well im off to the race track after 7:30pm at http://www.stthomasdragway.com/index.php
any one is welcome to come, il be there with my 13B TII FB

 

well a good thing no one showed up well there was one rx7 guy there other then me but not with his rx7 :P
there was not many cars to run with so u did not miss any thing good. ony a 14.02 first gen

 

I was considering heading out there, but I'm on shitty all season tires and didn't feel like swapping to the stock wheels and Sumi's. Lazy much? I plan to hit it once after I order the Hankooks.

Nice time, I'm impressed, but it doesn't count for **** till we see the slip.

 

I may have shown up if there was more then 1 hour of notice.

 

someone should set somehitng like that up, i would like to go even tho i dont have an rx-7 and more i would still like to see it

 

Good thing I didn't go. Roasted my 4 month old clutch today at an autocross. I can just imagine the damage 5K RPM drag launches would have done.

 

I would have been at the autocross, but the person I was supposed to go with wussed out.

 

Should have came anyway. The course was a really well setup one, very fast and was tons of fun. Luckily the clutch held out until halfway through my final timed run, so I got the day out of it. The guy with the red Viper slid out and went over a curb, giving him a flat tire and one hell of a scare, but otherwise came out of it fine.

 

I should see if i could break into the 12's on my DD TII.

I'd be down for going some other time - maybe a friday or saturday night!

but yeah, more than an hour of notice. Especially since I'm 2 hours away from st. t.

 

I needed a safety net in case something broke. This would be the first time I had autocrossed the RX-7 so I'm a bit nervous (as everyone is their first time). Without a potential ride home, I didn't want to risk it even though everything would probably be fine.

 

get CAA. its like $90 a year for the gold version and that gets you towed like 200km. I've never had to use it at an autocross (IMO autcrossing is easy on everything but tires) but it's come in handy so many times I can't countl.

 

I've only needed a tow once in the last 9 years when my transmission blew up this spring. That would have been nearly $1000 in wasted CAA membership. I'd rather just pay for a tow if needed and save the $800. My stuff tends not to break, but a 1st autocross with a car is still a bit of a rite of passage.

Realistically speaking, the drag strip is far more abusive then an autocross.

 

Definitely is. Consider the fact that it's full throttle for the whole run on top of a hard launch. At an autocross you launch at a lower RPM and your on and off the throttle, very rarely at full throttle for more than a couple seconds, depending on the course. It's alot harder on suspension, brakes and tires. One good course can really tear up the shoulders of a tire. It's helpful to have an extra set to change to at the track, so your not destroying your street tires.

 

ok im think im going back this Friday night 24th of July. i want to hit the 13 second mark before i install my MS.
so this time il take out my spare tire and 20LB of spare tools from the bins and bring my tire gauge with me so i can drop my pressures to 17psi ish and i should be able to get 13.90 if all works out.


(sry for the short notice last time )

 

im still heading out there on Friday night i should be there by 8pm ish hope to see som rx7 guys there!!

 

I would love to drop by tonight...I might be able to, might not be able to. If I do drop by I don't know if I will run the car.

 

i think louis (londonmazda) is bringin his TII there tonight, i have to work afternoons or i'd be there

 

sweet i saw an S5 TII on Richmond and oxford today and it got me all excited

 

DAM RAIN!!! hope they dont close the track down or make me drive there just to have it close down half way there weather network says no more rain hope there wright!

 

well just called in looks like we are good to go for the drag strip! hope to see u guys there

 

well still ran a 14.02 on the 1/4. Aaron Cake showed up and a mysterious first gen who we did not have much time to talk to. we still dont know if he is on here or what his name is.. o well

 

Yeah, I wonder who the 1st gen owner was. I don't know if we even introduced ourselves.

Anyone who a guy with an immaculate black 1st gen, nice set of thick spoked wheels with silver rims, stock port engine, Holley carb and RB exhaust?

 

your car hasn't ran for most of those 9 years lol :P

 

I am so mad that i have missed this. My car is on the road and running so perfectly.

Can we arrange another like...... this coming weekend!! haha



aiming for a 13.99 with stock (blown) suspension in the rear and the coils left on the front with some 225 nitto 555r's

 

i was hoping for 13.99 so they could kick Aaron our of my car and make me ware a helmet
nothing Against Aaroncake tho
but i cant hit the track for at lease 3-4 week i got 2 weddings back to back and an Megasquirt installation but u can bet il be out there each time after that tho