went to Moroso last night: won't go back on a friday again felt like Rock Falls import day. other then track prep was good. I was there for 4hrs and only go 3 runs in.
1st run - 13.2@106mph on a 2.2- 60' (stutterbox launched at 6250 and almost stalled cause the car gripped to well) I raced against a GT2 Porsche that went 12.7@113mph He put 3 lenghts on me in 1st gear, a guy I was talking to got it on tape.
2nd Run - I went 12.99@108mph with a 1.98 (upped the launch to 7K) slipped the clutch in first and the clutch didn't hold so I had to shift into 2nd early again this was against the same GT2 but this time he went 12.1@114mph
http://www.scottbarton.net/Brian/Ecl...129_108mph.dat
after the 2nd run I was talking with a guy who owns a Firebird, and I was telling him about the issues I was having with my car, and that it seemed I got my high reving issue worked out, but I'm not sure about the spark issue. That's when I'd realized I'd left my spark plug socket in the car, so I pulled the #2 spark plug again to find it still completely black and full of fuel, I then pulled the #1 spark plug to find it a very nice grey color, I showed the guy the difference, and he couldn't believe I was running 12.9@108mph on what looks like either intermintent fire or only 3 cylinders.
I then switched the #2 wire with the #3 wire as shane wanted as I forgot.
3rd Run - I went 13.1@110mph with a 2.0 - 60' (I upped the boost a little)
http://www.scottbarton.net/Brian/Ecl...131_110mph.dat
After that the rain really started coming down so I called it quites. But not before weighing my car... 3100lbs with out me in it.
On the way home I had a lot of fun with the Mustang group:
2xfox body's were going at it on the highway on the way home, after the first one passed me I saw the 2nd one coming up from behind and when he got to about a lenght behind my rear bumper I canned it, and by the time he got to my door I was pulling away from him.
Now for the real fun part of the night - I came up on a Silver 03 cobra who was at the front of the mustang group, and when I cruised passed him slowly he sped up to match my speed, I shifted into 3rd gear at about 5000 rpms which is good for spool up.
When we went I got a little bit of a jump put about 1/2 car on him, then he caught up to my Front bumper before he had to shift, I then put 1 lenght on him, and then I had a car infront of me so I had to slow down.
He wanted another shot, he was practicing "Break Boosting" before he slowed down to line up against my car (ie: he was just sitting 2 legths in front of me doing this)
We lined up again this time I was I think around 4300rpms which isn't the best for immediate spoolup. but I got lucky he jumped the gun and then slowed up which allowed me to get higher into my RPM gear he matched me on the launch this time and we took off, He put about a nose infront of my car when he had to shift, then I put another 1.5 lengths on him by the time we hit trafic again.
The only reason I won these races were because I had a 9K rpms limit he was almost having to shift twice for every 1 of my gears.
Here is the log of both races:
http://www.scottbarton.net/Brian/Ecl...gs/03Cobra.dat
I still have yet to pull the spark plugs to see if switching the #2 and #3 coil changed anything.
But I fixed the I/C pipe so it didn't blow off and I got my 9K Rev limit back.