I went to the last "Wed night drags" night of the year. I knew they wouldn't prep the track well, but I thought my Nittos would still stick. I also knew that it may not be a great idea because of my ongoing losing oil issue. My best run was several minutes from getting there, with the tires at 31 psi, still warm. The worst runs progressed as the night went on with tires at 18 psi. The problem was that I couldn't do a burnout to heat the tires. My brakes couldn't hold the car when I'd try to power brake. It would spin a little, move forward, wheel hop then move forward really quickly. So I was running on cold, unclean drag radials. I don't know what that was about, but I had brake problems in the past and will update that post. It was a sad night for me, and everyone. 60 foot times for me ranged from 2.2 to 2.5.
A brand new SS dialed in at 13.6 - he couldn't get better than that. Another new SS ran in the 14s all night. From what I remember: bolt-on 1999-2004 GTs were dialing in around 14.0 to 14.6 (they were optimistic about the 14.0 and even admitted it as most ran 14.4-14.6), LS1s (from bolt-on to stock) were around 13.6 to 14.2, a blown new GT was running 13 flat, new Infinity G35 (or 37?) running 14.9, '03-'04 Cobras running 12.9 to low 13s.
My best run was (which is my worst time ever prior to last night, be):
60: 2.2 (estimated - they didn't have that, but it's real close)
330: 5.445
660: 8.274 @ 87.591
1000: 10.735
ET: 12.819@111.391
On the drive home, I noticed I lost my cooling now - another post I've been dealing with. I think that this almost confirms everyone's suspicions. If I have a hairline leak of oil into the coolant, it could lose its heating properties or sludge up the heater core. 5 WOT runs may have accelerated the process, reaching a peak around 6400 RPM.
A brand new SS dialed in at 13.6 - he couldn't get better than that. Another new SS ran in the 14s all night. From what I remember: bolt-on 1999-2004 GTs were dialing in around 14.0 to 14.6 (they were optimistic about the 14.0 and even admitted it as most ran 14.4-14.6), LS1s (from bolt-on to stock) were around 13.6 to 14.2, a blown new GT was running 13 flat, new Infinity G35 (or 37?) running 14.9, '03-'04 Cobras running 12.9 to low 13s.
My best run was (which is my worst time ever prior to last night, be):
60: 2.2 (estimated - they didn't have that, but it's real close)
330: 5.445
660: 8.274 @ 87.591
1000: 10.735
ET: 12.819@111.391
On the drive home, I noticed I lost my cooling now - another post I've been dealing with. I think that this almost confirms everyone's suspicions. If I have a hairline leak of oil into the coolant, it could lose its heating properties or sludge up the heater core. 5 WOT runs may have accelerated the process, reaching a peak around 6400 RPM.
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