{"id":714,"date":"1998-03-22T11:43:00","date_gmt":"1998-03-22T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/?p=714"},"modified":"2011-08-28T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-28T11:47:27","slug":"marc-s-mid-12s-carlsbad-march-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/1998\/03\/22\/marc-s-mid-12s-carlsbad-march-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc S – Mid 12’s! (Carlsbad, March 1998)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday at Carlsbad was a really awesome experience for me. Got some
\ngreat runs in & had some funny encounters with the Carlsbad folk\/rednecks.<\/p>\n

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Carlsbad highlights for me:<\/p>\n

First, I wanted to see if I could run in the far right lane, the one with
\nthe short line & all the big bad-a$$ V8 trailer-queen cars that get
\npreferential treatment. I knew the response I’d get if I just drove into
\nit & asked the official if I could run there, so I walked up to him first
\n(so he couldn’t see I was an “import driver”) and said “This lane’s just
\nfor those who run 12’s and faster, right?”… He said “Yep”… So I said
\nthanks, went back & got in the fast lane with my DSM :). A few people
\nlooked at me funny (it must seem strange seeing a nearly bone-stock looking
\nDSM with a quiet exhaust driving up the fast lane) and I felt a bit nervous
\n& wondered if I’d get kicked… So I’m almost to the staging lanes & the
\nbeer-bellied track official comes up to me and says “Hey, do you know what
\nyou run?” and I said “Yep. 12’s!” and he looked at me funny, wanted to
\nargue, but couldn’t say anything… So he let me run. :) (Fortunately it
\nwas a 12). So, if this isn’t great motivation for everyone to put on more
\nmods and hit a 12, what is? You can run in the elite V8 lane and tick off
\nthe Carlsbad rednecks too! :)<\/p>\n

One of the guys I raced had a built El Camino or something… I ran a 12.6
\nto his 12.8 and also had a much better reaction time which made it look
\nlike I was even more ahead… He parked behind me in the lanes afterwards
\nand we had a great conversation… “What the hell do you have in there?”
\n(2 liter 4 banger). “Well how much does that little thing weigh?”
\n(3300+ lbs). (Pause\/confusion, expected a much lighter weight, not
\nunderstanding this isn’t a Honda he’s dealing with). “JEE-SUHSSS! I saw
\nyou jump ahead of me off the line and I’m thinkin ‘that’s a quick car but
\nnow I’ll catch him and fly right by him… And you just kept going and I’m
\nsaying ‘$h!t! I can’t catch this guy! What the hell?'”<\/p>\n

The absolute highlight of the day was after making my 4th run and getting
\nin line for my next run, two of the Carlsbad officials walked back all
\nexcited and started talking to me… “What the hell do you have in
\nthere! Holy $h!t your car runs fast! We couldn’t believe how fast
\nyou got off the line! You’re running nitrous, right?” (Then they
\nfreaked when I said no & showed them the pretty stock looking engine
\ncompartment). “Yeah we’ve been watching you race all day, the guy starting
\nthe lights was commenting ‘Damn that car can go!’. Hey, what are you
\ndoing tomorrow? You gotta come back tomorrow and race in the real races!
\nYou could win $300!” (The emphasis on $300 made it sound like a year’s
\nsalary). :)- Jokes aside though, several of the Carlsbad officials I
\nspoke to were very friendly to me & others w\/ imports, irrespective of our
\ntimeslips.<\/p>\n

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Here’s my run’s-<\/p>\n

Run 1
\n1.811 60-ft, 5.257 330-ft, 1\/8: 8.150 @ 83.80, 1\/4 mi: 12.773 @ 103.85
\nmph
\nBeat my previous best 1\/4 (12.85 @ 106mph) by a tenth, but mph’s were down
\nby 2<\/p>\n

Run 2
\n1.743 60-ft, 5.134 330-ft, 1\/8: 8.013 @ 85.78, 1\/4 mi: 12.642 (mph not
\nshown)
\nWith that 60 foot time, I figured for sure that would be my fastest run for
\nthe day. MPH were back up in the 1\/8th but the left lane which I was
\nrunning in wasn’t reporting mph in the 1\/4 for most of the day.<\/p>\n

Run 3
\n1.777 60-ft, 5.230 330-ft, 1\/8: 8.092 @ 85.59, 1\/4 mi: 12.755 @ 103.66
\nmph
\nAnother 1.7, but not as good a run as the last one. Mph’s are way too low
\nand I noticed that when I shift from 3rd to 4th, it’s not pulling as hard
\nas it should. Though I’m running mostly 100 octane unleaded, I decide to
\nactually *lower* my boost for the next run to see if it will have an impact
\non my MPH.<\/p>\n

Run 4
\n1.735 60-ft, 5.175 330-ft, 1\/8: 8.031 @ 86.60, 1\/4 mi: 12.618 @ 107.1 mph
\nAnother low 1.7 60-foot, and my MPH’s have increased substantially.
\nApparently lowering the boost helped.<\/p>\n

Run 5
\n1.718! 60-ft, 5.126 330-ft, 1\/8: 7.958 @ 87.36, 1\/4 mi: 12.525 @ 106.79
\nmph
\nGreat way to end the day… Almost broke a 1.6 60 foot time (On worn-out
\n225\/50 BFG Comp TA ZR’s). Dropped into the 7’s in the 1\/8, and dropped
\nanother full tenth off my 1\/4 mile. I was working on a better 2-3 and 3-4
\nshift for Run 4 & Run 5 & I think it helped. I concentrated on keeping my
\nfoot on the gas during the shift, and while in both runs I still ended up
\nletting off on the throttle somewhat, I kept my foot into the gas at least
\npart way & just jammed the shifter into gear. Surprisingly, it dropped
\nnicely in there w\/o a fuss or a grind.<\/p>\n

Misc notes on the runs:<\/p>\n

I usually launch around 4000-4400rpm and drop the clutch fairly quickly
\n(but not a complete “drop”). In my first run it netted a low 1.8 and I had
\npretty good traction. In the next run, I brought the rpm up a little
\nhigher (4500-4600) and dropped the clutch even quicker. I got major wheel
\nspin on all 4’s and I think a bit of wheel hop (loud thumping noise coming
\nfrom the rear). I figured for sure that it was gonna be a crappy run, but
\nwhen I got the timeslip I had a 1.7… I continued with that method for the
\nrest of the day and ran consistent 1.7’s… My conclusion is that some
\nwheelspin on an AWD is a *good* thing. You’d think it means lost
\nacceleration but apparently it’s still moving you forward quite well and by
\nkeeping the revs of the engine up due to wheelspin you stay in a stronger
\npower band.<\/p>\n

Less extreme boost = better mph\/ET (for me)… I had actually heard this
\nfrom another fast 2G owner & didn’t believe it at the time… I was probably
\nrunning 22-23psi initially, and I lowered that & ran better. (For me, the
\n16G can’t sustain 20psi past 6300rpm no matter what, but below 6300 it’s
\npossible). I’m assuming the higher boost is causing ignition retard, but I
\ndon’t know if it’s because the ECU is detecting knock, or if the ECU just
\ndoesn’t like so much air flow and is out of range…<\/p>\n

Anyways, it was a fantastic day. Great seeing everyone again, thanks for
\nsharing it with me. Thanks also for putting up with all my enthusiasm
\nabout my runs… Claim Jumpers was cool, other than Dani head
\nbutting\/attacking me every few minutes. (Grin). Some day we’ll learn to
\nharness her near-limitless supply of energy and we’ll power a DSM into the
\n9’s :)-<\/p>\n

-Marc<\/p>\n

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Yesterday at Carlsbad was a really awesome experience for me. Got some great runs in & had some funny encounters with the Carlsbad folk\/rednecks. Carlsbad highlights for me: First, I wanted to see if I could run in the far right lane, the one with the short line & all the big bad-a$$ V8 trailer-queen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[16,33,30,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}