Gintani Stg 2 SC'R Race File and a one day 700+ Mile Round Trip to Sacramento Raceway

[mikewads]

Originally Posted by Akara1

You mention getting a good light, but I was under the impression that most of these open test and tune days at the local drag strips don't factor in r/t in the ET. I thought the timing started once the wheels broke the beam, not on the green.

You are correct. Your reaction time only matters when you are actually racing someone.

[DLSJ5]

Originally Posted by King Tut

I wondered how long it would take for a 135/335 owner to get in here and post their classic torque argument. Let me know when you know what a flat torque curve and a linear power band are. As to my statement about the 1/4 mile time not being mentioned on the front page. I don't care about MPH at the drag strip. Drag races aren't won on MPH. MPH is nice to brag about and show off all your uber horsepower, but 1/4 mile times and winning races are what matters. They show that your whole car is working including your suspension/tires to maximize all that power off the line. Get back out there and set some good 60 foot times and get in the 10s. Also your reaction time is never factored into your elapsed time at the drag strip. It only matters when doing bracket or heads up racing.

You make some good points, IMHO the 1/8th and 1/4 traps are more impressive, currently I believe 11.45 is the fastest documented 1/4 mile ET for the E9X M3, and I don't think it's half bad, lol. I'll get back out there ASAP!

[DLSJ5]

Originally Posted by PencilGeek

Drew, no doubt you have mad skills when it comes to drag racing. I'm sure you can beat that ET of yours. One more datapoint along with KingTut -- my Forum Wars results. The M5 beat me in the 1/8 mile drag by a fraction of a second, but I had a higher trap speed. Of course, he was declared the winner with the lower ET. But now I'm curious because somebody else brought it up...was my (and your) times measured from the time I broke the beam? Meaning was my reaction time irrelevant to the results?

It's irrelevant, it only matters when you are bracket racing. Thanks for the props Robert, I thought you did great on the Forum Wars event.

[mikewads]

Originally Posted by DLSJ5

It's irrelevant, it only matters when you are bracket racing. Thanks for the props Robert, I thought you did great on the Forum Wars event.

Reaction time is only irrelevant when your doing test and tune. When you race heads-up (meaning both cars leave the line at the same time) the reaction time is very important if both cars run about the same ET. You can have a slower ET and still win if you had a much quicker reaction time.

[DLSJ5]

Originally Posted by mikewads

Reaction time is only irrelevant when your doing test and tune. When you race heads-up (meaning both cars leave the line at the same time) the reaction time is very important if both cars run about the same ET. You can have a slower ET and still win if you had a much quicker reaction time.

Never have RT's applied to these type of events, test n' tune, street legal nights, etc. Unless you are bracket racing or at a actual REAL competition, at least in my case, you could leave the line 15 seconds later than the other car and still run an better ET.

[mikewads]

I'm talking about a real heads-up racing competition. A persons reaction time never has anything to do with the ET.

[DLSJ5]

Originally Posted by mikewads

I'm talking about a real heads-up racing competition. A persons reaction time never has anything to do with the ET.

Agreed!

[DLSJ5]

I was lucky enough to have someone film a run, not the best pass of the day, but still decent.

[mikewads]

Thanks for the vid!

Sounds like those drag radials were screaming for help in first and second.

[DLSJ5]

Originally Posted by mikewads

Thanks for the vid!

Sounds like those drag radials were screaming for help in first and second.

Thanks Bud, yeah not great initial traction in that run, Dragtimes.com did a nice story on the car as well.

http://www.dragtimes.com/blog/bmw-e92-m3-supercharger

[m33]

Originally Posted by DLSJ5

Thanks Bud, yeah not great initial traction in that run, Dragtimes.com did a nice story on the car as well.

http://www.dragtimes.com/blog/bmw-e92-m3-supercharger

thats pretty nut's your car is getting good publicity
what wheel HP are you at in that 1/4run ? to bad nobody else is dragging so we can compare trap speed vs whp

[LV-E92M3]

Can I post it up? let me know bro.
Drew's Mexico runs + other cars. Nice runs


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[KiokenM3]

drew did his thang is mexico!!! dope vid with lots of very fast cars

[mikewads]

That was fun to watch! Hope it does not get removed. I didn't see any other cars, so it must of been a closed road!

[///M3SOME]

lol nice camera move while racing the silver 996

[Eugene-TAIWAN]

nice job Drew

[DLSJ5]

Originally Posted by Eugene-TAIWAN

nice job Drew

Thanks Bud, it was awesome to finally meet you!