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That was my best time at the track this past thursday.

Conditions sucked, with the temp being 55 degrees and a steady misting drizzle all night.

I'm actually shocked i ran that good a time considering that my rear tires are about 70% whooped, lol.

On a good warm day i expect a 13.5 is very doable. Oh well, have to wait till next spring i guess.

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Seems the cooler weather should aid in the shark producing more HP and thus lower ET's. I realize the drizzle would be a direct hit to your ET's. So shouldnt cooler and drier weather be the ticket for the best numbers?

Fender
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Edited by - Fenderstrat72 on Oct 26 2005 5:52 PM

Hmmmm, You know Snipe, my GTO can beat that time! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Not bad for nasty weather in the rain though on poor tires. I can't imagine how you go through rear tires so fast! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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No, cold weather actually makes your et's worse because the tires and asphault are hard. On a good summer day in the staging lanes if you reach down and touch the asphault(or your tires) it will actually feel very sticky to the touch. Makes a huge difference in launch RPMs. When you factor in the extra hp from the colder air it actually exacerbates the situation, giving more power with less traction. Not a good mix.

I normally launch at 2000rpm with little wheelspin. Last thurs night at the track i was launching at 1600rpm and getting what i considered to be excessive wheelspin.(the whooped rear tires did not help im sure).

I ran a 13.67 last year on a good warm day with good meaty tires.

Heater, your GTO runs a 14.0 in IDEAL conditions. Had you been at the track with me last thurs. you'd have probably been turning 14.5's or thereabouts. Everyone's times sucked. My cousin's supercharged miata's best run was a full .45 sec slower than his summer times. My uncle also went, and his big Supercharged Olds that ran a best 15.4 in July ran a best time of 16.1 last thurs.

There was also a guy with a new 05 mustang with some mods that could barely even match the bone stock advertised 13.8 e/t the new stangs are capable of.(he should've been at about a 13.2 or so with the cold air induction and computer recalibrations he was running).

Anyhoo, if you want to race miss all you need to do is ask....you know that.




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Pick out a nice day Snipe, sounds like fun to me! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Actually, it's pretty nice today.

You have my number miss, call me when ya wanna get together.

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Sounds good to me Snipe!

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As long as the weather's good, sure.

Call me.

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Snipers...and targets.</b>
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