Your DA was -23 with temperatures about 54 degrees. To me those conditions aren’t bad at all. it also looks as though you had clear sky’s so I’m not sure why you had such a hard time hooking up. Was track prep horrible? What was your tire pressure? You can warm up your tires by aggressively pulling up to the staging lights. That will also help in removing stones and what not from you tires.
The track clock was not ajusted for daylight savings, so the time was 10:39am, not 11:39am. According to my car, the temp was upper 40’s. I’m thinking it had something to do with track prep. My brother was video taping for me and he said a lot of people were struggling. I was the second car to run down the track.
I will definatly try the aggressive pull to the line next time. After the second run I noticed a ton of little stones on my tires like you said. I Tried to lower the tire pressure for the third run and same wheel hop happened, so I shut it down right away and gave up for the day. Not happy!
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Yeah it’s too bad you gave up Ryan…I think once you got an even layer of track rubber on your tires, you would have been ok. My PBs have usually been after the 5th run or after.
I’d definitely try my method a few times, back up right to the water box if you have to, shift to M, and spin them hard, then back to S. ATCO made us run through the water box, but they had enough burnout length after that to get the tires spinning on the run up to the staging beams. I’ve never noticed (heard?) any stones on my tires that was significant enough to affect the launch. But I have noticed that my tires tend to grab enough track rubber after 10 runs to affect launching in a positive way. A couple weeks ago, I think Bear had the same thing, his 60’s kept improving, mind you, not to 1.6s…I think a 1.71.
Looks like both those runs would have been 11.9s at least, if you could have pulled a 1.70 60’. Was really sweet watching the 335 disappear in your mirror on the second vid.
Okay… My advice would be to keep on trying to play with tire pressure and warming up the tires before each run based on the conditions. I also highly recommend a Vag cable as it will provide data necessary data to help analyze your runs and find areas to improve. (If you take my case for example I need to look at the CPS unit I have installed as my IAT’s seem to track abnormally high and if I didn’t log anything and just ran 11.757 I would assume everything is working perfectly)
Your car moves, man - even if you weren’t happy, that thing’s FAST.
You know, that same 335xi was there Sunday when I was there, too. He put himself in a position to run with me, but then pulled off to the side and just watched me run. I think when he saw the 12.4 he decided he didn’t want to run with me, and then he never staged anywhere near me again. 
you think? I don’t think anyone cares who they run against enough to let them go unless it’s a massive horsepower drag car…those I stay the fuck away from in case they go wonky.
Certainly not likely that a 3x is going to be intimidated by someone going 12.4 and trapping 109-110 MPH. He should be close to that if he has a tune.
Its not that I’m not happy with the times, they’re good times. I’m just not happy driving 2 hours then not being able to get any runs in without wheel spin and tire hopping. I’m thinking she would have run 11.8s at least. That would have been what I expected to run with the fuel I had. 1/3 tank of 100oct with a little 93 that was in it when I put in the 100.
I’m glad Arin introduced me to this forum, I’ve learned a lot. I hope to get out one more time, and try what you guys told me to do.
Well, it happened exactly like I described, so yeah, I do think.
He ran 12.9 @ 109 in the one vid that Ryan posted, so maybe he didn’t want to get shown up by an Audi 2 days in a row…?
I think you’re getting a little ahead of yourself. People aren’t nearly as insecure at the dragstrip as you are making them out to be.
Were you scared of being shown up (badly) by that M5 who was trapping 120 MPH and putting 5 car lengths on you ET wise? I doubt it. You’d probably be like ‘fuck that thing is fast’ and then go on with your day.
With all due respect, Saki, I was there and you weren’t, and I didn’t bother to tell every detail of the story, so you don’t actually know the whole situation. So, who’s getting ahead of himself?
Just sayin’…
Interesting Arin sent you here, Ryan! Great stuff either way, your car is fast no doubt. 81bear didn’t trap 120mph overnight and PT has also been lots. Keep going and the records will fall. But most of all, have fun…
You said “maybe he didn’t want to get embarrassed by an Audi two days in a row”
Using the word maybe means to me that you are using your imagination to decide what he was thinking.
Using the word embarrassed means you are a bit of a cock.
Just sayin.
Such a sad post. Name calling - Really?
I’m beginning to understand why you hang out here, and why you take pleasure in mocking what people post.
“C*ck”? Look in mirror, man.
The car trapped the same as him but was half a second slower, seemed to back out at the last minute, I’d probably draw the same conclusion lol. Sounds like a fun day regardless! No need to rag on each other about it 
haha well, I don’t get the need to put people down like that. Saying he was embarrassed is lame. That’s the attitude that makes people NOT go to the dragstrip. They think they’ll be mocked.
Yeah don’t scare ZCD away. It would be nice to have a few threads about the circuits instead of the drag strip all the time…
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Calling me names is lameER, and it’s not even the first time you’ve done so.
Makes me wonder why I bother to post on a forum where you attempt to dominate all discussion, and take apart every post when it doesn’t match YOUR idea of how things are.
The thing is that in the end, that I was just poking some fun at our BMW-owning friends - not trying to start a war of words.
What’s troubling to me is that YOU turn it into an opportunity to put ME down, calling me names like some kind of 4th grader…
My opinions may not always fall in line with your idea of the “truth”, but that doesn’t make your opinion any more valid than mine. I also don’t go out of my way to attack anyone for their point of view…
And I’m done with this topic - thanks, Saki, for turning my post about a fun, cool experience into something ugly - much appreciated.
It’s a reference to Clarkson’s claim that Audi drivers are all cocks. Your comment was indeed cock-like. You’re not necessarily 100% cock, but that statement was. I have a bad habit of pointing out things that seem unjust. This is not new. I call it like I see it.
Saying a guy was about to get embarrassed again is a bit ridiculous. I guess someone pointing out that you said something ridiculous and frankly cocky really hit a nerve with you.
Sorry if it offended you. Just the internet. Just like your post.
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You mean you call it like you IMAGINE it must be in your fantasy world, right Saki?? YOU used the word “embarrassed” - I never did - look again.
I also ended the sentence containing my comment about the BMW driver with a question mark, so that it would be clear that I thought the situation might be open to interpretation…
YOU turned the thread into an attack on me with virtually zero justification, and THAT, buddy, is why you have to play here in your own little sandbox, because your attitude and inability to control yourself has gotten you banned elsewhere.
Oh, wait, I know: ALL THOSE MODERATORS have it wrong, and you and only you are right. So sorry. /sarcasm
Lol, bringing up an argument from last year? Niiiiiiice