Quote from: 76fomoco on May 25, 2019, 11:40:03 PM
so wish every one would put their DA and temp at the time of the pass. Today I did a 12.51 with 3400 da and 60deg with 91% dew. Temp and DA have soo much to play wtih these cars. So if I have 3300 da at 12..5 and 3800 da and 12.8... 500 da is a lot.
this brings me to how some of you guys are in the 11's but see your at sea level.(or less on you da)
Joys of good air at New England Dragway. You are correct, when I hit the 11.83 the DA was roughly -60/90ft or so in 55-60 temps. My driver mods included empty trunk, rear seats removed, no head rests, 28-30psi in tires, meth topped off, gas tank 93 octane reading 30 miles to empty or less.
At home on the street and always at the track I never have anything in my trunk. At full interior minus the spare tire gone, my best was 12.06 at 115. It's also very important to get as many runs in as possible or what you feel comfortable with, my times have fluctuated by as much as 3\10 in the same day.
I then turned my attention to DA and began watching it ..... When I noticed it dipped below DA I made sure to get to the track, and with my rear seats gone I knew I "should" snag an 11. I became obsessed with chasing it....and so I prepared for it, did my research and executed it better than I anticipated. Other than simply showing up to the track I feel as though I put in 30% more effort with just the simple "extra" things I did. In this case "extra" was really taking away from the car, in turn I gained more. Less is more.
It's got to be slightly more than just going to the track to see what you can do...nothing wrong with that at all. There's always ppl there just seeing what their cars can do...and always ppl there that are really trying to get all they can out of their cars, and their not messing around, they got ice, they got fans, drags or slicks or both, tuners on hand....so it's up to you how invested you are into your track time. The day I hit my best, I wasnt there to play. I was honing in the beast!