Sept. 22nd Rock falls results

[turbotalon1g]

First off, i wanna say thanks to Matt D. for the food and grilling.
Good time, great weather.
Track was alright-bad for traction, i didn't have too much of a problem not like the grease ball they call BIR wed. night drags.

First run
Me, Sam, 80lbs+ tool bag, laptop(in bag with other stuff), 1 gallon of water.
R/T .540
60' 1.724
1/8 7.9
MPH 89.32
1/4 12.33
MPH 112.83
------------------- I guess they announced after my run that you have to run a 14.0 or slower to carry a passenger, oh well.

2nd Run, Me solo from now on.
RT .486
60' 1.79
1/8 7.9
MPH 89.34
1/4 12.272
MPH 115.16
------------- At this point i am thinking my car is gonna run a best of 12.1 or 12.2 today, maybe a 12.0, but not really.

-12.0
-12.1

Skip to end of day, realize that i need to shift earlier,so i am down to about 6300rpm. Need more top end.

60' 1.7
1/4 11.997
MPH 116.53

Did this twice in a row, needless to say i am stoked about it.
Definitely made my mind on what a perfect DSM daily setup would be, E16G/FP18G, built 2.0, cams, E85.
Thats if my new one goes wrong.

My car for those that don't know: B16G, spike to 24 settles to 17, E85, FMIC, 880s, FP race mani, Snow tires.
Car weighs 3280 with me in it.

[munchgsx]

It was a good day, seemed like the track was decent and the weather was great. Good company, good food (thanks Matt) and fast cars what could be better. Here's a crappy video I took with my camera on the 11.99. Sorry I didn't know how to zoom.
http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=100_2929.flv

[JET]

Nice job getting into the 11's! I think you will change your mind of a perfect DSM when you get the new setup in

[A//// Guy]

Damn! Those are some good times out of that setup! Nicely done.

[AJ]

Congrats on the 11s Brownman!!!!!

[TalonFiero]

Good job Brownman!

Sorry I couldn't go, my Evo took some damage in a parking lot while I was in Best Buy. Needless to say the asshole didn't leave any info. I had the bumper apart today as I am modifing the crash bumper for a JDM rear bumper.

[carltalon]

My day didn't go as well as Brownman's. I spent the whole day fighting for traction. I was spinning the tires to the 1/8 mile mark. then picking up 40 MPH in the back 1/2 of the track.

Best of the day 12.66 @ 124mph

best MPH of 125 on a low 13 second pass.

But it was a good time and nothing broke so it was a good day.

I'll have video's up tomarrow.

[Onefast99gsx]

Congrats turbotalon on hitting 11's. I hit my first 11 second at the rock last October. It's a great feeling. That was my goal so I really didn't have any desire to do any racing this year.

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and dam! 12.66 @ 125. That's some bad ass spinning you had going on there

[scheides]

Nice work brownman! Great times, now get some cams in that thing!

[turbotalon1g]

Thanks everyone, it was nice to meet up with everyone, i think we inspired Nick to stop the part out!
Well almost, he is too smart for that.

Well my plans for the future are not as gung-ho as they were, I am basically gonna end up running the 2.0L till it dies, I need to re-torque the head studs as I am pushing coolant and that is the last thing to try to fix it.
The new turbo will go on, but I have the cams, so hopefully I will have a nice powerband with that for a while, probably not as responsive as I want, we will just have to wait and see.
This is all part of the fact that I have been unemployed for 2 months, need to go back to school and need to pay for my house, on a good note I have a PT job setup for full time when i go back to school and things are looking up, it will just take time and pushed everything back a bit.
But don't worry cause next season there should be 2 brown's terrorizing the town!
I will keep everyone updated and start a project thread, its actually quite interesting considering I have improved a full second every year, so you know what that means!!!

[Matt D.]

It was a good time, congrats to Aaron for breaking into the 11s. As much as I dislike drag racing I still enjoy hanging out and watching friends race.

[asshanson]

Here's the info from my races.

1st time ever doing a 1/4 mile drag:
R/T: .471
60 ft: 2.153
1/4: 14.019
MPH: 97.69

2nd time:
R/T: .411
60 ft: 2.004
1/4: 13.759
MPH: 101.84

3rd time (missed 2nd gear pretty bad):
R/T: .313
60 ft: 2.099
1/4: 14.173
MPH: 98.55

Overall it was a good experience, I had to learn everything that morning about how to approach the lights and when to go, I was really nervous every time. The last run was elimination and I didn't realize one side went first (I was racing a stock-ish truck), so he went a full 3 seconds before me which really threw me off too.

I think if I learn how to launch before my next visit I should be able to get 1/2 second quicker overall. I'm happy I got over 100mph though.

[ylimert01]

nice! glad to see you broke 11's! as much as i had fun at hin i really want to get out and watch some racing. whether looked great and i here their was some good food! way better than concession(sp) stand crap!

[At-Least-It's-An-Evo]

How much power is that on Aaron?

[turbotalon1g]

294 from last dyno, but i added more timing as much as i can and if you go off of airflow i would say 320, but i like to say 300/300

[carltalon]

Here's the video I put together from the day. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoID=18727133

Its mostly my car spinning all day but Aaron's two fastest passes are on there too.

[JET]

Nice video! Too bad you can't get that thing to hook better Carl.

[Goat Blower]

Some fast domestics there that day. I used to just hammer them guys every time running 12's, looks like some have stepped up their game.

[Matt D.]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

I used to just hammer them guys every time running 12's, looks like some have stepped up their game.

Didn't look like that many were running faster than 12s if not 13s. It they were faster than 12 they were deep 11s at least.

[badinblack]

looked like you guys had an awsome time! I wish I had time to get there.