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This past weekend I participated in a drag event called Race the Runway in a small town call Smith Falls, Ontario. Lots of cars showed up (despite the rainy weather), but the IS-F definitely stood out amongst the crowd. There were a lot of Corvettes and Camaros, few challengers, mustangs, some german sedans. One car that stood out to me was a 2016 Chevy SS with an after market supercharger, which the owner told me now makes 607 at the crank; I'm sure some of you here would appreciate that car. Here is their website, http://racetherunway.com , and here are pics of the results of the quarter mile times. Overall, I placed about exactly where I thought I would. Mods are 245/275 michelin super sports, exhaust, and headers. Also, the track was wet at first, but became dry throughout the day and my three runs got progressively better (12.69, 12.43, 12.11).
This past weekend I participated in a drag event called Race the Runway in a small town call Smith Falls, Ontario. Lots of cars showed up (despite the rainy weather), but the IS-F definitely stood out amongst the crowd. There were a lot of Corvettes and Camaros, few challengers, mustangs, some german sedans. One car that stood out to me was a 2016 Chevy SS with an after market supercharger, which the owner told me now makes 607 at the crank; I'm sure some of you here would appreciate that car. Here is their website, http://racetherunway.com , and here are pics of the results of the quarter mile times. Overall, I placed about exactly where I thought I would. Mods are 245/275 michelin super sports, exhaust, and headers. Also, the track was wet at first, but became dry throughout the day and my three runs got progressively better (12.69, 12.43, 12.11).
Hitting the strip for the first time tomorrow. Bone stock engine/performance mods. Only has Swift springs.
Dont have the cable to read my KCLV so been running a 6:1 mix of 92 and 110 since Tuesday to make sure there's minimal risk of knock. On Hancook V12's, factory sizing, not really sure how well these will do but will air them down slightly and see what happens. Running at Mission Raceway in BC since it's closer for us that heading south.
Hitting the strip for the first time tomorrow. Bone stock engine/performance mods. Only has Swift springs.
Dont have the cable to read my KCLV so been running a 6:1 mix of 92 and 110 since Tuesday to make sure there's minimal risk of knock. On Hancook V12's, factory sizing, not really sure how well these will do but will air them down slightly and see what happens. Running at Mission Raceway in BC since it's closer for us that heading south.
Let us know how you did and best of luck out there
Last night was a bust. It started to sprinkle in Bellingham so we hesitated to leave, so got there a little later than I would have liked. Sure as ****, my first run up, and it starts sprinkling so we get shut down in the staging lanes.
I sat there for over a half hour, they finally let us run, and I'm so irritated I forget to put it in manual mode lol FUUUUUUU!
Epic fail of a night. Started raining right after so only got the one run and spent 3 hours at the track. What a **** show.
Regardless, got good data. High 12'a should be cake. I ran a 13.2 with a 2.0 60' in damn auto (I remembered sport and no TCS lol) and once I realized what I'd done I slammed it in manual but I was already in third.
I was was so mad at myself, what a dumb mistake. But 8:30, hadn't ate dinner, and sitting on hold in the staging lane totally F'd up my focus. I'm bummed, but if the weather sticks next Friday they offered for people to come back since the night was a bust for most people.
Thats the way it is here. No rain for weeks, then it hits on the day set aside to go racing.
Same thing happened to me when I went to Bremerton in July. Got 2 runs in before the skies opened up & the car's on drag radials 35 miles from home.
Were you at Mission?
Hi Everyone! I managed to make it out to the drag strip for the first time ever last friday. After reading the first 16 pages of this thread, I decided to do the usual weight reduction steps to be prepare. For the life of me, I wasn't able to successfully remove the jack from the trunk! I tried over 5 times!!! Im very OCD with my items and didn't want to break or severely scratch the area its stuck on. I read the manual and unfortunately it doesn't indicate anything in particular. It should be straight forward but the darn jack is simply stuck. I even tried loosening the screw to expand or collapse the jack and that wouldn't turn either. In the trunk it stayed. Everything else from the engine covers, floor mats, spare, and personal items out they went.
After arriving at PBIR I was quickly overwhelmed due to the fact I required a helmet which I didn't have and none were available to rent. The sponsor signed my ticket and said I could return anytime during the year for free. Upon, staying in the sidelines and observing how everything operated and checking out some insane rides. I quickly spotted street car drivers in the staging lanes without helmets getting ready for some runs. I made a beeline to the employee who was directing the lanes and explained my situation. He said "Go get your car man, no worries!" I was filled with joy as I really wanted to break the ice in finally making this all happen.
I ended up running twice as it was getting late. First run I was alone and second run was vs a BMW 5 series. I spun the tires a bit just to clean them off, I didn't turn the nannies off in both runs, I wanted to get a feel for the car first. I was in Manual and Sports mode both times. I want to say I slammed the gas and shifted at every beep! I currently have an ISS Forged Quad Exhaust System, K&N dry filter, Winmax Brake pads W3 & W4, Toyo Proxes 4 Plus on stock size, Redline egnine oil, the rest of the car is stock. Its a 2011 with 63k miles. I know I have a lot of work to do, the first run I was shocked myself, it was just plain awful. I actually braked before I saw the green light at the end of the strip not knowing where to start slowing down Either way, Im hooked!
I'm more than likely going back this friday. I want to thank Caymandive and Gearbangin for taking the time to give me advice and sharing some tips. Any thoughts? and comments are well appreciated!
Last edited by SoulFreak; Oct 27, 2016 at 11:36 PM.
I tried over 5 times!!! Im very OCD with my items and didn't want to break or severely scratch the area its stuck on. I read the manual and unfortunately it doesn't indicate anything in particular. It should be straight forward but the darn jack is simply stuck. I even tried loosening the screw to expand or collapse the jack and that wouldn't turn either. In the trunk it stayed. Everything else from the engine covers, floor mats, spare, and personal items out they went.
