High 10 second Supra...

[dimwitrj]

... in the ⅛ mile. :D I went to Irwindale's run what you brung thursday night races and my Supra hit 10.8's in the ⅛. I met an '84 P-type owner there but he had to leave because he didn't meet track regulations [long pants]. Well I learned that I don't know how to burn out with my Supra .. what an embarrassment .. I stalled so many times attempting to burn out because I was nervous. The first time I revved it up, and hit the brakes with my right foot instead of my left; I was so confused, then I finally got it. Well are high ten's a respectable time for a newbie in the ⅛ mile ? Also outa the 3 times I raced, I won .. none of them. First race: CRX beat me by a car length but I had the whole-shot. Second race: '02ish Civic coupe beat me by a hair, I swear i woulda beat him if i had 5 more feet of track. Third race: I was against a ~7 second 5.0 Mustang :eek: and I red lit. Well that's it; enjoy.

[Speed Racer]

Uh....racing section maybe......ya think?

*moving post*

[zank]

no one races 1/8 mile tracks, its all about the 1/4 mile :) bring that hoopty up to LACR

[dimwitrj]

Uh....racing section maybe......ya think?

*moving post*
Sorry about that, I've never really noticed this racing section before; probably just glimpsed at it once. :(

[dimwitrj]

no one races 1/8 mile tracks, its all about the 1/4 mile :) bring that hoopty up to LACR
I know ⅛ mile sucks but I was off today and I know they have races there every thursday night .. so I figured why not try it out. Plus L.A.C.R. is ~thrice as far as Irwindale from here.

[KurtW85]

1/8mile is such a waste of time. Its only excuse to make your car sound faster than it is. Maybe because I always think 1/4 mile when I hear about races.

[Junkie]

Lets see...for me 1/8 mile is 15 minutes away,and $25,minimum safety rules,lots of passes,VERY good time.
1/4 mile is 1+ hour drive in friday night traffic,could be 2+ hours,$35,TNT guys are at the mercy of whatever "club" racers are there,NHRA tech damn near,sit around 1/2 the night.


Guess what I'll be doing more often...............................

[FWDsux]

1/8mile is such a waste of time. Its only excuse to make your car sound faster than it is. Maybe because I always think 1/4 mile when I hear about races.

:rolleyes:

[trdmkii]

darn, i read this post and thought you had a 10 second car....lol damn that'd be sweet, all that matters is you had fun, and you enjoyed going fast, the lauch will come with practice.

[supergregotti]

Just curious.................. did ya redline at all ?

[zank]

Lets see...for me 1/8 mile is 15 minutes away,and $25,minimum safety rules,lots of passes,VERY good time.
1/4 mile is 1+ hour drive in friday night traffic,could be 2+ hours,$35,TNT guys are at the mercy of whatever "club" racers are there,NHRA tech damn near,sit around 1/2 the night.


Guess what I'll be doing more often...............................

HUM thats funny.....1/4 mile track is 15 min away from my house and I can get 15-21 passes in one night depending on how many people come. the 1/8 track is probably 1 hr away...maybe two with traffic and they usually get 2-3 runs a night due to so many people going to that shitty track :D

the only downside to the 1/4 track I run at is that its at 2700 ft above sea level :runaway:

[Supra_devil]

my best is a 10.73, i need to take better tires to the track for a decent launch.

[WadeT]

Boy the title of this thread sure is misleading. I was expecting some kinda worked MK2 runing 10s in the 1/4 mile... hehe

[Supra_devil]

i was expecting to see the vid of a supra going 10.199 or something like that, i just saw the vid on supraforums in the last couple days.

[williamb82]

1/8th mile is the most important part of the race. better the 1/8th the better the 1/4. the 1st 60ft is by far the most important part htough, get that down to less then 1.8 and your good to go.

[SlimFastSupra]

1/8th is the perfect place to practice

[KesekiSupra]

wats wrong with using ur left foot to hold the brakes when doing a standstill? id rather use that then my left foot myself, then again, im weird

[dimwitrj]

wats wrong with using ur left foot to hold the brakes when doing a standstill? id rather use that then my left foot myself, then again, im weird
You'd rather use your left foot instead of your left foot ? My feet were confused cause I was a n00b; if you use your right foot to brake doing a burn out then what would you use to apply the gas ?

[dimwitrj]

Just curious.................. did ya redline at all ?
Possibly, I mostly went with the sound of the engine. When something didn't sound right, I shifted .. jk.

[night_font1]

Since were still kinda on the topic of 1.8 mile runs, my best was a 10.559 sec @ 67.34 MPH, with only cold air intake and exhaust mod, just a good driver hah.

[supra_toy]

10.471 1/8

will

[KesekiSupra]

my bad, yea i meant id rather use my right foot than my left foot. i use my heel to press the gas?