It’s cheaper here too… ;D
Though I do remember a friend of mine says that they do have ethanol free options up in Vancouver, BC.
Yea, our Chevron 94 is ethanol free… but it sucks. East coast gets good gas though.
Funny you mention that, was just chatting with one of the guys from HPA and he was telling me the same thing, they even have different tunes for their kits on local cars.
I’m just going to fill her on 91 when I cross the border, and ill just add some 100 from the track, get it to around 94.
Question has anyone crossed the border running no cats? I just started wondering if they are going to give me a hard time or not?
yup
They didn’t care in Michelin or coming back to ontario
Ya you’ll be fine in Michelin. ;D
Alright, it’s good weather here in Seattle.
I invited westwest, but he is getting his custom race suit stitched up.
My group (including psykhotik) is RS7, RS5, S5, S6.
Plenty of juice.
I should be the slowest! 
There’s another S6 that might join. I’ll follow up with the guy on fb.
but prettiest
It was quite a bust… Only two runs for me. Doug only got one…
Car: 2013 Audi RS5
Stock power (tune/intake/exhaust - all bone stock)
Stock wheels with heavy Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position 285/30/R20
Half tank of gas (Chevron 92 Octane with Ethanol - up to 20% I think)
Eurocode Alu-Kreuz, 034 transmission mount, and apikol rear diff mount (red because race car) LOL not sure if this matters, but just for complete data (since I love data)
First run:
Dynamic with LC but in ‘D’ instead of ‘S’ mode LOL!
60’ — 1.882
330 – 5.440
1/8 – 8.326 @ 84.02
1000 - 10.795
1/4 – 12.878 @ 108.33 MPH
As per dragtimes:
Density Altitude: 1241 feet
Relative Density: 96.42 %
Second run, Dynamic and in ‘S’ mode with LC:
60’ — 1.870
330 – 5.483
1/8 – 8.407 @ 85.49
1000 - 10.917
1/4 – 13.015 @ 108.88 MPH
As per dragtimes:
Density Altitude: 1113 feet
Relative Density: 96.78 %
I think I got distracted/surprised by the big truck that just flew off the line. Not sure/can’t remember. But I THINK I kept my foot planted. I got higher MPH on this run. Saki/prime, could I trouble you guys to chime in on nuances between ET and 1/4 mile times? I was a hair slower 1/4 mile time but a half mile per hour faster crossing the line.
Timeslips:
You can have a little more variance like that. You’re an na v8 so heat in the engine bay is going to be an issue that can vary your results.
Also shift speed will influence mph . Not sure if the D vs S was a factor.
Finally alight changes in density altitude will influence power and power produces mph. Looks like it got better later.
Overall you went 12.8 in pretty medicocre conditions on a night when your car was probably hot as a pistol from all the waiting/idling. Not terrible.
Go on a dead, cold, fall or spring sat/sun morning when there’s only 25 cars and you can get there early, cool the car off, run whenever you want and have some fun with your buddies etc. Busy advertised night events are often a downer.
Scott, With just two runs it’s hard to say and the variance isn’t that much… Any shifting issues? Better conditions DA wise, cooler car, and nail a 60ft time and your in the 12.5x-12.6x
That sucks it was busy and you guys didn’t get many passes, like Saki says best to go when it’s dead make a bunch of passes and bail…
Thanks, guys! Yeah, I’ll try heading out with Doug again sometime (with less cars). It was lots of fun though! I did remember to shallow stage like you told me to a while back. It was my second time ever on a drag strip.
Yesterday was a bit of a cluster for me but next time I hope to come out and let the car cool down properly. I literally picked up the car from the dealer (15k service), went home and straight to the drag strip thru traffic.
This probably isn’t helpful but, one hour of sitting in the pits waiting to run will build up a ton of heat in your transmission. If the temps raise too much your transmission will pull back on the shift speed and lockup. That will hurt ET.
That is good to know. Next time I’ll try hot lapping (lol - provided its not an hour wait) and then let the car cool down with hood up and see what difference there is.
What about the other cars on the list how did they run?
If you have a vag-com handy, you can always look at the fluid temps before you run. That will help point out where you’re at. It’s interesting to see just how heat soaked you can get sitting in the pits, and when I say interesting, I really mean upsetting. Beautiful car by the way.
Yeah, I’ll bring my laptop and vag-com next time I hit the strip.
Thanks, dude! ;D
My dad’s helmet didn’t pass tech, so we had to share which meant we only got 1 run each (too many people, poorly managed, lots of break downs)
My car, 92 octane, stock, full weight
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/15/a6apymu5.jpg
I’ll post up the rs7 slip when he sends it to me (11.6 @121)
Good news was we did two kart sessions right after we got there, as it was 86 degrees
Any idea why the S6 was so slow? The ET may be understandable but the MPH is really low. 90 MPH? Something’s wrong there…
