went to the track last night, stock 94 GT auto 115k miles Options

[brianforster]

Best run was a 17.7

I did beat a riced out lancer than ran an 18.8

Lost in the second round to a trans am

It was the types of racing where you use your dial in.

I'm really dissapointed, I thought it would atleast be a little faster

[Kwanza26]

No I didn't spray. The engine was refreshed a bit back in april or may (head cleaned up, minor gasket-match job, cleaned internals, injectors, fuel system... etc)... I forget exactly when, but it was during a headgasket job, which turned into a minor re-build (to fix a slight knock)... I was running pretty clean. My SAFC was also tuned on a smog machine (funny... but worked ok...) and my car is/was running fairly good (got some pinging at idle now). Motor is stock... only with bolt-ons and tuning. The tuning is what makes the big differences in this case.

As for the runs... 16 flat was the best I've ever run. I ran 3 or 4 times that day, and put it anywhere between 16.5 and 16.1... 16.0 was the first run I ran. Also, I was running slicks on some 15 inch Rotas in the front, and some ghetto 15 inch ADRs in the rear. I tested launches anywhere from 3500 rpms to 5000 rpms... The back of my car was stripped down, and my passenger seat was removed. I didn't weigh in that day, but I'd guesstimate around 2500 or so with me in the car. I weigh about 160-165 btw.

Finally... SlowCelica is correct about the r/t... The Reaction time measures your ability to race-launch your car and makes little difference towards your 1/4 mile time. The reason I had a bad reaction... the guy next to me was HELLA LOUD I couldn't hear shiat. I usually have fairly good reaction times (around .500 to .600... Sac raceway is on a .500 system)... the 60' time is what most accurately measures how good of traction you get off the line, and that is what makes the good runs. That is the reason why AWD cars can run such quick times. In my case... 1.8 60' was something I woulda never thought possible in a FF car... but there it is. My celica is now pretty much retired from the performance scene...