It sure was a fun day

I was really hoping to get a new personal best today, since the air was nice and cold and the DA was great (about -1600 according to dragtimes.com at the beginning). But traction was an issue and I have different tires now. I really miss my GS-D3's I have Hankook Ventus V12's now, and although I like them more then the Goodyears for daily driving, they aren't as good at the strip. I went up to a 295 (the Goodyear's were 255) and I've only gone to the track a couple of times since putting the Hankooks on, but I seem to have added about a tenth or so to my 60 ft times. Need to go more and see if it's just me not heating them up as much as I did the Goodyears. Just to give you all an idea, I used to stage at about 1700 RPMs and floor it. Now, I'm staging at 1500-1600 and rolling the throttle. Still don't know if the Hankooks just aren't as good as the Goodyears or if Orlando just isn't prepping the trtackk like they use to. Time will tell.

The upside is that all my trap speeds were 113.xx. I've been trapping 111.x rather consistently. Benefits of the cold air!

On another note, I REALLY liked the way Xray's car feels overall. It feels faster then my car. The blue tops give it a nice firm shift compared to our stock soft shift. Nice and crisp is the best way I can put it. I also love the way his car sounds. I still have a fully stock exhaust, and although I like having a quiet car, Xray's just sounds sooo good .

This was also my first time really driving an SRT6 other then mine. I did drive his car about a couple month or so back, but that was just up the street from his house (and he still had the exhaust leak at that time). His combination of mods just feel faster than what I have. Granted I ran quicker than he did on most of the runs, but once he started getting traction and tweaked his fuel pressure, he was running as quick as me. I've also never hit a 114 trap. Came close today with a 113.6, new best trap for me!

Also, as to the AFRs he mentioned above, those are what I see at the track with my current tune. I logged 3 of my runs today, but haven't looked really them over yet. Just skimmed through them quickly after each run. Peaked at about a 13.3 in top of 3rd... in the 12's otherwise.

Can't wait to see what he can do once he gets his car retuned so it's not as rich in lower RPMs. We should have a good race against each other then.