In-Car Footage!

Spectator view (sorry for the low volume)... Spectator View

My friends and I rented out Capitol Raceway for the day, and I must say that we had a blast. I'm happy with my times, considering the temps were pretty high (ambient temp was ~86 degrees). My car, a 2003 X50, is totally stock in the power department (no tune, exhaust, or even K&N). I have 315/30/18 Michelin Pilot Sports in the rear, which were @ ~34 psi, and Bilstein PSS9 suspension.

Here's my best run (click to enlarge)...




I was extremely happy to find that the car exhibited virtually zero wheel-hop when launched from 4k-5k. I think I could have launched better with some more practice. I was shifting as fast as I could and, damn, it felt great. I really like this car.

Here are all of my runs (without a passenger, at least) side-by-side:



And here's a timeslip from my best run in my Dad's V8 Audi R8.

 

Wow, congrats. That's pretty quick!

 

That's awesome! Great driving. I didn't think a bone stock car would trap 120

 

HD video added to my original post, as well as all of my timeslips (in chronological order).

 

Very impressive...you drove the hell out of the car and it looks like the track was actually hooking. I wish I would have known about this, I would have joined in on the rental.

Your mph equates to mid 11s w/the right conditions.

 

awesome job. great consistency, alot better than my first time out. what was your launch technique?

 

DAMN, and we could have used another guy, too! As a result of multiple reschedules, due to rain and schedule conflicts, we were short THREE people (7/10). I will make sure to mention it on this forum if we ever have any slots to fill in the future.

As for mid-11s... I think I could have pulled a 1.7x 60' time if I launched at a higher RPM, which might have gotten me into the 11.7x range, but that's about it. I don't think I could have done much better than that.

 

Good work. 1.7 60 is hard with stock gears.

 

Def PM me on you guys next track rental, my home is literally 10 mins from Capitol. Your mph is very strong for a stock twin car. I bet I could probably crack out a 11.3 - 11.5 w/my car {intake & exhaust (no cats).}

 

Nice numbers! Awesome traps

 

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

I just added another vid (spectator view) to my original post.

I was launching from ~4k RPMs. I was not side-stepping the clutch, but I was letting it out pretty quickly and immediately going full-throttle.

Edit: Just added a timeslip from my best run in my Dad's V8 Audi R8.

 

Hehehe, this guy can drive that is for freaking sure! I knew as soon as he left the hole, it was going to be the 11 second run we were all waiting for.
Definitely had fun and the track prep was great and so was the staff. Too bad no 11's for me, next time for sure with new wheels and tires. Already
looking forward to the next one.

 

That is a great time for a stock X50. Only Motor Trend was able to go 11.8x on a stock X50. Submit that to Divexxtreme for verification to be added to the list. Thanks for posting. Rep points for you.

 

Thanks again!

Now that I'm done with this stock BS, I'm ready to upgrade. I have my eyes on A28s... quick spool (read: streetable) is my main priority, and my secondary goal is 500+ whp on 93 octane.

 

Those are the best Published times (Motor Trend) I've ever seen. You just matched them.

I'm really curious to see if you can match your 1-2 gear times with A28s...