Stop feeding your dog so much. He looked too fat.

 

Dammit.. he's jus' a lil' guy but has his winter fur coat on... Only weighs like 12 pounds! One time he fell in the pool and I found our how skinny he really was/is... OK I'm gonna tell him and he's gonna be upset:

 

hahaha

i like his sharky toy.

poor thing. wish the doc can cheer him up tomorrow.

 

That way I'm always with him I started taking him into work.. He seems to like it here and just sleeps (except when I fire my POS up).

 

I respect your honesty.... thanks and best of luck
markski

 

Thanks man I know there are things I could and should do to make the car properly set up for the drag strip but in all honesty I tried to make my car a jack of all trades, which also means it's a master of "none". Some of those decisions don't bode well for the drag strip. Good for the track, street and drag strip. With tripple adjustable JRZs, very stiff springs, monoballs throughout it doesn't transfer weight as well as a stock TT does during a drag-style launch. It's also a fine line between traction and power then of course braking stuff....

If I run a 10 this weekend then great and if not no worries, I'm sure someone soon with a 996TT (cough cough, Todd/Mike, Stephen, Mowblogo, CJV, Fred etc...) will do it...

One thing I do know is that doing simple math online with those calculators is one thing but actually going to the drag strip with these cars with many more variables and knocking out a 10 is another. That can be said for any car...

 

The only thing preventing me from running tens is traction. I have run several 11-11.1 times (measured with a G-TechPro), and traps in the 130s -- all with fully pressurized cold tires and 0-60 times over 2.0, as I slide back and forth off the line. With better traction at a drag strip, hot tires, lower tire pressure, and a 1.7-1.8 0-60, I'm confident I would hit tens -- particularly if I strapped on some drag radials. I have stomped a few different cars that run tens at the drag strip.

Its all about the traction.

Craig

 

It ain't as easy as it looks!

Kudos to those of you game enough to put your money where your mouth is with the drag strip and your pride and joy!

One of the really great things about drag racing is that your trap speed can not and does not lie. Trap speed is a very accurate indicator of engine power. Once you know the car's weight and your trap speed you can nail the rwhp.

 

Here are a few of my observations.

It seems the average driver pulls mid 12s to mid 13s out of a stock 996tt. Our best 1/4 time out of a stock 2003 996tt X50 is 11.85 and a little over 120 mph. This was with a 1.9 60ft and about 12 inches of rollout on a cool Arizona winter day at about 1400 ft above sea level, stock tires.

I know a couple guys with a stage 4s. One of them seems to hit around low 13s at about 115 mph in 70F to 80Fish weather.

 

It would be good to see the following combined:

* Time slip, or et and trap by G-Tech
* RWHP
* rear tire size
* Weight

This wouldl allow folks to compare "stage kits" with real world results.

Sure, it does not take into account the driver, but it is a start.

I for one am a terrible starter...with a 3600 lb 928 making 450 rwhp on street tires managed a best of 11.28 at 128 mph best....just before the clutch shredded! Lets jsut say it was a darn stinky ride home

Lets collect some data and see where it leads us..

Marc

 

The g-tech stuff is actually pretty useless I think (I have the newest unit) and on the street I've tried it before. Last time it did a 10.6 @ 137mph but I would take that with a grain of salt... Most people want the time slip....

It is hard to launch any RWD car with 350 plus rwhp... AWD turbos are even worse since you give it too much and it bogs. Too little and it's crap....

 

Sharky launched my car last night....but it was full of weight (Spare Tire, two people, boxes of work stuff, etc...)

From the seat of the pant dyno...i would guess high 9's!! HAHA

 

It launched good. Really good one of the time I got it right. I'd say it was at least a 1.7 60 foot with ****ty tires!

 

Alex,
Can you please post your corrected or uncorrected dyno chart......did you use Shivs?

At 750 crank, should be about 600 awhp min...right?

Thanks.

 

I don't use Shiv's because the last time I used a non-mechanically linked dyno bad things happened Not good...

It should be at the 600 mark you are correct. No dyno sheets but the car will be going down to Garret's house of love for tuning early next year. I don't have a dyno plot for this current set up. I might be using the 750 kit but I also have some other extras in it.....

There are also a lot of issues just getting a Tip to do a full pull. Nobody has yet perfected that