Drag Night report

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » September 3rd, 2005, 11:48 am

Well it wasn't such a good night at the drag strip. Before I even got there the car started to over heat due to me not tightening the rad cap fully after checking my coolant b4 we left no prob though I filled the rad tightened the cap and off i went. Then when I got there I needed to find a bungy cord to tie my battery down so I could pass tech inspection. about 9:30 i finaly pull up to the line for my first pass I do a burn out with not much wheel hop. I pull up to the line, start to stage the light went green I realesed my clutch (didn't pop it) pressed the gas and nothing...

I pushed my car off the track to find out I snaped my left axle

fortunatly it is under warrenty so I'll have her up and running on wed.

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » September 3rd, 2005, 12:03 pm

I did 3 runs

-First run was a 15.5, which is actually good for a first run, I usually shave off time after the first run, so I was fairly confident.
-Second run I hopped too much, that the brake handle jumped and made the light on the dash fash, so i hesitated until i realised what it was, than in 3rd gear i got that hesitation at around 5000rpms, it sat there for about2 seconds and continued on, I finished with a 16.6
-Third run, nervous about braking something (after Trevor snapped an axle, and a bunch of other people kept breaking stuff, and my significant hesitation the last race) I pulled a 15.8...

Hey Trev, what time did they come get you/you get home? Did the car tow ok?

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 3rd, 2005, 12:25 pm

well doesnt look like i missed a whole lot. so if u guys get ur car fixed would u consider another track day this year? i missed out last nite cuz of mapquest. if u consider would london be to far for u?

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » September 3rd, 2005, 3:48 pm

Trevor wrote:Well it wasn't such a good night at the drag strip. Before I even got there the car started to over heat due to me not tightening the rad cap fully after checking my coolant b4 we left no prob though I filled the rad tightened the cap and off i went. Then when I got there I needed to find a bungy cord to tie my battery down so I could pass tech inspection. about 9:30 i finaly pull up to the line for my first pass I do a burn out with not much wheel hop. I pull up to the line, start to stage the light went green I realesed my clutch (didn't pop it) pressed the gas and nothing...

I pushed my car off the track to find out I snaped my left axle fortunatly it is under warrenty so I'll have her up and running on wed.

why did you burn out (stock tires?) theres no benefit to burnout stock tires

Devlin · Post by **Devlin** » September 3rd, 2005, 5:24 pm

fieromx3 wrote: i missed out last nite cuz of mapquest. if u consider would london be to far for u?

is there a london speedway? if so then it would be a possibility (after my engine's break-in periode...couple weeks)
as for directions, mapquest is GARBAGE. use google.
maps.google.ca
it even has satelite view

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » September 3rd, 2005, 5:26 pm

He's refering to St. Thomas speedway

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 3rd, 2005, 5:30 pm

yea the track is called st. thomas dragway its about 15-20kms away from london. and deimos what u mean u gotta break in ur engine is it ur kl-ze? if it is i dont think u need to break it in unless its brand new just a good highway run would do it good. and i will try google sometime when i go somewhere again. if we all do go to cayuga id like to meet up with someone so i could get there i guess im to retarded to follow simple directions

DavidOS · Post by **DavidOS** » September 3rd, 2005, 11:54 pm

sparda and grand bend have 1/4 tracks here.
and both byy the beach

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 4th, 2005, 12:38 am

DavidOS wrote:sparda and grand bend have 1/4 tracks here.
and both byy the beach

do u mean the track on spard road? cuz if it is isnt that st. thomas on the map it shows just outside st. thomas. as of grand bend how far is that from kitchener?

DavidOS · Post by **DavidOS** » September 4th, 2005, 12:46 am

sparda track is like 10 mins from port stanley beach,
and grand bend is the same near grand bend beaches...

aaand, kitchener would not be far from grandbend or port stanley
goto mapquest for ETAs if driving

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 4th, 2005, 12:49 am

i just found out now on grand bends website that this friday is street warz!! street legal cars ONLY which means it would be sports compacts mostly its this fri. sept. 9th

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » September 4th, 2005, 12:50 am

why did you burn out (stock tires?) theres no benefit to burnout stock tires[/quote]

Ok to be honest I thought my tire would grab a bit better if they were wramer. that is why I did the burnout. next time I go, I won't bunout. I will just race and hopfully make it down the track.

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 4th, 2005, 12:50 am

aaand, kitchener would not be far from grandbend or port stanley goto mapquest for ETAs if driving

i am not using mapquest again. so there r 2 tracks in st. thomas that r like 10mins. apart?

relisys_3200 · Post by **relisys_3200** » September 4th, 2005, 1:00 am

fieromx3 wrote:
aaand, kitchener would not be far from grandbend or port stanley goto mapquest for ETAs if driving
i am not using mapquest again. so there r 2 tracks in st. thomas that r like 10mins. apart?

lol, where did you get 2 tracks in St. Thomas from???
There is a track in Port Stanley, a track in Grand Bend, and a track in St. Thomas. Those are the closest to London.
Map quest will not let you down.....you just have to know how to read a map.....

and I think Nd4SPD has some tracks listed on that big map he made.

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 4th, 2005, 1:10 am

ok i dunno what the hell i was thinkin 2 tracks in st. thomas. i think i got mixed up or somethin anyway where abouts is port stanley?

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