I must be doing something HORRIBLY wrong
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I must be doing something HORRIBLY wrong
I was wandering the pages and came upon this thread on 1/4 mile times. I just about crapped myself.
I know I'm not the best driver in the world (not by far) but I can pull a 1.8 60'. I've done it at least three times. I have far more than a stock WRX and have still only pulled a 14.3 1/4. That was with a LOW 1.9 60'.
Is HRP really that bad, or do I have some sort of horrible shift technique that allows me to get from gear to gear rapidly but still leaves me woefully slow? Any thoughts/comments from the peanut gallery will be greatly appreciated.
-Greg
Thought: This makes me wonder about shifting as close to the rev-limiter as I do. The car sometimes bounces off the rev-limiter as I change gears.
I know I'm not the best driver in the world (not by far) but I can pull a 1.8 60'. I've done it at least three times. I have far more than a stock WRX and have still only pulled a 14.3 1/4. That was with a LOW 1.9 60'.
Is HRP really that bad, or do I have some sort of horrible shift technique that allows me to get from gear to gear rapidly but still leaves me woefully slow? Any thoughts/comments from the peanut gallery will be greatly appreciated.
-Greg
Thought: This makes me wonder about shifting as close to the rev-limiter as I do. The car sometimes bounces off the rev-limiter as I change gears.
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How's this make you feel, then?
Originally posted by GYROE MUNKEE
just came back from the track tonite, and only had two runs since there was madd people. i was at Orlando Speedworld. anyways, i didnt know what to expect but found a fellow suby with a blue wrx running a utec, downpipe, exhaust n maybe more. anyways i talked to him bout how he ran his first time stock. he said stock he ran a 14.7 and with a boost controller a 14.5. so that was my goal for tonite to hit a 14.5 since im stock with a mbc set ~16psi. he gave me some tips on launching, since i burn up my clutch most of the time on the street when i try. he said to ease up the clutch til it kinda engages and rev to 5500 then slip it a bit. good stuff. anyways i stage up and overstage and the green light suprises me. anyways i do what he told me and this is the result:
R/T..... 1.780
60'..... 2.038
330.... 5.894
1/8..... 9.107
MPH... 76.72
1000.. 11.863
1/4..... 14.216
MPH.... 95.66
not bad from what i expected. not bad at all, but i really wanna cut down that 60' down under 2 secs. im sure that'll help me cut down my et. any advice anyone???
just came back from the track tonite, and only had two runs since there was madd people. i was at Orlando Speedworld. anyways, i didnt know what to expect but found a fellow suby with a blue wrx running a utec, downpipe, exhaust n maybe more. anyways i talked to him bout how he ran his first time stock. he said stock he ran a 14.7 and with a boost controller a 14.5. so that was my goal for tonite to hit a 14.5 since im stock with a mbc set ~16psi. he gave me some tips on launching, since i burn up my clutch most of the time on the street when i try. he said to ease up the clutch til it kinda engages and rev to 5500 then slip it a bit. good stuff. anyways i stage up and overstage and the green light suprises me. anyways i do what he told me and this is the result:
R/T..... 1.780
60'..... 2.038
330.... 5.894
1/8..... 9.107
MPH... 76.72
1000.. 11.863
1/4..... 14.216
MPH.... 95.66
not bad from what i expected. not bad at all, but i really wanna cut down that 60' down under 2 secs. im sure that'll help me cut down my et. any advice anyone???
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Originally posted by gpatmac
How's this make you feel, then?
How's this make you feel, then?
I run a low 1.9 launch with a Vishnu Stage 1 with boost spiking at 1.17bar and I get a 14.3@94.~
I'd like to blame it on HRP, but since I am well aware that I am not a great driver, I'll just attribute it to that. Practice, practice practice...
dude, HRP does suck that bad! We've discused this many, many, many, many, (ok, you get the point) times!
It's been proven by people bringing their race cars here and consitantly running .2-.4 tenths or whatever slower.
It's been proven by people bringing their race cars here and consitantly running .2-.4 tenths or whatever slower.
... and oh yeah, ... you still should be running faster than you are with your mods ... 
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okay, ....
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Originally posted by EtchyLives
Like ****.
I run a low 1.9 launch with a Vishnu Stage 1 with boost spiking at 1.17bar and I get a 14.3@94.~
I'd like to blame it on HRP, but since I am well aware that I am not a great driver, I'll just attribute it to that. Practice, practice practice...
Like ****.
I run a low 1.9 launch with a Vishnu Stage 1 with boost spiking at 1.17bar and I get a 14.3@94.~
I'd like to blame it on HRP, but since I am well aware that I am not a great driver, I'll just attribute it to that. Practice, practice practice...
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Greg,
do you still have the unichip and ebc on your car? I guess it's running okay now?
oh yeah, ... you'd probably have better luck shifting just before redline, I think a lot of us got our better times on the stock turbo doing that.
do you still have the unichip and ebc on your car? I guess it's running okay now?
oh yeah, ... you'd probably have better luck shifting just before redline, I think a lot of us got our better times on the stock turbo doing that.
Last edited by Nolimit; Mar 28, 2003 at 05:34 PM.
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Originally posted by Nolimit
Greg,
do you still have the unichip and ebc on your car? I guess it's running okay now?
oh yeah, ... you'd probably have better luck shifting just before redline, I think a lot of us got our better times on the stock turbo doing that.
Greg,
do you still have the unichip and ebc on your car? I guess it's running okay now?
oh yeah, ... you'd probably have better luck shifting just before redline, I think a lot of us got our better times on the stock turbo doing that.
-Greg
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