1/4 mile ET's

[Russ]

This is a great forum with loads of information. Would like to see some real ET's to compare to mods done.
I ran my 300C and was somewhat disapointed.

Air Temp - 88 degrees F
Track Temp - 100+
1500 miles on odometer
In Drive, let transmission do it's own thing.
1st Run - 14.850 @ 95.33 mph
2nd Run- 14.814 @ 96.11 mph
3rd Run - 14.846 @ 95.23 mph.

Car is stock. Have Borla exhaust ready to install and Volant intake in the mail. I'll try to post the times after each mod.

Thanks,

Russ

[qictrk]

Nothing to be ashamed of Russ. Those are good and consistent times. It'll be interesting to see if the after market go fast goodies real do help it go fast. Cecil..........

[jjs]

Yes, this would be great to see what ACTUALLY happens rather than an endless parade of 'butt dyno' claims after installs.

[jcsganga34]

I'm sure the 88 degree outside temp was not helping your times out at all, of course I am pretty sure some on the forum have run lo 14's Stock and close to 100 mph for a trap speed. That is strictly from memory though. My understanding is the best runs are done with ESP off, throwing the tranny in 1 and power braking to about 1500 RPMS

[Northern Rider]

Originally Posted by jcsganga34

I'm sure the 88 degree outside temp was not helping your times out at all, of course I am pretty sure some on the forum have run lo 14's Stock and close to 100 mph for a trap speed. That is strictly from memory though. My understanding is the best runs are done with ESP off, throwing the tranny in 1 and power braking to about 1500 RPMS

Welcome Russ. Great first post. Timeslip, no less!

Lot's of good info and great folks here.

Enjoy!

[mspeasl]

Originally Posted by Russ

This is a great forum with loads of information. Would like to see some real ET's to compare to mods done.
I ran my 300C and was somewhat disapointed.

Air Temp - 88 degrees F
Track Temp - 100+
1500 miles on odometer
In Drive, let transmission do it's own thing.
1st Run - 14.850 @ 95.33 mph
2nd Run- 14.814 @ 96.11 mph
3rd Run - 14.846 @ 95.23 mph.

Car is stock. Have Borla exhaust ready to install and Volant intake in the mail. I'll try to post the times after each mod.

Thanks,

Russ

Looks great, but what were the barometric pressure and the altitude adjustments? We need to know those also for any later pass so we can compare apples to apples

[goddardzilla]

Originally Posted by Russ

This is a great forum with loads of information. Would like to see some real ET's to compare to mods done.

Have Borla exhaust ready to install and Volant intake in the mail. I'll try to post the times after each mod.

Russ you're the kind of forum member we need

It would be great to add the Volant first - then run it

Then add the exhaust next - and run it

Those two sets of #s would be really interesting to compare with your stock #s

Zilla

[Russ]

All - Thanks for the welcome!!

jcsganga34 - First run I used power braking (about 2000), 2 & 3 just gassed it. A little more wheel spin without power braking, but ET no different. Didn't attempt manual shifting because I'm looking for a baseline.

NR - Yes timeslip. Runs approx 30 minutes apart. Didn't list all the intermediates. Did get a .101 RT (not bad for grandpa, but won't mention the other two). Should have run the week before (50 degrees and 10 mph tailwind), but was helping my grandson.

mspeas - Here in Orlando we are at SL. I forgot to get the pressures, but in this bracket, probably only worth a few hundreths.

zilla - The Borlas are here and the Volant should be here tomorrow. If I'm working alone I'll do the Volant first, but if my grandson is available, I'll do the Borlas (2 person job)

All - Again, thanks for the welcome.

[mspeasl]

Originally Posted by Russ

All - Thanks for the welcome!!

mspeas - Here in Orlando we are at SL. I forgot to get the pressures, but in this bracket, probably only worth a few hundreths.

All - Again, thanks for the welcome.

I can understand SL in Orlando. But, what I mean is altitude adjustment for whatever the barometric pressure is. You may be at sea level in real time, but in barometric pressure you may be at 1000 feet. So whenever you race the next time that has to be considered for any E.T. correction. Hence my statement of "apples to Apples".

Mike

[Russ]

mspeas - As an ex flight instructor and military avaitor, I understand the relationship of pressure/altitude (approx 1"/1ooo ft) and will record it next time. Typically this time of year dosn't change much (usually 29.8 - 30.2). I forgot to mention that I did record RH at 66% (affects air density) which has a slightly larger effect.

At any rate, if these products do what they say they'll do, I shoud see it in the ET's

May not run this Friday, but for sure next Friday.

Have a nice set up here in Orlando on Friday nights. Cost $10 per person, + $5 to run. It's sponsored by the Sheriff to keep kids from racing on the street. No classes and with the typical amount of cars, trucks, bikes you can run about every 1/2 hour between 6:30 PM and 10:30 PM. Six staging lanes, so real easy to grudge race or put a little money down.

Russ