this isnt really a racing story..but the RT ran a new best of 16.11@86.5 mph. it was very hot, and the mirada was off about 0.09+ seconds...hopefully that will mean once cooler air comes around, in october or so, it may get close to the 15s...

 

Sweet! Yeah, I too am awaiting some much cooler and less humid air. Last time I ran the humidity owned me. Nice job.

 

a friend of ours has film of me in the mirada, and my dad in the mirada running the RT. although, unless it was a very wide angle lens, there will only be one car in the frame after the first 5 secons or so.

andfor the record..my RT is an automatic. (someone else in another forum made a comment about that beinf terrible, and asked made some comment about whether or not my clutch was any good..

 

I think I may have been the one who made the comment about it. I don't recall saying it was horrible time, just I thought they were quicker than that. I am hoping to get out one more time in early fall when there is some nice crisp cool air.

 

no no..it was a whole different site..not DF. although you did make a comment about my car being "awfully slow", or something to that effect...j.k...lol

the track prints the weather stuff on the time slips..

93 degrees
68% relative humidity
28.14 in/hg

the mirada usually runs 12.68-12.71 at this track, and my BEst time of the weekend was 12.77, most of my runs were in the hgih 70s/low 80s. the runs in the 12.60s were on high 60 degree nights..so hopfully the RT will see a gain half as good as the gain the mirada sees.

 

I too think it will run a bit better in the cooler air, but how much better is the question.[sm=smiley25.gif][sm=smiley24.gif]

 

Hey. You forgot to mention the most important factor in the new best time. Bimmerbob was driving and the 100 lbs. less of drivers weight makes a difference.[sm=smiley20.gif]

 

so he weighs 130? wow..thats impressive...

 

Yeah. All other things being equal, I think it's pretty cool the old man bested your time. Funny thing is that 100 lbs. should only equal 1 or 2 tenths according to the ET calculator.[sm=smiley20.gif]

 

when i ran the car last time, i didnt have the small tires, or the CAI. while his weight does account for part of the drop in time, i didnt have all of the upgrades that he did.