turbo331is
02-27-2005, 10:36 PM
This is my first post, and a pretty solid one at that. I have been tracking since I got my license a couple years back, and about 6 months ago, I bought a 99' Protege LX as my daily. Couple weeks ago, I bought a Passport G-Timer to datalog my trackdays, etc...But I found the thing that interested me the most was the timed runs. Needless to say, in the past week I have been doing several runs. My car has 99k miles on it, and it is an auto. I had weight set to 2850.
I did several runs using my girlfriends A4 1.8TQ to get an idea how close times were. We were less than a MPH off her 1/4mile trap speed, and .4sec off her 1/4mile time with the same 60ft time. I got about 0-60 in 11.2-12.4 seconds not power braking. 1/4 was in 17.75-18.82@63.2-67.8. On my final runs last night, I got some good times. The temp was about 40 degrees. I set the meter to do a brake test. On my first run, I mainly wanted to do a brake test. Going easy on the brakes, and not locking up any, I got 172ft. This was what would be if I needed to slow down quickly, but not in a HURRY. The next run was just pure beating on my car. I power braked until the revs were around 2200, and let the brake out. I got 0-60mph in 9.63 seconds, 1/8th in 11.17@63mph. The best part though was the brake test. In my driving schools, we are tought threshold braking in race cars with no ABS, so I put that to use. I did a full out stop, as fast as I could, pressing the brake until it locked up, then backing out, and go back to just before it locked up, and you get the idea. I got 63mph-0 in 107ft in 2.07seconds. That is hauling down. I have ceramic pads in the front on stock rotors. Just to give you an idea, in my friends BMW 328is with Axis Ultimate Ceramic/Metallic pads, the best he could pull with and without ABS is 121ft. Needless, he was rather dissapointed in his car.
Hope you guys enjoy the numbers,
Wes
I did several runs using my girlfriends A4 1.8TQ to get an idea how close times were. We were less than a MPH off her 1/4mile trap speed, and .4sec off her 1/4mile time with the same 60ft time. I got about 0-60 in 11.2-12.4 seconds not power braking. 1/4 was in 17.75-18.82@63.2-67.8. On my final runs last night, I got some good times. The temp was about 40 degrees. I set the meter to do a brake test. On my first run, I mainly wanted to do a brake test. Going easy on the brakes, and not locking up any, I got 172ft. This was what would be if I needed to slow down quickly, but not in a HURRY. The next run was just pure beating on my car. I power braked until the revs were around 2200, and let the brake out. I got 0-60mph in 9.63 seconds, 1/8th in 11.17@63mph. The best part though was the brake test. In my driving schools, we are tought threshold braking in race cars with no ABS, so I put that to use. I did a full out stop, as fast as I could, pressing the brake until it locked up, then backing out, and go back to just before it locked up, and you get the idea. I got 63mph-0 in 107ft in 2.07seconds. That is hauling down. I have ceramic pads in the front on stock rotors. Just to give you an idea, in my friends BMW 328is with Axis Ultimate Ceramic/Metallic pads, the best he could pull with and without ABS is 121ft. Needless, he was rather dissapointed in his car.
Hope you guys enjoy the numbers,
Wes