Made it out to the 'local' 8th today for an event, and it turned out to be a pretty good day! I rode up with the Racestar frontrunners on, and the slicks in the trunk ready to go!
Turns out dialing in the air pressure, launch rpm, clutch technique, etc, is quite the PITA with these slicks! Took a little trial and error, but I got'er dialed in and going pretty good.
I came in shooting for a 8.3999 and a 60ft of 1.79, feasible goals I thought (previous best was 8.48 on a 1.81 60ft). My first was my grudge match against a 2v. He treed me, enough to get the win light with a 8.59 against my 8.42. Took the one white slip and didnt run anymore! Lol.
From there, things went downhill. Buncha 8.5s, 8.6s, missed shifts, 1.90 60fts, all bad, very frustrating. Finally put the tires at 17.5psi, 1st or 2nd gear burnouts, and 5.5-6k launches got the car coming around finally. Had some REAL tight runs with a bolton/LT/tune srt8 Jeep, bolton/geared ls1 camaro, and barely pulled on a brand new 'bumble bee' ss camaro (6spd), after missing 2nd. :shrug:
Of course, I only put my better runs in the vid, who wants to see missed shifts and stuff?
Also had the GoPro, but didnt get as many different angles as I wanted to. Still neat to see though. At the end, you can tell I just hit my goal, after a whole day of frustration and persistance, GREAT feeling!
:banana: :rockon:
2012 Mustang 3.7l v6-1/8th mile racing on slicks - YouTube
Turns out dialing in the air pressure, launch rpm, clutch technique, etc, is quite the PITA with these slicks! Took a little trial and error, but I got'er dialed in and going pretty good.
I came in shooting for a 8.3999 and a 60ft of 1.79, feasible goals I thought (previous best was 8.48 on a 1.81 60ft). My first was my grudge match against a 2v. He treed me, enough to get the win light with a 8.59 against my 8.42. Took the one white slip and didnt run anymore! Lol.
From there, things went downhill. Buncha 8.5s, 8.6s, missed shifts, 1.90 60fts, all bad, very frustrating. Finally put the tires at 17.5psi, 1st or 2nd gear burnouts, and 5.5-6k launches got the car coming around finally. Had some REAL tight runs with a bolton/LT/tune srt8 Jeep, bolton/geared ls1 camaro, and barely pulled on a brand new 'bumble bee' ss camaro (6spd), after missing 2nd. :shrug:
Of course, I only put my better runs in the vid, who wants to see missed shifts and stuff?
Also had the GoPro, but didnt get as many different angles as I wanted to. Still neat to see though. At the end, you can tell I just hit my goal, after a whole day of frustration and persistance, GREAT feeling! :banana: :rockon:
2012 Mustang 3.7l v6-1/8th mile racing on slicks - YouTube
