I did a search and couldn't find a thread about actual times people were getting at the track. Has anyone took there car to the track stock? What kind of times did you get?

 

yea ive taken my car twice to the track already, i posted the times on clubsciontc.com people on scionlife dont really seem to care to much for performance, and if they do its not on the track. anyways i got full I/h/e
weapon r, dc, injen
here are the links to my 1/4 time
http://clubsciontc.com/modules.php?n...&highlight=1+4
that was from 5.5.05
http://clubsciontc.com/modules.php?n...&highlight=1+4
and that was from aug 26
just read the post and you see the difference in 1/4 with my mods - g/f etc.

 

your 1/8th mile times are a little high..Ive hit a 10.2 bone stock, with your mods your 1/8th time should be sub-10, work on those launches!!! the 1/4 mile is won or lost in the first 1/8th, thats why I normally dont run on the 1/4.

 

thanks. well i plan on going to the track at the end of the month...any sugs on my lauch..

 

I found the TC is actually really hard to launch....actuallly try slipping the clutch a little and feathering the throttle....drop the air pressure in your front tires by about 5 pounds also, between runs open your hood to allow some cooling, that helps a little, a old mustang trick is to actually put a bag of ice on the intake manifold!!!

 

Between that thread on Club tC and here there's a few pieces of bad advice here's what I suggest.

1) Do NOT dump the clutch. You're just going to get wheel hop and wheel spin like that. You want to let the clutch out fast, but not completely all at once. General rule of thumb, the faster you let the clutch out the more gas you give it. Ideally you want to start by revving to just under your torque peak, then release the clutch, as you let it out increase throttle, if you have wheel spin reduce throttle... pretty simple. It's all about feel though so you really need to just practice at it.

2) I don't recommend putting ice on your intake manifold. Dramatic changes from hot to cold cause aluminum to crack, now I just got my tC so I'm not sure what the intake manifold is made out of, but generally icing down your block is a bad idea.

3) Definitely remove your girlfriend from the car. When you're dealing with a car with as meager a horsepower as the tC an extra 100 lbs can easily equal at least one or two tenths of a second, sometimes more. Also a good idea to not have a full tank of gas. Gas however weighs less than water so is not really "heavy" per se.

4) Your R/T does not factor into your E/T. Reaction time is only used in bracket racing. You could sit on the line for 10 seconds and still pull the same ET.

5) That guy telling you about "speed shifting" and how these Vette and Trans Am guys lose to mopeds becuase they don't speed shift... lol... ok... not taking your foot off the gas might be cool to get a couple nice ET's but when you're picking pieces of your clutch up at the 60 ft mark who will be laughing? You want to shift fast and you don't necessarily want to completely remove your foot from the gas, but don't keep it pegged....

 

Dave your awsome......LoL

 

whats the TC turn stock? im going to take mine out to get a good stock time but that wont be for a few months. dont want to romp it too hard yet, only 110 mi so far.

 

15.951
and 15.997
bone stock..

 

I g ot a 15.78 stock (trd exhsast, but I doubt that got me anything)

 

Manolla!