...and I don't know if I should be impressed or dissapointed, or what. This is a 1/8 mile track, not a quarter....

First things first, I had by far the slowest car there. I had the only 4-banger. The only FWD car. Pretty much everybody at the track today was racing a Mustang or an F-bod, with a few oddities in between.

Run 1 (my first run EVER)

Run 2

Run 3

A little too consistent, I think....

Oh, when I find a scanner, I'll show you how badly I was beaten...holy crap. My 3rd run, they put me up against a guy who's trapping 100mph in the 1/8!

... no offense but.. :emotlol: at that last part.

but, better then me.. at least you've done track times.

then again... i don't care to have a fast car... just a nice looking one. (for now)

okay, here they are:
Run 1:


Run 2:


Run 3:

aww sorry you got beat randy!!

Its better than i could do, im sure! =)

if it makes you feel any better, I was running my 3400 with a CAI and only hitting 10.6 @ 66 MPH in the 1/8th according to the times from my last 1/4 slips. Sounds to me like you're not all that far behind for having a 4 banger.

Going straight is no fun anyway. Go do something with some curves.

What kind of car was the third one?

It was a Dodge Dart with an engine sticking out of the hood (not just the blower...heads were too...) and the back tires looked like they were 18 inches wide...

When we were sitting at the line, his car sitting at idle was making my car vibrate...

At least you where consistant, that is very important.
ALso when you line up you arent actually racing the guy next to you, so dont worry what he is driving or how fast he is or anything.

Oh I know. It was a test & tune day...opening day, actually. Points don't start until th 21st, and I don't think I'll be running points though...

Even though you did worse than you wanted, you're still making it to the track, and that's better than most. As other have said, good consistancy there for the 1st time this season dude, you might want to consider running the rest of the season if you can afford it $ and time-wise. :thumb: :thumb:

oh, I won't have the time. It was a fluke that I had time this past weekend to make it out....I would love to do that though.

haha i should drag my stock ho out to the track....
just for poops and giggles? it would be nice to know my times.
i would feel so embarassed against all the cool ass real cars though
youre so brave, randy.. i would be scared they were talking junk about me the whole time.

hahaha, depends on who you're doing it for....if you're out to impress everyone else, or satisfy your own curiosity.....you just gotta go for it. I felt out of place having lots of people coming up to my car and asking what I had in it, just because it's got a body kit and a wing. You should see the disappointment when I tell them it's nearly stock. But I'm not there for them, I'm there for me, and that's all that matters.

Something isn't right with that. I used to go the the track here a lot (1/8mi) and my best was 10.3 @ 68mph, and it was completely stock at the time.

But yeah, still isn't bad for a 4cyl.

Something isn't right with that. I used to go the the track here a lot (1/8mi) and my best was 10.3 @ 68mph, and it was completely stock at the time.[/b][/quote]

Hell yeah, something isn't right with that, I was at 4,000 feet altitude :)
That's like putting a wet sock in your mouth and trying to sprint the 440.
But this is his thread, so I'm done whoring it up....sorry man.

actually, going straight is really really fun. the burnout part is the best. Curves give a whole different feel in fun.

well, the drivers don't use their mouth to intimidate people at the track, they rev their engines...lol

The only ahoes that were there at all were the dingleberries behind the wall behind the staging lines "oh, poor little 4-banger!" Then I burnt out and had more smoke than the dart did....probably not a good idea, but it shut them up. lol

Racing altogether is fun, straight or curvy. I know I would out-handle everybody that was there, except for a select few modern Mustangs and f-bods.

not bad, randy. your running the same as silent when he raced his car. which was 11.1 1/8 mile. so comparing your car would have ran a 17.00 to 17.2 approx in the 1/4 @ around 80-81 mph. but that is comparing to silents car though, who ran very similar times in the 1/8 mile as you.

mine when all i had was CAI (which was too close to upper rad hose), dynomax muffler, TPS/TEC

i ran 10.732 @ 65.22 mph

that was with no weight removed and stock rims.

Albino, PM me next time you think you might go and I'll try to head up there with you...i'm 10 minutes from there. and sometime this spring/summer us WNY guys should go run the 1/4 mile at NY international raceway park (NYIRP) in Leicester - just outside Batavia :thumb: :thumb: