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How far is the nearest drag strip where they have test n' tune times? We gotsta know... we gotsta know! (Dirty Harry reference for all of us old guys)Originally Posted by philly98540
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Atco NJ has Friday night street night. About 1.5 hours away. I should be just under 120 trap if dyno numbers are close and car hooks ok.
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Oh man, an hour and a half isn't bad. I have to drive over an hour to all of my "local" tracks.
A car that traps close to 120 is a FAST feeling MF'er. I would love to know what you're really able to do, so we can start to flesh out some understanding of the durability of these short blocks when the tune is good and detonation is judiciously avoided (like you are with the water/methanol).
By the way, within reason I don't think you really need the car to hook very well to get a good solid trap speed. Something about physics, but oftentimes as you make your car hook better your trap speed will actually go down, while your ET also goes down (gets faster). Maybe it's all about the length of time the car has to accelerate or something..
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Interesting on the trap speed thing. I would thing faster speed at 60' would equal faster trap, but time is not speed... hmmm, gotta ponder that.
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Every time I see this thread upping by you I expecting "my intake manifold is finally exploded" type of post lmao
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When are you planning to check your time? Even ruffly in video or something like it. I think time 100-200kph will give to every body clear picture about your car power.....
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Intake gonna be just fine! It's those pesky ring gaps that were my worry until I took those internal pics posted on last page. This motor is holding just fine with my set up. Well, at least so far..Every time I see this thread upping by you I expecting "my intake manifold is finally exploded" type of post lmao
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No plans yet!
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No plans yet![/QUOTE]
Awe ... You scared!
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Nah, I do that every drive.
How's those headlights? Done yet? WTH's your update?
98 540i 6, 525 whp, 120 mph 1/4, V3 Si S/C'er @16 psi, W/A I/C, Water/Meth, Supersprint Headers, HJS Cats, 3" Custom Exhaust, UUC Twin Disc, Wavetrac LSD, GC Coil Overs, Monoball TA, AEM FP, Aeromotive FPR, AEM Failsafe AFR/Boost, Style 65's w/275's, M5 Steering Box, Eibach Sways, M3 Shifter, Evans Coolant, 85 Deg Stat, PWM Fan, 10" Subs, B.A. speakers, Grom Aux/BT, Still Rolling as my DD!
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Believe it or not after starting new job and taking classes this summer I haven't even started working on the driver side headlight.
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So sad Awk. Mismatched headlights on the poor M...
98 540i 6, 525 whp, 120 mph 1/4, V3 Si S/C'er @16 psi, W/A I/C, Water/Meth, Supersprint Headers, HJS Cats, 3" Custom Exhaust, UUC Twin Disc, Wavetrac LSD, GC Coil Overs, Monoball TA, AEM FP, Aeromotive FPR, AEM Failsafe AFR/Boost, Style 65's w/275's, M5 Steering Box, Eibach Sways, M3 Shifter, Evans Coolant, 85 Deg Stat, PWM Fan, 10" Subs, B.A. speakers, Grom Aux/BT, Still Rolling as my DD!
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Awe ... You scared!
No, I know that your car is more faster than mine, I just want to know how fast it is. )))
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So happy to be back in my whip and back on the forum. This is my tribe.
Regarding 1/4 mile times, as a reference , last month I ran 12.4 @ 90mph. Standard VF 6 psi with meth and pre-cat/manifold delete 3" custom exhaust. This was 91 octane and heat soaked condition with a horrible launch. Level 10 built 5HP24 slush box.
I am running again July 22nd at PBIR Street Racing Made Safe event. Race gas and better launch.
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Were you completely off the gas as you crossed the line? That is a very quick ET, but a very slow trap speed, even for a factory stock car. I'm not sure what an appropriate trap speed is off the top of my head that would go with that ET, but maybe a guess might be somewhere in the 112-115 range?
It will be VERY interesting to see what you can do in that next event if you're going 12.4 on a horrible launch, and lifting at the end (I guess).
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Agreed. What's going on there? 90 mph is minivan territory.
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I don't really understand the correlation with times and speeds yet. My open 3.15 diff did not help on launch... neither did my DSC being active. Next time, no DSC and lower RPM launch around 2,500 - 3,000 RPM. I launched too high as well.
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I'll get some video up on a thread when I run. I can probably run twice if I get there early enough as it gets crowded as sheet.
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Should be over 15 seconds if 90 mph. You got the slip? Or did you slam the brakes in the last 75 ft? Odd....
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No slip, just watched a video of the run. More insight in a couple of weeks.
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Look at the attachment. I had 13.15sec & 178kph or 110mph in 1/4mile.
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Is that video available for us to watch?
My 540 ran 14.2-14.3s at 98-99 without a supercharger and with 160k miles on it. My 328 with 225k and an automatic trans ran 15.2 at 90mph. These are pretty normal times/trap speeds. 12.4 is very quick for a 540, so your trap speed should be pretty high with that.
If you look at this list, you'll see other sets of data from various 540s, and then all correlate pretty much normally. By the way, 12.4 would be one of the quickest on that list.
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Must be on the brakes too early. I was trapping 99 at the strip, running between a 14.1 and a 14.2.
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I am puzzled. Even more eager to see what happens on the 22nd now. I will post a slip and/or video. It would be great to get some updated #s esp with FI guys. Thanks fellas.
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interesting info in this thread . if i m not gonna sale my supercharger kit this summer , i m gonna get another 540i and make something similar to youwhat power you make with your small pulley set up?
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Been a while since I did the quarter, but my '97 540i/6 did 13.914 @100.97mph with a 2.181 60' on RS3 tires. And that was with the original clutch with over 160,000 miles on it. Haven't been back since I've done the aluminum flywheel and upgraded clutch. Something is FOR SURE up with that trap speed, unless you weren't at a full 1/4 mile long strip?
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