Here's a link to my original post! Please check it out and let me know what you think.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1547778482

 

Gee, where's the love guys?? There's been like nearly 100 views.... no replies!

 

I replied in your C5GD thread. .

Mark

 

ECS
Nice times!

 

Cool. I can not wait until my kit comes in. Should be any day now.

 

Not bad.

 

dad,

Nice times! I look forward to hearing about more of your track experiences!

 

I'm living vicariously through you since I can't track mine right now.

 

Great job. It sounds like it has a 10 sec pass in it when the weather cools a bit.

You have to love those autos at the track.

 

I just now saw your post and wanted to congratulate you on getting this all together. I know youve been dealing with this for quite a while but it looks like youve had great and happy ending. Im sure your times will get quite better as you learn the car and how to handle the power. Now go have some fun showing off.

 

Thanks to everyone! Mark, I knew you spoke up in my post elsewhere (thank you again).

diynoob..... Trust me, there will be more track days to come.

Av8tor..... Thank Phil, you were a big help early on.

Whelp, I think it's about time to look into a cage & line-lok for the next event sometime in the fall. Quicksilver...... I will be gunning for that 10 second pass!

 

Very nice times

 

Great times

 

Times are Berr.. Berr.. Nice.. and Berr.. Berr.. Goode

 

Oh sooo sweet! I'm planning on hitting the track for my first time in a week or so. I too have an A4 but with Andy's P1SC kit. How did you handle off the line with the automatic regarding shifting? If I nail the accelerator, I'll spin and hit the rev limiter. If I go with a feathered accel, then the car will quickly shift to 2nd before I have a chance to open her up leading to a 1st gear downshift and a smoke fest. I'm thinking I'll need to manually shift her. My plan is to put her in 1st, leave the line with moderate force and small burnout, then after reaching about 10mph, nail it and quickly shift straight to 3rd and let the computer handle the shifting from there. What do u think? This will be my first time track experience so I'm trying to plan. Did u hit it at the last yellow light?

Great runs on your part!

 

Hey! Thanks for the compliments about my runs this past summer..... I'm so shocked to see my old posts coming back up again. Here's how I handled the track (to the best of my remembrance) -

1. If you're running on runflat, pump them up to about 30lbs. and do a short burnout. Basically I was trying to clean the tires off and put a little heat in them. I was pretty surprised after my runs that the tires were tacky (probably from the VHT track prep).

2. If you're running DR's or ET Streets.... HEAT THEM UP GOOD!!! I never really did get a good burnout with the ET's (thanks to asmokegars for the loaners), but they did give me much better results than the runcraps.

3. I tried a variety of launch techniques, but ultimately what worked the best (with ET's) was powerbraking the car to about 2200 rpm's (you may need to adj. higher or lower given track conditions) and let the big dog hunt!! This really helped the T/C do its thing.

4. On runflats, I was pretty much launching a little off idle, feeding throttle progressively. Once second gear hit, I would really gun it & if I felt a bit too much spin I eased off a little. With street tires it really takes a lot of finesse, with DR's or ET's...... GUN IT!!!

5. I always left the tranny in third. If the shift points were programmed correctly, manually shifting will not buy you anything. Trust me, I have tried both ways and letting the computer do it's thing is best.

6. Be sure to pump up your front tires to max psi, this will help alleviate some rolling resistance.

7. Use a delicate hand at the wheel. The car will feel a little light in the front end, just make very small/slight corrections to the steering wheel as needed to keep the car pointed in the right direction.

8. ENJOY YOURSELF!!!!

There's really no way to properly convey what the experience @ the track is like, just go out there and have a good time. Take notes after each run so you can track what things worked or didn't work. It really is a TON of fun.

If I can give you any more tips, let me know. Heck I'm sure many here on the Forum will add their "tips" to track performance too!! Just be sure to write in and tell us all how you make out.

 

Doug is just about done with my blue car. I ended up selling my ET streets to Don & now I am thinking I want another pair to play with.

The blue car has the 382 from the green one with a d1sc and alky injected. Mayber 650 at the rear wheels. Doug took out the cam that was in it and put in a Z06 which is more tame and likely to get through PA inspection. Now the Green car - next spring!

Have a great holiday season and maybe I'll see you next spring.

 

My concern is that if I leave it in 3rd and I start off the line part throttle to avoid a heavy burn out on my run flats, the car will end up shifting to 2nd fairly quickly and when I really floor it, the car will then have to drop back into first again. Is this what happened with you when u did your runs?

 

Hey Allan,

I know where you can get a set...they only have about 10 passes on them , but they do have some "street" miles.

Gee, I wonder where Doug got that Z06 cam for your car?

 

Very nice runs. Seems like you are at the point where a stronger tranny is soon to come.