Houston, we have liftoff.....

[DaveH]

Well it was an interesting day at the track, we learned quite a bit and got my car set up better. Thanks to Andy for helping tweak the E98 tune a bit. We put limiting straps on the front suspension trying to get the car to not wheelie so much. It seemed like we made some progress, first pass of the day was a 8.60 @ 165 which was the best the car has run. The next pass was a 8.65 @ 154. On both passes the car had a slight burble at the launch, but we figured we had the wheelie problem taken care of.

uhh, guess not... the next pass was the pic above. No burble at the launch and the front end shot up. I did get a nice view of the sky I guess. I'll post the vids once they are up in youtube.

edit here is the 8.65 video. We didn't have the camera going on the 8.60 pass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t91S_IAlbXI

Too much wheelie video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfGnmdFCkn4

[01tib]

Damn! thats awesome dave. Nice pass.

[out there]

indulge my ignorance: why aren't you using wheelie bars? i'm genuinely curious

[z31]

Dave do you have a window in the floor for doing wheel stands to keep an eye on the wall ? :icon_scratch:

[delfast]

OMG thats awesome

[dubbsy]

out there;232578 wrote:
indulge my ignorance: why aren't you using wheelie bars? i'm genuinely curious

because supras aren't supposed to wheelie

nice driving again Dave and congrats on the numbers.

[weshole]

At least it wheels up without darting one way or the other. Nice n straight. Great passes Dave.

[D S ohM]

weshole;232593 wrote:
At least it wheels up without darting one way or the other. Nice n straight. Great passes Dave.

That's because Supras are MAN cars. Unlike those buttstangs that love to jerk it left or right.

Awesome passes Dave! And there's no such thing as "too much wheelie".

[Afsil80]

Intense...

[musthavemuzk]

was great to see and talk to you guys yesterday.
that wheelie pass was after i left. dang it anyways.

Monty

[Guest]

sweet...now we can take the blurr out stunting w/ the bike crew...

[91nbtsi]

Holy shnit. Looks like fun:)

[harm]

tjamz;232667 wrote:
sweet...now we can take the blurr out stunting w/ the bike crew...

..so now it's time to get those front brakes upgraded for stoppies? =D

[SPANISH-RICE]

damn that high, wheelie bars?

[probe this]

Congrats Dave you have almost caught up to matt. A few more wheelies and you might get him.

[b almer]

did you expect it to wheelie or did you have an idea it might

[DaveH]

I didn't expect it to wheelie much, the previous 2 passes were in the 8.60's and the front end was just up a foot or so. we though we had the wheelie problem figured out, I guess it showed us.

[musthavemuzk]

soooo if i show this weekend will i get to see wheelies again?

Monty

[fallguy]

If all goes good hopefully not!!! We checked out the Muscle Car Shootout in Brainerd this last Saturday and all the fast cars had their tires about a foot off the ground or less. The ones that were going sub 8.50's. If we can't get it to be tame with suspension adjustments than a wheelie bar is a must.

[63vette]

At 8.50 a wheelie bar is a must, if nothing else as a safety device.
Your both going down next year.