Total blast today!!!
Clearly, I learned that I'm most at home with trail-braking, apexes, and kerbstones... The 6MT is simply not geared for 1/4 mile.
Nonetheless, got some great research/baseline to go off of for the turbo build coming up.
My first run was my best one:
R/T = .244
60' = 2.253
330' = 6.316
1/8 = 9.632
1/8 mph = 75.39
1000' = 12.443
1/4 ET = 14.837
MPH = 96.24
From there, it was basically lather, rinse, repeat.
14.837 @ 96.24
14.963 @ 94.32
14.872 @ 94.87
15.149 @ 95.88 (left TCS on... d'oh)
14.930 @ 94.46
My mods are in the sig... ran today at full street weight with 3/4 tank of gas, 30psi in the rear tires. All runs were done with a 3,500 RPM launch. Run #2 was my best R/T of
.031 (!!!), run #3 was a 4,000 RPM launch and saw no improvement.
So, it's a solid 14.9 car, very repeatable. Having to shift at the 60' mark didn't help things... Traction was no issue (no power) so the 60' is as good as it gets with my current power level. Heat soak definitely affects the N/A cars as well, as I was down 2mph from the first run for the rest of the day.
Very impressed with the SLK55, it did the deed.
Anthony and Steve impressed as always. Anthony definitely gets the award for Mr. Consistent
As we learned today, the turbo project can't come a moment too soon.
