TNT/Baseline 98 LSC

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I got a little free time this past friday night and took the 98 LSC to the local 1/8th mile track.

I go to the track and went thru tech.

I head to the lanes to get a couple of "hot passes" so I can verify how much cooling the car down helps.

first pass ECT 200/ACT 108/Air Temp 82/Humidity 84/Baro 30.09/ DA 1629ft

10.06 @ 71.5

second pass (round robin) ECT 200/ACT 112/Air Temp 82/Humidity 84/Baro 30.09/DA 1629

10.04 @ 71.8

now that I have some consistant data, I head to the pit area and park the car.

Game Plan: open hood, leave car for 1 hour.

Knowing that the alarm hood pin needs to be unplugged so I can arm the alarm with the hood open, I move to the passenger side of the car and unplug the harness for the alarm hood pin.

I leave the car and go walk thru the pits, and over to the starting line to watch some cars run.
1 hour later I return to the car close the hood.

looking the Xcal - ECT 188/ACT 80
Conditions are the same as before Air Temp 82/Humidty 84/Baro 30.09/ DA 1629

Since both ACT and ECT are a solid 20 degree's cooler than the previous passes and the weather conditions were the same, I knew I had a good shot at seeing exacty what a 1 hour cool down was going to net with the new car.

I start the car and head to the lanes, when I tipped into the gas the car stumbled a bit and felt sluggish.. I mentally wrote it off to the car being cold, rather than a problem.

I get to the burn out box and turn off the traction control, when I hit the gas.. the car wouldn't spin the tire..
Confused a turned the traction control back on and hit the gas and it DID spin the tire.. but something just "wasn't happy".

Reluctantly I staged the car

The tree came down and I hit the gas.. and kapoof, sputter,stumble the car OOZES away from the starting line..the "run is blown".
So I continue down the track and hit the first turn off road and go back to the pits.

..a couple of "dry hops" and a "check engine" light confirm "something aint happy".

SO I go back to the pits.. and it dawns on me.. like a TON OF BRICKS.

I AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY *haha*

When I attemped to unplug the alarm hood pin, like a NOOBIE DUMBASS I unplugged my MAF
*shakes head in embarrassment*

SO I plug the maf back in and head back to the lanes

ECT 200/ACT 110/Air Temp 82/Humidity 82/Baro 30.09/ {dont have the DA numbers yet)

9.97@72.1 on a hot "round robin pass"!

I'm both disapointed in myself.. but happy with the cars performance.
Knowing there is atleast .07 or as much as .1 to be had when I get a good "cooled down run with the MAF PLUGGED IN"..haha

all in all it was a good night!

I really REAALLY wanted to put the car in the Jackpot race, with back to back 10.06 and 10.04 the car would have done very well in Eliminations.

I had no more times, for another cool down.. or eliminations, so I took my 9 second timeslip and headed home.
That was my initial goal.. GET THE CAR OUT OF THE 10's!
I almost hit that goal on the first pass.. only missed by .06!
 
Depending on how it pulls third gear, 15.20-15.30, right what I expected for a stone stock 98 LSC on a mid july day in texas.
 
It'll probaby run a 9.85 8th or 14.9 1/4 mile with a proper cool down.

I just didn't have any more time to cool the car down.
 
I know the feeling... reminds me of the time I was at the track with the ACT unplugged. :eek:
 
Stone17 said:
Tommy next time you go to the track CALL ME.
The Town Car can run down the track. :)
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Town car is probably faster than my car is!
*LMAO*

"tenatively" speaking, we're gonna TRY and make the "last street stock points race" of 2008...which is this coming friday.

Brassington got the "grandmas car" transmission into his car this week and he's anxious to go run the car even though he's having some "shift point" issues...

So mark your calendar, hopefully we'll be able to make it out there for the last points race of 2008
I'm 60 points out of first place.. and I only went to the "first and last race" of the season.
...now.. THAT would be a hat trick!
 
Stone17 said:
I am going to try and get the Mark VIII back on the road this week.
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Oh you'll REALLY kick the crap out of me with your Mark 8
(that'll be fun and different huh?) *LMAO*

BUT... can you imagine how long you are going to "sit at the tree" and watch me "drive away"?....THAT's GONNA BE TOUGH!

I'm actually looking forward to being the "slow car again", I like "going first"!
HAHA
 
I usually do the same thing when I add a new mod to the car. 1 hot pass and 1 cooled down pass. So far, everytime I've done it, I've ran 3 tenths quicker after a 2 hour cool down. Too bad the mod motors are so bad about heat soak. :)
 
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