another trip to NED. on the way up in deep thought i figured out why i've been getting fuel cut. see "why does my ECU 'hickup'?" thread in the turbo section.

there was absolutely NO ONE there last night. it was insane. i ended up getting 5 runs in, however, i could have gotten in twice as many runs if i wanted to.

#1. me against something not that impressive. i can't even remember what kind of car it was. i had issues right after the burnout before the race, the guys there said i was leaking coolant everywhere and told me to pull off to the side to fix it. i couldn't see anything leaking from anywhere, and the guy was like "HEY JIM/BOB/JON (or another generic name) THIS ECLIPSE AIN'T LEAKIN ANYMORE." so i got to go. asleep at the light with a 1.063 R/T, a crappy 60' at 2.621, but at least i ran a 14.903 @ 98.30. the other car was in the 16's.

#2. much better run. me against what seemed to be a mostly stock SRT-4, i think it just had a blow off valve or something. slightly better light at .855, but still not so great. 2.439 for the 60', i lost to the SRT-4's 14.515 @ 99.27 to my 14.765 @ 96.15. i had the boost turned down a little on that run. if i got a 2.2 second 60' time, i would have probably won.

#3. right after something weird happened to the track. i think one of the bikes broke down or something. the track was über slippery. me against what looked like a pretty stock 1G Laser, i lighted at .543 (yay! much better!) but a not so great 60' time at 2.555. i won with a 15.102 @ 96.55 vs. the 1G's 15.3 @ 88.43.

#4. got to race my friend in his S70R volvo. the track is still slippery. he has some basic mods like intake and a chip. it's a nice sleeper. i lighted at .684, 2.624 60' time, and finished up with a 15.590 @ 96.13. my worst run of the night. hell, todd's N/A 2gnt could beat that

#5. probably my all around best run of the night. i raced my friend's '95 300ZX twin-turbo. i kept telling myself "nate, you can take him." the tree drops, i launch with a .536 light (yay! starting to get the hang of this!) and a 2.484 60' time. his launch was really bad though. he got a 2.734 60' time. immidately i got about 3/4 of a car length on him...




...and it was a DEAD HEAT for the rest of the 1320. i beat his 14.922 @ 96.51 with my 14.849 @ 98.28. it was pretty damn close. awesome. i bet a twin-turbo Z.

well, in about a month i'll have a LSD, CM stage IV, a FMIC, and more time to do some better tuning. maybe i'll be in the high 13's if i'm lucky!

2016 WRX STi Limited (current)
2001 A4 1.8tqms (donated)
1991 GVR4 #1933 (sold)
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