850MPH: 122.18

[minivan_don]

what rpm are you launching at?

3500 rpm

[Shocker]

R/T: .61060ft: 2.3 (sorry my 2.1 was on another run that i did a 12.89)333: 5.981/8: 8.69MPH: 93.361000: 10.951/4: 12.850MPH: 122.18

holy **** man lol, shes got a TON left in her. Wow I feel that your mph is slightly suffering as well from all the wheel spin, id expect mid 120's with your setup (its what I expect for mine as well lol)

My breakdown of a 12.88 time I ran, I was at 8.366 and 86.12@ the 1/8th mile. (277hp then)

The supra I raced on that run trapped 118.2 and was at 97.55/7.913@ the 8th, he cut a 2.082 60ft too lol. But ran a 12.035.

Were you crossing the line in 4th gear or 5th? (hard to tell if you lifted earlier or shifted) Also what rear end are you running?

[minivan_don]

i was in 4th going across the line with about another 15mph of room left until i hit my 7800 rpm redline.

[Shocker]

i was in 4th going across the line with about another 15mph of room left until i hit my 7800 rpm redline.

Ah ok thats what I figured, that musta been a lift I heard in the beginning from you. I was almost thinking you had a 4.44 rear end or something lol.

[minivan_don]

nope .... stock s14 vlsd and stock rb25 trany.

[240z4u]

Killer man!

Congratulations. Is that time metric? lol

Evan

[mhsz34]

Awesome runs...

[rb25drag]

Nice runs, When you go buy Drag radials, Make sure you get the Mickey Thompson ET Streets, My car Hooks Awesome with them. I pull 1.6 60' with No launch control. So that should help you alot.

[minivan_don]

yea thats what im gonna borrow off a buddy next time out. he ran an 11.9 @ 116 with his ka-t. 1.73 60'

[Shocker]

yea thats what im gonna borrow off a buddy next time out. he ran an 11.9 @ 116 with his ka-t. 1.73 60'

If your on stock suspension I expect the same!

[minivan_don]

we're both running coilovers

[rb25drag]

I cut the 1.6 on Tein lowerd springs. I just switched to Megan coilovers this year. Have not got to test them yet. But I think Ill end up with the Teins back on my car. Not sure if coilovers will do the trick.

Did you have yours setup soft or hard at the track?

[240z4u]

Megans are going to hurt your launch I think. No friggin weight transfer at all. I had my car at the track and my buddy (who is a way better driver) told me that the rear suspension was too stiff and thats why he was having some problems getting it out of the box.

Evan