1/4 Mile Times...... Get in here!!!

[OD3X1]

Good runs guys. Congratulations to Stratton. I liked Nico's runs that pretty much proved the dyno is an accurate tool for predicting e.t. Now I need to get to a track. Nico I may check MoKans schedule and go to your neck of the woods. So far the tracks closest to me are not open on my days off.

 

[theenico]

The test and tune/fun drags are every Friday. Send me a PM if your heading up and I'll make sure to be available to help out.

 

[Tommyboy4725]

Hey guys sorry I haven't been on since last night. Honestly I have new injectors from Jerry and that's the difference from last time, I have a homemade intake, catless exhaust, 93 octane tune, poly motor mounts, wilson mini footballs in my eibach lowering springs, and I ran about 27 psi in my stock tires last night. Honestly just went out to have fun with all our friends at the track and beat on some Hondas! Ran better than a new civic si with intake header exhaust and tune!

 

[Preloader]

Hey guys sorry I haven't been on since last night. Honestly I have new injectors from Jerry and that's the difference from last time, I have a homemade intake, catless exhaust, 93 octane tune, poly motor mounts, I ran about 27 psi in my stock tires last night. Honestly just went out to have fun with all our friends at the track and beat on some Hondas! Ran better than a new civic si with intake header exhaust and tune!

Wow! Thanks for all the profound advice on how to get a great ET.

You and Stratton should move into a two-bedroom apartment together.

 

[sx sonic]

I know this isn't the ideal place to ask this question but I don't want to ask it in the Deaddog saloon at this time out of courtesy for the content currently being discussed. Also this thread seems to be a good demographic to get feedback on and my idea will be loosely related.

I'm thinking about starting/compiling a "Sonic Dyno Thread" because 1. It'd be cool to have one point of access for this information for general discussion and 2. It'd cut down on the "what gains will I have with a tune and XX mods" threads.

I think even including GM PID torque estimations (the one's Vince has acces to not UG) could be included.

What are you're thoughts? If there's good feedback I'll start a new thread.

 

[Preloader]

Approved. You may be burdened with update editing as new results show up.

 

[Preloader]

I am currently at a loss. I am genuinely happy for the record breaking times, but on the other side of that coin I am broken about my own efforts.

I have, out in the open for all to witness, purchased anything and everything that was suggested by vendors to make my Sonic reach its limits. I've done quite a few that are extreme. Swapped trannies, poly'd LCA bushings.

I got the necessary upgrades to handle the "extra e85 power red pill".

I've spent hour, and hours and hours wrenching on my car, just to have my car crushed by three others with less mods.

I'm not claiming to be the best driver, but as a genuine lifelong mechanic and a die hard ethanol pumping Sonic enthusiast doing everything available to make my car competitive in the spot light...... What am I missing?

I do have a couple things in the works to level up, but I have to say that my sail is lacking some of the passionate wind that was driving it up til now.

I think I may back off from the discussions for a while before it consumes my livelyhood.

Again, I want to commend the remarkable achievements that the leaders have achieved and want to apologize if my emotions got the best of me. After all competition is first and foremost about winning, and I can't blame the winners for my shortfalls.

p.s. an extra apology to BoostedSnail. Even though your hand drawn scrotum was ridiculous. Hahaha. It must have felt pretty awesome to pwn a 14.3 and I shouldn't have been so quick to lash at you out of my own butthurt.
Truce Brother

 

[Larry]

I am currently at a loss. I am genuinely happy for the record breaking times, but on the other side of that coin I am broken about my own efforts.

I have, out in the open for all to witness, purchased anything and everything that was suggested by vendors to make my Sonic reach its limits. I've done quite a few that are extreme. Swapped trannies, poly'd LCA bushings.

I got the necessary upgrades to handle the "extra e85 power red pill".

I've spent hour, and hours and hours wrenching on my car, just to have my car crushed by three others with less mods.

I'm not claiming to be the best driver, but as a genuine lifelong mechanic and a die hard ethanol pumping Sonic enthusiast doing everything available to make my car competitive in the spot light...... What am I missing?

I do have a couple things in the works to level up, but I have to say that my sail is lacking some of the passionate wind that was driving it up til now.

I think I may back off from the discussions for a while before it consumes my livelyhood.

Again, I want to commend the remarkable achievements that the leaders have achieved and want to apologize if my emotions got the best of me. After all competition is first and foremost about winning, and I can't blame the winners for my shortfalls.

p.s. an extra apology to BoostedSnail. Even though your hand drawn scrotum was ridiculous. Hahaha. It must have felt pretty awesome to pwn a 14.3 and I shouldn't have been so quick to lash at you out of my own butthurt.
Truce Brother

If you're not racing someone at the same track, on the same day, with similar cool down times between runs, then it's not a fair comparison. Not to mention altitude, humidity, and other factors.

 

[$ub$onic]

Don't let it get you down Vince. You have a kick as car it's now time I fine tune your skills!

 

[OD3X1]

I am currently at a loss. I am genuinely happy for the record breaking times, but on the other side of that coin I am broken about my own efforts.

I have, out in the open for all to witness, purchased anything and everything that was suggested by vendors to make my Sonic reach its limits. I've done quite a few that are extreme. Swapped trannies, poly'd LCA bushings.

I got the necessary upgrades to handle the "extra e85 power red pill".

I've spent hour, and hours and hours wrenching on my car, just to have my car crushed by three others with less mods.

I'm not claiming to be the best driver, but as a genuine lifelong mechanic and a die hard ethanol pumping Sonic enthusiast doing everything available to make my car competitive in the spot light...... What am I missing?

One word: traction. I'm firmly convinced you need drag radials at the very least with true slicks being a better option.
Eliminate most or all of your wheel spin and good things will happen.

 

[Sonny@bnr]

And basically gut the car

 

[Preloader]

If you're not racing someone at the same track, on the same day, with similar cool down times between runs, then it's not a fair comparison. Not to mention altitude, humidity, and other factors.

Another way of saying luck

One word: traction. I'm firmly convinced you need drag radials at the very least with true slicks being a better option.
Eliminate most or all of your wheel spin and good things will happen.

Better Tires

And basically gut the car

Lighter car (mine weighs 2,500 btw)

That's messed up guys, you're saying TommyBoy got his 14.3 with luck,
because he doesn't have the other 2 of the 3 things mentioned.


This is why I'm walking away from this thread. Nobody seems to know how they got their faster times, except for BoostedSnail. I'm not ready to accept luck as an something I can upgrade.

I'm leaving this thread before I say too much. If I haven't already.

If anyone wants to talk 1/4 mile with Preloader, come find me in here:
http://www.sonicownersforum.com/forum/off-topic-lounge/4927-official-butt-hurt-thread.html

 

[BNRacing]

Vince what RPM are you shifting at when you run? Trifecta says you asked to have the rev limiter moved to 7k, I think that's your problem. You should be shifting at 5800 or so. If you're shifting at 6500 or higher it sounds like you're basically out of peak boost the entire run

 

[Stratton_Chevrolet_Sonic]

Wow dang alot happened since last night lol. I know exactly how tommy and I got our times. Bolt ons tunes and driving the nuts off our cars. We both have no rear seats and no passenger seat. He just had the most perfect launch with stock tires possible (I didn't even do that good with stock tires). I had 23psi in the drag radials and launched at 3900 and it bogged. So I'm sure with more passes (only had 3 on these tires) that I could get it faster. Not to mention I'm 1200elev and my track goes up hill. I was shifting into 4th every pass as these 15" tires are much shorter than 17s or 18s. I had a 1/2 tank of corn. It's all bolt ons and driver mod. Sorry I like your car alot (derploader) but don't be butthurt cause we went faster. Just get out there and hone your skills! Idk if I'm racing my car next weekend but tommy is going back with slightly better tires and e85. Ohhh and yea maybe we do live together... And have the two fastest sonics. Pretty queer I suppose

 

[Stratton_Chevrolet_Sonic]

Oh and what you call "luck" is Actually Driver Mod

 

[cndctrdj]

Ya don't worry about who has this mod and gets this time... My track always sucks. I was chirping 3rd in my car. No way in Hell a sonic should lose traction like that

 

[Preloader]

Thanks for sharing some info Stratton..... And while I never claim to be nearly as good of a driver as you, I think you only have proven my point about why I am indeed butthurt.

Your stock clutch is limiting your power, trust me, my clutch began to slip when I got to about 220 wtq.

Knowing that I'm an inferior racecar driver was included in my mod plan. That's why I went with the Raceclutch, so I could handle the Advertised Enormous gains of the red pill. So my theoretical extra power should compensate some (not all) for what I lack in skills. (I'm not horrible by the way, I got a 2.2 launch just like Tommy).

I'm losing my ass here because, I'm basically hearing that a 14.3 could be had on a 93 tune with stock tires. I spent over $1000 on clutch/fly and the 5 installs it took to get it right.

I want to know where's the beef?


I don't really know what I'm missing and it's not your fault, but I'm sure you can find some compassion for my disappointment. I'm a driveway Sonic enthusiast with an unhealthy passion for this little machine, and if all the products I bought and installed are good for what they were sold as, why is my heavily more modded Sonic only seeing the 5th fastest time.

 

[Preloader]

I'm getting way too bent out of shape over this and I don't want to embarrass myself any further by letting my emotions and attitude get the better of me.

I think it's best if I step away until I can regain my cool. My consumption with this stuff is not healthy.

I'll take a banhammer til I can get back to grown man status.

Mods?

 

[ungawd]

I know it's a little late, but it's been suggested that 60' times and trap speed be included in the standings, and I couldn't agree more.

I'll spend some time today pouring through these pages to compile the info available, but if anybody sees this and wants to make that task easier for me.......

Please post the 60' time and trap speed of your best ET.

Thanks

The web app I'm writing has all this included already. Users submit and can edit their own data with links to their car loadouts (profiles). Here's a screenshot of the dragstrip times listing.

This will make it completely hands-off when it comes to compiling the information. Also, the view links to the right of each entry will display the individual entry in a timeslippy kind of way. That popup timeslip also includes a link to the actual timeslip if available.

 

[ungawd]

I can't fit the entire timeslip view on this tablet's screen, but here's what it looks like. Note where it says "Time Slip Link" near the top, if the user entered a url to an image of a timeslip it will send you to it when clicked.