Martin71RS
03-01-2009, 10:32 AM
Yesterday I washed the Camaro so it would look good today at the event at Zandvoort track here in the Netherlands.
it was a tuning/race event with time attack (road course), drift and 1/4mile sprint. Most of it were (what you consider) imports...some serious stuff there too!
I entered the 1/4 (on the track's straight) to see what my car would do. Remember this is not a dedicated 1/4mile track, we do not have one in our country. Grip was terrible....but I must admit I did not change anything to my car like tire pressure e.g.
This was my first 1/4mile with a car so it was exiting (10years ago I drove ultimate street bike series with a GSXR1100)
First run I had massive wheelspin from the start so had to correct and lost time there...I also shifted from 1 to Drive...so 3rd gear came too soon. Result: 15.87sec @142.57km/h 89mph
second run was a lot better, launched half throttle and then smashed it, shifted @5000 to 2nd and then again @5000 to 3rd.
This appeared to work best for me and the Camaro.
In the end I did 5 runs (only have 4 timecards)
My car:
400 chevy small TH350, 1:2.73 axle with powertraxx, 275/45/17 goodyear street tires and OMVL LPG with Technocarb. (propane)
my best result despite the lack of traction: 15.182sec @152.87km/h 95.5mph (other times/speeds were not far off)
just before my last run it started to rain....I got wheelspin again when I shifted to 2nd, so that was it for me. Not much later the event was stopped because of the rain.
I am very happy with the results, had a fun day and the Camaro did great.
on the way back to the start we had to drive the whole road coarse....I did my first drift attempts:1st: I am getting a feel for the car now. I was afraid to try it out on the streets, risks are too high in my opinion. On the track I had plenty of space and I was not afraid to hit anything.
temp went up to 200~210 1 or two times but stayed at or under 180 almost all the time. oil pressure was good and constant too.
The motor was running for 3 hours or so altogether. After the event I just drove it home.....gotta love pro-touring:smoke:
I hope to find some pics or movies online...
Martin
it was a tuning/race event with time attack (road course), drift and 1/4mile sprint. Most of it were (what you consider) imports...some serious stuff there too!
I entered the 1/4 (on the track's straight) to see what my car would do. Remember this is not a dedicated 1/4mile track, we do not have one in our country. Grip was terrible....but I must admit I did not change anything to my car like tire pressure e.g.
This was my first 1/4mile with a car so it was exiting (10years ago I drove ultimate street bike series with a GSXR1100)
First run I had massive wheelspin from the start so had to correct and lost time there...I also shifted from 1 to Drive...so 3rd gear came too soon. Result: 15.87sec @142.57km/h 89mph
second run was a lot better, launched half throttle and then smashed it, shifted @5000 to 2nd and then again @5000 to 3rd.
This appeared to work best for me and the Camaro.
In the end I did 5 runs (only have 4 timecards)
My car:
400 chevy small TH350, 1:2.73 axle with powertraxx, 275/45/17 goodyear street tires and OMVL LPG with Technocarb. (propane)
my best result despite the lack of traction: 15.182sec @152.87km/h 95.5mph (other times/speeds were not far off)
just before my last run it started to rain....I got wheelspin again when I shifted to 2nd, so that was it for me. Not much later the event was stopped because of the rain.
I am very happy with the results, had a fun day and the Camaro did great.
on the way back to the start we had to drive the whole road coarse....I did my first drift attempts:1st: I am getting a feel for the car now. I was afraid to try it out on the streets, risks are too high in my opinion. On the track I had plenty of space and I was not afraid to hit anything.
temp went up to 200~210 1 or two times but stayed at or under 180 almost all the time. oil pressure was good and constant too.
The motor was running for 3 hours or so altogether. After the event I just drove it home.....gotta love pro-touring:smoke:
I hope to find some pics or movies online...
Martin