Continental at the track again

[SHOdded]

Still broke into the 12's   Conditions must've been REALLY bad to have created such an issue even in the presence of AWD.  Did you play with tire pressures at all?

[sholxgt]

Curious if you also have the suspension in it's stiffest setting.  In my MKS, the firmest setting seems to reduce the squat in the rear a little and help keep the front planted.

Good time's regardless.  The trap speed shows it has potential for a better ET.

[Brucelinc]

Curious if you also have the suspension in it's stiffest setting.  In my MKS, the firmest setting seems to reduce the squat in the rear a little and help keep the front planted.

Good time's regardless.  The trap speed shows it has potential for a better ET.

Yes, I had the suspension in the stiffest setting.  The problem may have been due to some people running their A/C while waiting to stage and then dropping condensation on the track.  The guys kept sweeping the start line but if one tire was on some moisture while the others were not, it might have caused the issue.  I ran at the same track 2 weeks ago and had ZERO wheelhop. 

Car 646 on the timeslip was a late model Camaro who couldn't hook.  Car 662 was a 392 Hemi Challenger Scat Pack with drag radials.  He REALLY could hook!  He red-lighted, though.

[lamrith]

Car 662 was a 392 Hemi Challenger Scat Pack with drag radials.  He REALLY could hook!  He red-lighted, though.

You had him seeing all sorts of red!

[Brucelinc]

I hadn't planned to go back to the track until cooler weather but since it is to darn much fun, I just had to go to Brainerd last night in spite of the 2500 DA.  I am disappointed in the results, though.  I was running a revised tune that looked good in the logs and feels awesome on the street but the the timeslips do not lie.  It is no faster than it was a few revisions back.    I was launching pretty gently to avoid wheel hop but I still expected better numbers.

Brad thinks we can do more to help the transmission shift quicker.  With the 3.39 gear, I do hit 5th gear before the end of the quarter so it is shifting one more time than my old MKS.   Maybe that is hurting me.  Or maybe there is not much more that can be done to a 4600 pound land yacht with a 180 cubic inch engine.

[sholxgt]

Have you considered bracket racing?  You are a machine!!!

[irondoor19]

Yea:

Your Reaction Times are Wicked, I am a little Jealous

[Brucelinc]

You guys gotta be teasing me.   My RTs are all over the place.   I really haven't been paying any attention to RTs since I just want to see what the car can do.   It is consistent as can be - just consistently 2-3 tenths slower than I like.