Ran a 12
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Ran a 12
I took my car to the track yesterday. My first run was a 13.0 with a 1.8 sixty foot. I thought "Hmm, I can do better than that on the launch." The next run, I slipped the clutch out a bit more aggressively and got a 1.7 sixty foot, 12.927 @ 103.74. At that point I was happy with what I had run, and just stopped running for the day. I'm certain I could have been even more aggressive on the launch and pulled a 1.6 and maybe a 12.8 or 12.7, but I don't really care. I reached my first goal for this car, 12.x run on stock turbo, stock sidemount, pump gas. Now I get to upgrade my turbo and go after an 11.9, because my turbo's seals are so shot that I lost a half quart of oil on those two passes 
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Congrats man! That is awesome. I was in tampa last night and left a message on your phone but you never returned it. Definitally missed out on some good fun and we could have celibrated. Keep up the awesome work.
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Hah, I just checked my messages, and there it is. Last night I was helping deal with the aftermath of a friend's misshift at the track, toasted half the stuff in his head 
. Then some hick redneck towtruck driver insisted that my friend had to ride with him and spent the whole trip berating imports and talking about his "8 second S-10 with a Chevy big block". It "is going to run 7's after I put nitrous on it", when asked what shot "Oh, a whole shot'a nitrous!" :bbb: That was his tow car/street car, his race car is much faster 
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Oh, and he said "Man, that's what you get granny shifting down the track, not double-clutching like you should." I'm not kidding. And he'd never seen "The Fast and the Furious".
. Then some hick redneck towtruck driver insisted that my friend had to ride with him and spent the whole trip berating imports and talking about his "8 second S-10 with a Chevy big block". It "is going to run 7's after I put nitrous on it", when asked what shot "Oh, a whole shot'a nitrous!" :bbb: That was his tow car/street car, his race car is much faster .Oh, and he said "Man, that's what you get granny shifting down the track, not double-clutching like you should." I'm not kidding. And he'd never seen "The Fast and the Furious".
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Originally posted by Jordan Y.
Hah, I just checked my messages, and there it is. Last night I was helping deal with the aftermath of a friend's misshift at the track, toasted half the stuff in his head. Then some hick redneck towtruck driver insisted that my friend had to ride with him and spent the whole trip berating imports and talking about his "8 second S-10 with a Chevy big block". It "is going to run 7's after I put nitrous on it", when asked what shot "Oh, a whole shot'a nitrous!" :bbb: That was his tow car/street car, his race car is much faster .
Oh, and he said "Man, that's what you get granny shifting down the track, not double-clutching like you should." I'm not kidding. And he'd never seen "The Fast and the Furious".
Hah, I just checked my messages, and there it is. Last night I was helping deal with the aftermath of a friend's misshift at the track, toasted half the stuff in his head
. Then some hick redneck towtruck driver insisted that my friend had to ride with him and spent the whole trip berating imports and talking about his "8 second S-10 with a Chevy big block". It "is going to run 7's after I put nitrous on it", when asked what shot "Oh, a whole shot'a nitrous!" :bbb: That was his tow car/street car, his race car is much faster .Oh, and he said "Man, that's what you get granny shifting down the track, not double-clutching like you should." I'm not kidding. And he'd never seen "The Fast and the Furious".
Congrats on making it into the 12s. 
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Thanks, everybody. I actually found a video of my first run in the video forum, I'll cross-post it here. Can the 1.8 sixty and a better reaction time prevail over the 400hp 240sx? It takes about 12.4 seconds to find out... http://www.gnbits.com/~uk/notsure.avi
Good job mang!
