Tiburon in Southern CT Friendly Race
11-06-2007 | 11:56 PM
#51
Those were good runs man, your car definitely pulls good, but like you said you lost it on the top end. I'll have my Megan in hopefully Saturday or maybe even tomorrow night. That should let my car breath a little better. 
All in all, had a great time!
From the dig my car didn't connect at all... I don't street race and those stock tires now going on 35k have seen better days. All she wanted to do was spin, even through second gear. The 60 pull meant I had to start in 3rd at the bottom of my powerband, right when I hit my powerband he let off... but through that race I stayed at his rear bumper where I started... I'd love to do it all over again... I can't be having too much fun here though... don't need to get arrested again! 
All in all, had a great time!
Supercharger is from Alpine
But long story short.. I met up with Element-X, and the kid that was filming wanted to shoot from his car and his shitty volvo couldn't keep up with us. My mom was calling me up screaming (I'm 18 and live at home going to college so I have to deal with it) and I only had time for a few quick pulls. I hope we can meet up again and get some real footage with someone in my car.
From a 40 roll he murdered me as I suspected.. way below my powerband. Even when I hit 60 I was too far back to catch
From a dig I got a good jump but had to let off because 2 lanes became one and I didn't want a Tibbolt after the wreck.
From a 60 roll, I walked him by a few cars.\
Also 20 roll, I put a car on him then my phone rang (damnit mom!) and I missed second so he won that one.. driver error is no excuse
All in all, my tib vs cobalt ss is a great matchup.. very very good exciting races. I wish my head was into it a little more than it was though... but next time will be better!
But long story short.. I met up with Element-X, and the kid that was filming wanted to shoot from his car and his shitty volvo couldn't keep up with us. My mom was calling me up screaming (I'm 18 and live at home going to college so I have to deal with it) and I only had time for a few quick pulls. I hope we can meet up again and get some real footage with someone in my car.
From a 40 roll he murdered me as I suspected.. way below my powerband. Even when I hit 60 I was too far back to catch
From a dig I got a good jump but had to let off because 2 lanes became one and I didn't want a Tibbolt after the wreck.
From a 60 roll, I walked him by a few cars.\
Also 20 roll, I put a car on him then my phone rang (damnit mom!) and I missed second so he won that one.. driver error is no excuse
All in all, my tib vs cobalt ss is a great matchup.. very very good exciting races. I wish my head was into it a little more than it was though... but next time will be better!
Last edited by Element-X; 11-06-2007 at 11:56 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
11-07-2007 | 12:01 AM
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lol I think I blew my intercooler pump.. it was making some weird ass noise on the way home
And I was sitting here analyzing wtf I was doing wrong..
Alot of things actually.. hard to concentrate when I'm getting bitched every 5 minutes on my phone
1. I didn't brake boost! .. Definately gonna do that next time
2. I was shifting at 6k.. honestly I was all pissed off and not concentrating on my gauges.. so I wasn't hitting my full boost.. next time I'm gonna hit 6.5K and shift.. it really brings the power into the next gear which is where I lose ground (the lowend of the next gear)
And I was sitting here analyzing wtf I was doing wrong..
Alot of things actually.. hard to concentrate when I'm getting bitched every 5 minutes on my phone
1. I didn't brake boost! .. Definately gonna do that next time
2. I was shifting at 6k.. honestly I was all pissed off and not concentrating on my gauges.. so I wasn't hitting my full boost.. next time I'm gonna hit 6.5K and shift.. it really brings the power into the next gear which is where I lose ground (the lowend of the next gear)
11-07-2007 | 11:51 AM
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Well, as I suspected, there was something wrong with my intercooler. As the coolant went through the system, it actually ran out.. so I was running non-intercooled last night. I knew it felt a little weak but I thought I was just crazy.. so I was robbing myself of a couple ponies
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