Went to the 1/8 strip tonight tell me how i did

vince1128 · 04-24-2008, 11:29 PM

Well it was my first experience drag racing, and it was at the moorseville strip in nc. anyways, its an 1/8 mile, got there at 730, ran till 1030, only got 4 runs in.. kinda sucked but i was just trying to get a feel for everything.
Its an 08 si coupe with 4900 miles, a full tank of gas and a heavy backpack in the trunk. it has springs and a camber kit, which wouldnt effect times, and i no the rest of the stuff wouldnt. anyways, vsa was OFF, air was OFF, windows were up, and i pulled up to the line.
first time i had a reaction time of an incredible .758

haha i was pretty embarrassed. i was focused to much on the launch i forgot to go lol.

my best reaction time ended up being a .067 which i feel is pretty decent. that was my best run as well and it was 10.013 at 72.810 mph

is that decent for stock? i thought for sure i could hit mid 9's but i guess it was my driving. the track was very hard to keep from spinning but i found that feathering from 4500 seemed to work better (this is what i did for the best time. also i was powershifting) then any lower even though id spin a little bit. i tried launching at 3000 slipping and it felt like i was half way down the track before i hit vtec in first lol.

how do you think i did? whats the best most people run stock in the 8th?

ps. raped my friends modded scion tc lol, and he even false started

edit

n the sheet it says I1: 2.439 im guessing thats my 60'? then I2: 6.626. what time is this?
how does my 60' compare to you all?

***SoCal07Si*** · 04-24-2008, 11:39 PM

Well, u ran slow. But with practice you'll be better. Ur 60' needs to improve before anything

yeah thats ur 60'. the next is your 330'.

Civic Pride · 04-25-2008, 12:47 AM

Yea with practice you should do better, my best in the 1/8 mile has been a 10.2 at 70mph on my manual R18 with intake and exhaust.. you should be running in the 9.5 on average.. so just practice and you will do much better.. relax is the main thing. my first time i ran a 10.7 because of how nervous i was lol..

batrup99jeremy · 04-25-2008, 01:01 AM

yea my first time to the track i ran a 15.8 and my second time to the track I ran a 14.60. 60's were about 2.25 to 2.35

ortivt6 · 04-25-2008, 10:20 AM

u got a 15.8 on our SI... was that stock???

batrup99jeremy · 04-25-2008, 02:04 PM

yea lol it is a 2007 civic si coupe and my first time to ever go to the track, I had a SRI and it was really hot. I had no idea what I was doing either. Now my last visit to the track I ran a 13.5 at 104 missing a gear and had a 2.38 60' P.S. this is 1/4 mile not 1/8 mile.

vince1128 · 04-25-2008, 05:27 PM

it was so much harder to launch at the track compare to the street though. it seemed like vtec was never gonna hit

04-24-2008, 11:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
vince1128 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Concord, NC Age: 17 Posts: 579 Vince iTrader: 0 / 0%	Went to the 1/8 strip tonight tell me how i did Well it was my first experience drag racing, and it was at the moorseville strip in nc. anyways, its an 1/8 mile, got there at 730, ran till 1030, only got 4 runs in.. kinda sucked but i was just trying to get a feel for everything. Its an 08 si coupe with 4900 miles, a full tank of gas and a heavy backpack in the trunk. it has springs and a camber kit, which wouldnt effect times, and i no the rest of the stuff wouldnt. anyways, vsa was OFF, air was OFF, windows were up, and i pulled up to the line. first time i had a reaction time of an incredible .758 haha i was pretty embarrassed. i was focused to much on the launch i forgot to go lol. my best reaction time ended up being a .067 which i feel is pretty decent. that was my best run as well and it was 10.013 at 72.810 mph is that decent for stock? i thought for sure i could hit mid 9's but i guess it was my driving. the track was very hard to keep from spinning but i found that feathering from 4500 seemed to work better (this is what i did for the best time. also i was powershifting) then any lower even though id spin a little bit. i tried launching at 3000 slipping and it felt like i was half way down the track before i hit vtec in first lol. how do you think i did? whats the best most people run stock in the 8th? ps. raped my friends modded scion tc lol, and he even false started editn the sheet it says I1: 2.439 im guessing thats my 60'? then I2: 6.626. what time is this? how does my 60' compare to you all? Last edited by vince1128; 04-24-2008 at 11:33 PM.

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*SoCal07Si* Warren Wallace Pwnz You! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Whitter, So Cali Age: 21 Posts: 11,420 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Well, u ran slow. But with practice you'll be better. Ur 60' needs to improve before anything yeah thats ur 60'. the next is your 330'.

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Civic Pride Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brownsville,TN Age: 22 Posts: 3,316 iTrader: 5 / 100%	Yea with practice you should do better, my best in the 1/8 mile has been a 10.2 at 70mph on my manual R18 with intake and exhaust.. you should be running in the 9.5 on average.. so just practice and you will do much better.. relax is the main thing. my first time i ran a 10.7 because of how nervous i was lol..

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batrup99jeremy Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: La Posts: 63 Jeremy iTrader: 0 / 0%	yea my first time to the track i ran a 15.8 and my second time to the track I ran a 14.60. 60's were about 2.25 to 2.35

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ortivt6 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: FL Age: 27 Posts: 3,414 Ant iTrader: 15 / 100%	u got a 15.8 on our SI... was that stock???

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batrup99jeremy Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: La Posts: 63 Jeremy iTrader: 0 / 0%	yea lol it is a 2007 civic si coupe and my first time to ever go to the track, I had a SRI and it was really hot. I had no idea what I was doing either. Now my last visit to the track I ran a 13.5 at 104 missing a gear and had a 2.38 60' P.S. this is 1/4 mile not 1/8 mile.

04-25-2008, 05:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
vince1128 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Concord, NC Age: 17 Posts: 579 Vince iTrader: 0 / 0%	it was so much harder to launch at the track compare to the street though. it seemed like vtec was never gonna hit