Today I went to a drag race test and tune, at sacramento raceway with my buddy.
He brought his 6.2 liter turbo LSX powered '82 Volvo. (search 55superbeetle to see his various projects) to see if he could finally claim to have an honest 10 second street car.
And of course, I couldn't let him go unchallenged. The goal, was to see who would clock a 10 first.
A "more bald than I thought" rear tire put me behind right off the bat. A quick trip a moto store two blocks from my house, and I had a new PR3 ready to roll...
By the time I got to the track, my buddy Jeff had already been "spoken to". With no roll cage, he car made a first pass of 11.005! They were chill... But told him if he clocked his 10, he was done.
No pressure on the 114,000 mile girl, now is there?
My first run, right as I arrived, with bags partially full....front tire came up. Had to chop it.. 11.4... Going to have to pull the bags quick! Ha!
I pulled a couple more runs in the mid 11's while trying to see if a second gear launch would work better.
Jeff's next run was his last.
10.7! At 127
My next run, I stopped playing with second gear.
10.87 at 126
One more run at 10.9, and I put the emptied bags back on to see if I could claim a 10 second bagger...
10.95 at 124
Good old girl. maybe I'll give her a bath tomorrow.
