I was going to head to Milan today and it is going to be my first time drag racing. I saw on their web site that you need a helmet if your car is faster than a certain time. (12.99 maybe?) Do they usually let you rent helmets? Also is there anything that is required to be done to my car before I go? Thanks.
Heading to the drag strip for the first time today.
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PokerMunkee
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Need a helmet for 13.99 and lower at most tracks. So you'll need a helmet. Most tracks rent them for like $10.
Wear shoes (not sandals), long sleeve shirt, and pants. Some tracks are strict on clothing.
A lot of guys here race at Milan, so they'll chime in with better info soon!
Try to have car's gas tank at 1/4 to save weight. Drop tire PSI down to 28 when you get at the track.
Wear shoes (not sandals), long sleeve shirt, and pants. Some tracks are strict on clothing.
A lot of guys here race at Milan, so they'll chime in with better info soon!
Try to have car's gas tank at 1/4 to save weight. Drop tire PSI down to 28 when you get at the track.
You will use pit entrance to enter for racing.
After that straight ahead to be checked in and numbered (they will put custom whatever you want to SHOw up on your time slips).
They have air at the main bathrooms (white building in center of pits) to fill up before leaving. Bring own gauge.
Wish I could swing it today, but my list of must do's has spilled over the bucket top already with Halloween this weekend.
Good luck!
Rich
After that straight ahead to be checked in and numbered (they will put custom whatever you want to SHOw up on your time slips).
They have air at the main bathrooms (white building in center of pits) to fill up before leaving. Bring own gauge.
Wish I could swing it today, but my list of must do's has spilled over the bucket top already with Halloween this weekend.
Good luck!
Rich
First thing would do is remove the engine cover,to lower the IAT temps,as you are probably aware turn traction control off,by holding down the button for five seconds with car in drive and foot on the brake,try to do some quick zig-zags in the parking lot to warm up the tires for better traction,keep us posted and good luck.
I made 2 runs and let my little brother and my cousin make 2 runs each. My cousin did the best at 12.74 108mph. I did 12.9 at 108mph so I was kinda disappointed but he is 80 pounds lighter than me. I would say the car definitely has a 12.5 in it as is. As soon as my warranty is up I'm going for the down pipes. What do you guys think a Livernois dyno tune will get for me? I talked to another SHO owner there who had an unleashed tune and he said he was running 16 pounds of boost but mine doesn't go much above 13.5, will the dyno tune get more boost?
thatsmrgimp2u
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Car won't see a 12.5 until you get a 3bar map and more than an off the shelf tune. 3bar sensor will allow for more boost.
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Those would be great questions to ask them. Being on the dyno will give better info on where they can push the limits to. As I was told a crazy tune could be made but they wouldn't suggest it being used unless you're ready for a failure.
Good runs at Milan.
Was it pretty busy?
Rich
Good runs at Milan.
Was it pretty busy?
Rich
thatsmrgimp2u
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Yeah. Is livernois not still sending tunes without data logging? That's what I mean.
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thatsmrgimp2u
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The strategy isn't the only thing that is unique from car to car. This is a pretty big debate on this forum that I don't want to get into. But the older non pp car that was faster than you today was on his first revision of a map after datalogging. Data logging is very comparable to dyno tuning. Only difference is pavement instead of a roller.
You should def be able to push more boost than that with a 3bar.
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You should def be able to push more boost than that with a 3bar.
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I'll see if I can upload a couple videos. I ran against an ATS and a CTS-V. The V destroyed me pretty bad. My cousin had his good run against a modded fox body 5.0 and actually beat it. The other SHO my cousin went against only really beat him on RT and 60'. If he would have run it better he would have kept up.
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SHOnUup said:
I should have specified 93 octane. E85 obviously has its advantages.
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thatsmrgimp2u
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The other SHO went 12.6 did it not?
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