got a friend with a t/a that wants to run told him Id go with him but I dont think Im going to run .... if I do ru I wont even begin to launch plus 104 heat cant be good for the timeslips! anyway anyone going?

 

I won't be there. There's no point in dragging a stock WRX :ick:

 

one word baseline! Its going to be hot!!!!!

 

not too big on the 1/4 miles.

why race a distance so small it can be done on foot?

 

anything can be raced on foot, all u need is stamina.

 

You can't easily compare dyno numbers but the trap speed doesn't lie. Two cars might be tuned at different shops with different AWD dyno setups, but the car that has the higher ¼-mile trap speed has greater overall power-to-weight ratio, all else being equal (car weight, gearing, etc.).

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Alan for the win

 

That is assuming both cars are driven by the same person....one of the ETCs.

 

Mark, the cars need not be driven by the same driver. E.T. can vary quite a bit due to driver experience but trap speeds will remain much more consistent as long as there are no major starting line or shifting problems during the runs. Trap speed has a much closer relationship to the power-to-weight ratio and top speed of the vehicle than the E.T.

While the low E.T. is what we all shoot for when we pull up to the starting line (well, that and consistency), I always check my time slips for the trap speed to gauge how the car itself is running, as E.T. is more indicative of how I'm driving.

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Trap speed is still quite dependent on the driver of the car.
ET more so.

So i guess we agree to some extent

Now back up your theory @ the track (Cheesy effort to get you racin)

 

I stopped going to Sac Raceway during the summertime unless I have done something new to my car. There's just something about hundred degree weather and no shade that makes me want to wait for the milder weather of the fall or spring.

If you have another match race with your Viper owner friend, I would try to make it out there, though.

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I will probably come back out to Sac Raceway in october/november months when it's nice and cool and less people go

 

Ya i went probably a month ago, it was HOTTTT 100+. I ran a 13.8(stock STi with a 1.9 60') I got there when it opened and only got a TOTAL of 3 runs in, because there was so many damn people. Only reason I went is because my **** talking uncle said his c4 vette was faster, so i showed him otherwise

 

well I just got back and lets just say that my little wagon held its own .... there were a a few sti's out there. anyone from here? they were running mid 14's my 60' was 2.3-2.4 ( really did not want to brake anything!) but my mph was 97? is that good or bad? my last run of the night I dialed in @ 14.5 and broke out.... she is a runner!!!!!

 

what r ur mods? i went in mid june, it was about 90 outside,and i ran a 14.16@96.01 mph..