Today was my first time at the track. I really din't know what time to expect but I was hoping to get atleast high 15's. My first run was 16.429 with a 60' of 2.521. Second run was a bit better as you can see on the time slip attached. Should I be running these times with my mods? Is my engine tired or am I just a really crappy driver? I was the only RX-7 out there so I couldnt talk to another rotorhead and compare times/ask questions bout my car.

 

Seems about right... I did a 15.8 with these mods:

Street Port
89-91 internals/flywheel
Racing Beat Clutch
Hollow Cats/Stock exhaust manifold
Apexi N1 Catback
K&N Intake

 

i did a 16.1 with no mods.


just get your 60' down to atleast a 2.2 and the entire run will look a lok better. your mph was +2 of mine (i ran 83) so you can go faster in the car with practice.

 

Ya I would think you could get in the 15s easy. I mean don't they run low 16s stock? With the exhaust & intake I would think it would knock off at least a second. I'll find out soon enough.

 

your 60ft' time is way to high. the launch really sets the tone for the rest of the run. you are almost at a 2.5 60ft. it should be more towards a 2.3. .2 doenst sound like much of a differnce but it really is. how are you launching your car? did you spin, bog, get any wheel hop? you should be faster than that.

 

I dropped the clutch at like 4k rpms. I got little wheel spin and from what I remember I din't bog the car or got wheel hop. Maybe dropping the clutch was my mistake? I havent raced my car in a looooong time so I was trying to remember how I used to launch my car :P This was my first time ever at the strip and I'm really looking forward to the next one. Can some1 tell me the proper way to launch the car? Thanx

 

right now my times are

rt 1.107
60 2.347
330 6.691
1/8 10.138
mph 63.70
1000 13.723
1/4 16.416
mph 85.23

that was with lots of wheel spin and missing the shift into third AGAIN!!!!

my mods are in the sig

oh yeah the tranny is shot and I am pulling 170k miles on a 87 sport