So I went to the track this Friday, hoping to run some high 13's...
My best run was a 14.3 @ 99mph. Car was running like crap. Battery light kept coming on at random times. I think my alternator is about to die.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VWCSyOyB8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp0oDmiVBfQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkJ07hxQx8w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ujpt8km4HE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyQ5usDl--U
I mostly ran my friend's VR6 Jetta all night. His best run was a 15.0, but he has no tach on it, nor a shift light right now. I think he can do a lot better, but it was his 1st time. It's a built VR; all internals, high compression.
Then I also raced a bunch of random cars:
Mazda Milenia S...
I think he did like a 17 something...
Then I raced some girl in a new Civic coupe...
...I'm not sure she knew how to shift properly, cuz she also did a 17 something second pass.
Generally all night long everyone was running uber slow. I'm not sure if it was too humid that night or the track was too slippery, or a combination of both...
Then as I was about to do my last run aiming for atleast a 14 flat, my car stalled. After a few minutes of diagnosing the problem, I figured out it I have no spark. It was my internal coil that blew.
So I called CAA for a flatbed tow truck and cracked open a beer!
This is the tow truck driver hooking up the chains to my tow hooks. Could these rice rockets be any lower?
This is me supervising the whole ordeal of securing my car on the flatbed.
And so I got the royal treatment tow back to Toronto. The next day I went out and bought myself an MSD external blaster coil. Modified my JDM distributor to run external coil just like the USDM distributors. Hopefully the MSD will be more reliable.
My best run was a 14.3 @ 99mph. Car was running like crap. Battery light kept coming on at random times. I think my alternator is about to die.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VWCSyOyB8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp0oDmiVBfQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkJ07hxQx8w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ujpt8km4HE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyQ5usDl--U
I mostly ran my friend's VR6 Jetta all night. His best run was a 15.0, but he has no tach on it, nor a shift light right now. I think he can do a lot better, but it was his 1st time. It's a built VR; all internals, high compression.
Then I also raced a bunch of random cars:
Mazda Milenia S...
I think he did like a 17 something...
Then I raced some girl in a new Civic coupe...
...I'm not sure she knew how to shift properly, cuz she also did a 17 something second pass.
Generally all night long everyone was running uber slow. I'm not sure if it was too humid that night or the track was too slippery, or a combination of both...
Then as I was about to do my last run aiming for atleast a 14 flat, my car stalled. After a few minutes of diagnosing the problem, I figured out it I have no spark. It was my internal coil that blew.
So I called CAA for a flatbed tow truck and cracked open a beer!
This is the tow truck driver hooking up the chains to my tow hooks. Could these rice rockets be any lower?
This is me supervising the whole ordeal of securing my car on the flatbed.
And so I got the royal treatment tow back to Toronto. The next day I went out and bought myself an MSD external blaster coil. Modified my JDM distributor to run external coil just like the USDM distributors. Hopefully the MSD will be more reliable.
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