Bunnspeed wrote:

This thread makes me feel a little better about my 13.7 at 102.6 in my fwdlol K04'd MKV GTI. 

That's pretty good! Easily can be a 13.5 with good tires

Bump. Took the Warhammer to the drag strip about a month ago. I managed to run a bunch of 15.2s at 91 and 92mph, with 2.3 60ft times. Not terrible for a 4000lb fwd car with only 275hp and rock hard 700 treadwear all-season white line tires. Traction control was super invasive and non-defeatable, so I had to roll into the gas slowly to avoid any kind of tire spin as that'd cut power. Also, 3rd gear felt way too tall. With shorter (for better effective gearing) sticky tires, some tricks to disable traction control (which would involve some rewiring shenanigans), and cooler conditions I have no doubt the Warhammer could run a 14.8 or 14.9.

hammyt wrote:

Out of curiousity how much $/time did you invest to get that 13.7@102?  Just curious, cause my best run with a slight launch (1.9 60') is 13.6@100 w/ VF and supporting mods/tune.

Way too much, although there were lots of redundant parts (multiple intakes, multiple tunes, etc.), repair upgrades, and preventative maintenance parts that added to the tab. The car was super slow for what it had for mods and I tried all sorts of different parts combos trying to solve the 5,500rpm misfire issue. The fact that it had over 140k on the clock at the time probably didn't help either.

Other mkv's have run 12s at 110-112mph with the same level of mods, so my car was way off the mark.

I could probably retrace my steps for around $4500 buying the right parts; about $1500 less if I built a TSI dsg car.

Thanks man. I miss that car. I'm considering getting a TSI version and doing a budget do-over using carefully selected used parts. It really was a great car in most respects. The TSI is cheaper to make faster (better fueling, stronger rods, more efficient breathing). I'd probably go with a dsg to avoid the expensive clutch swap needed once these things make power, and because dsg cars are significantly faster at a given level of modification. Plus the get better gas mileage.

Lose as much weight as possible and of course, as allowed by the rules. The rear seat is pretty heavy, especially the seat back.

If you are going to be going to the track a lot, I would look into a lighter battery and racing fuel. VP113 seems to be a popular choice, especially amount the Subie crowd.

bynddrvn wrote:

Lose as much weight as possible and of course, as allowed by the rules. The rear seat is pretty heavy, especially the seat back.

If you are going to be going to the track a lot, I would look into a lighter battery and racing fuel. VP113 seems to be a popular choice, especially amount the Subie crowd.

Apparently imprezas have self-lightening seat backs. Particularly around the shock towers.

Bump. Has anyone run their car lately?

Racecar stuff. Frustrating day, actually. Went to a huge FB page Mass tuner meet at the drag strip. Surrounded by cool cars and good people. Barely got to interact with them or see much of anyone run because the track was moving slow as ballz between disorganized running of various run groups (with test n tuners squeezed in here and there), and breakages shutting down the track. I spent $35 to get 2 runs in 3 hours, spent the rest of my time standing around next to my car since we never knew when we'd be summoned to run, then had to drive an hour and a half back to my gf who was on the warpath, so I missed out on the feast of runs I would have had if I could have waited another hour or so. Plus my car was having electrical issues which made the trip pretty nerve wracking since my digital gauges stopped working and I've been dealing with an intermittent no-start/ battery drain issue.

Anyhow, there were some high points along with the bad. For example, I ran a 15.3 on my first run and beat a kid in an SRT-4, which was hilarious. I beat him at the tree, he panicked when I jumped out on him, and he proceeded to overcompensate by giving it too much gas out of the hole, spinning like crazy for the first part of the track while I wafted away. I think he had a 2.7 or 2.9 60ft to my 2.3. I kept waiting for him to catch traction and blow by me by the halfway mark but it never happened, and I beat him by carlengths, running 15.3 at 91mph to his 15.7 at 96mph. I have a video of it which I'll try to share when I figure out how to get it from Facebook. 

My second run was much more routine: Got raped by buslengths by your standard 11 second big turbo Civic on drag slicks.  m

Last edited by Bunnspeed (2015-06-29 09:41:38)

That SRT4 had a slow trap speed too..... car was beat or horrid driving past the first 60 ft.  Even stock it should have trapped at closer to 100mph shitty launch and a all.

Back in the day I butchered a launch in my 86 5.0 and ran a 15.9 at 95.... think it was a 2.7 60 ft.  On a good run it would do a 14.4 or 14.3 at 96 or 97.

Last edited by Snaab9-2 (2015-06-29 09:40:23)

If you go on a Wednesday or a Friday you can probably get 5-6 runs in, per hour.

racerjim wrote:

The thought of a DeVille out hooning it up on the drag strip just makes me happy (valuable mood shift on a Monday morning!)

You're not alone. It made a big impression given its limited number of runs and I got a lot of positive attention there and on the MassTuninng FB page. It's hard not to love a full-sized Cadillac being used Ina horribly inappropriate manner. 

Skorpion25i wrote:

If you go on a Wednesday or a Friday you can probably get 5-6 runs in, per hour.

I might go again on Wednesday with some of my local car buddies. Let me know if you're interested in rendezvous-ing. 

Link is good....SRT4 owner, not so much.