Thread about running your car on the 1/4 mile (from ROTORSTOCK Chit Chat)

[J4P RX]

I take mine hard to the buzzer in 2nd and 3rd all the time.  I really dont see what the difference is on the strip apart from a hard launch which I dont do all the time.

I do have a tendancy to powerslide out of junctions though, so thats bound to be as harsh on it!

Sitting in a hot traffic queue as far as I can see then nailing it could be my only concern, but you can always push it with the bonnet open!

[Archbish]

I take mine hard to the buzzer in 2nd and 3rd all the time... I do have a tendancy to powerslide out of junctions though

I trust you don\'t live near too many schools... :rolleyes:

[Martiny]

quote "Don\'t berate us for not using our cars, we all get our kicks from our RX\'s in different ways.

Richard"



Beratement (is there such a word?) not intended!!! thats why I put a smiley.  Maybe I should have said "thats not for me", cause thats what I mean.

example - if an ECU upgrade to my "road only"  FD was going to cost me £2k, I would rather take that money, find an RX-3, and see if I could catch Dave Nixon on the track!  I realise that lots of guys would rather upgrade the ECU in an FD, but thats not what I would do if I had 2K (or even 1K ) spare.

[moakesr]

Originally posted by Martiny
Beratement (is there such a word?) not intended!!! thats why I put a smiley.  Maybe I should have said "thats not for me", cause thats what I mean.

example - if an ECU upgrade to my "road only"  FD was going to cost me £2k, I would rather take that money, find an RX-3, and see if I could catch Dave Nixon on the track!

I freely admit, my car is over waxed and cleaned, modded far more than it needs to be for how I drive it, and is more capable than I am as a driver.

Racing doesn\'t run in my blood, a love of a good looking and well engineered car does, each to his own.

I am preparing for an engine at some point in the future, having gone past the magic 50K mark it is inevitable.  When it does I will either build myself an engine (It\'s my 2nd car, so there will be no hurry), or get Carl to build me a strong street ported motor.

Combine that with some racing and advanced driving lessons, and THEN I will give it the stick it deserves.

Richard

[sadgoth]

There are a few things about it though, I considered running the scooby but didn\'t for 3 reasons:
a) like Archbish, I\'m a newbie to drag stripping, no idea how to do it!
b) the car is for sale and I wanted to keep it in one piece!
c) didn\'t want to turn up on the startline in a quick scooby then do a 16 second run and feel inadequate!

Next year the FC will be ready and I\'m hoping to have had the chance to try a few RWYBs to get the hang of it, but yes any help from you experienced lot would be great in terms of what revs to launch from, when to change up, what mods are best suited for the strip and what to watch out for to try and keep your motor in one piece!

What happened to Max\'s car then? I saw him to say hi to when he was changing the air pressure in the tires but that was the last time i saw him!

I heard that the Pink Panther had had problems, what happened there?

Rich what times did u manage with the FC? What mods were you running on it?

[davefrith]

ok I\'ll rephrase

I was suprised not to see more people going up the strip, I don\'t think the strip is as scary as most people seem to think it is

Obviously its everyones choice, I would have just presumed more would take part

I think thats the debate over, each to their own and all that

[bobster]

Originally posted by davefrith
true, but are our cars really that fragile ?

This was a major concern for me. We put a wideband on 3 of the cars that came from scotland, 2 MX5\'s and my FD, to look atr the fueling. We sorted the other 2 out but my FD was running leaner than it should do. I was worried about it but decided to run my car anyway. My AFR\'s had me in the peak power region, but still not happy they were safe.
A big bottle of octane booster later and the knock levels were happy enough. The car ran like a freight train in 3rd.

So in answer to your question NO:D

But I am going to sort the fueling as soon as I can because I am afraid

[moakesr]

Originally posted by davefrith
ok I\'ll rephrase

I was suprised not to see more people going up the strip, I don\'t think the strip is as scary as most people seem to think it is

Obviously its everyones choice, I would have just presumed more would take part

I think thats the debate over, each to their own and all that

Indeed it\'s not really a debate, just banter

Trust me, to a drag strip virgin, it\'s really scary!

...anyway, all that wax might make it quicker, slip through the air easier, maybe I should have had a go :p

Richard

[davefrith]

Richard you never know !

[Donato]

I did 5 runs on sunday but my car developed problems so couldn\'t run at all on the sunday otherwise i would happily have gone up and down all day! :rolleyes:

[gsb876]

As most of you guys know my cars making around 450-460bhp but did not drag as cant afford for a "pop" so to speak.

The reason i didn\'t go on was simple really "if my car went pop, then how the f*ck do i get home?"

Although the car needs remapping anyhow but other than that i could have run at low boost but no point in that!

Once the cars remapped and i\'m happy with the fueling .....maybe

It was the purple rx7 with dragon performance down the side.

[Archbish]

so you did 5 runs, developed problems, and then ran back to EDINBURGH without issue.

1.25 miles on the strip = problems
320 miles (each way) on the road = no problems

Now, I\'m not one to be pedantic....

[moakesr]

Originally posted by Archbish
so you did 5 runs, developed problems, and then ran back to EDINBURGH without issue.

1.25 miles on the strip = problems
320 miles (each way) on the road = no problems

Now, I\'m not one to be pedantic....

Amen to that \'Bish

[Donato]

And to my work 35 miles away this morning...

its intermittent

Rotorstock to Edinburgh was sitting at constant speed and not once hitting the rev limiter. The strip is pretty heavy going on the engine...

Doing the runs has definitly effected it, after my runs it the idle was up and down(it was ticking over at 100revs!!), since the day i picked it up from the garage the idle was so smooth you could hardly tell it was running.

Monday morning it started and ran so badly that someone reckoned it had thrown a tip, the cat overheat light was on constantly it sounded like Dell boys three wheeler and in fifth gear it couldn\'t have pulled a drunken soldier off your sister (a common problem )

An hour and a half later it ran fine (although idle still crap)

I did speak to the mechanic guy who was helping Brian with his car (sorry never got your name), he reckons my secondary injectors are not fueling properly but its intermittent. The problem with intermittent problems is exactly that.... i wish i knew.

I am going to make some improvements to the engine in the coming weeks/months, so if/when i find the problem i will post it..

I\'m just glad it got me home!

[Archbish]

that is what I mean by wanting a checklist before taking it anywhere near a strip...

unless I am 100% certain of the health of my car, it isn\'t being risked.  It\'s driven on the roads well within it\'s limits (and an FD within it\'s limits is far faster than a focus well within it\'s limits!!), and it\'s not going to get taken anywhere near it\'s limits unless I\'m satisfied the odds of me driving it home are very, very high.

Once it\'s got a map, WI, and the advice I\'m pleading for (come on guys, I\'m on my knees here!! ), it\'s simply not going to get hammered.  A could do a 45 sec 1/4, but where\'s the point?