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IROCZman15 · 06-28-2020, 06:03 PM

Well, quite a weekend. Did 2 of the 3 car events I was hoping to do.

Friday night Test and Tune at Island dragway = Yup
MSNE AutoCross at MetLife = Yup
Car Show in Wayne = No, it was canceled. instead took wife to Rita's for a treat with the car

-Test and Tune at Island had a good amount of cars there, which was good to see. I brought the new-to-me laptop to check datalogs and tune files in between runs. The D/A that evening was in the 1400-1900 range. Made 5 passes total. 12.45, 12.12, 12.16, 12.11, and 12.07. The car seems to launch better from an idle, instead from revving it up to 2,000 rpm and leaving. Getting more consistent with shifting at 6,000-6,100 now with the new tach. I shift into 3rd gear just before half track, and the rest of the pass becomes boring. Played with adding timing advance a degree at a time in between each run. I know that my MPH would show an improvement with timing changes, and E.t. is more about shifting and being quick out of the hole. Gotta work on somethign to liven up 3rd gear. Got home after midnight and parked the car. Installed the front sway bar and replaced the Drag radials with my street/autocross wheels. Bed around 3 am
- Woke up 6 am and headed over to MetLife stadium for the MSNE event. Large/long course. Car did well, but it is immediately noticeable that I will need to re-learn how to throw the car around corners better now with the new powertrain. Lots of spinning at part throttle, so I had settle for the fact that light throttle exiting turns was the way to go, or else it would simply fishtail. Many experienced autocross members complimented the car but everyone made it a huge point to tell me that I need better tires without a doubt. In the last 3 runs, my power steering was not there at low rpm's. That made it quite more of a challenge to make sharp turns with no power steering. I wish I had in car video of me wrestling with the wheel. It was dry all day so the cars in the first two run groups had nice pavement; however, it did rain slightly during runs 3,4,5 which was just after I began to learn the course! It rained a LOT when i was packing up the car and I didnt have time to examine the power steering belt/pump so i just drove home in traffic, in the rain.
-Unpacked the car and cleaned it all up nicely in the hoped of going to the TriCounty Car show in Wayne for Sunday, only to find out later on when I looked online, that the car show was canceled due to Covid. Sunday I took the wife out to Ritas in Flanders with the car and the power steering is still not-there at low rpms. will examine it this week, pump was brand new in april (see my posts from then).

Photo album from Island -> https://www.flickr.com/photos/iroczm...57714895184666

-also, I see one or two people who appear to be track staff or similar taking photos while doing recent T&T events at Island. However, nowhere on their website or their facebook page can I find out info about who the person is, or how to get one of their action photos? Anyone know? I tried emailing Island and also left a voicemail asking for info, but no return call. Any ideas?

thehazguy !!

AutoX photos:

ride home:

There was one guy who was taking a ton of photos during the autocross, and he uploaded like 3,000 of them to this site-> https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...RIOGtpZEoyQkNB Looks like he edited them or added filters. I put them into a photo album with the photos I took with my phone at the event. my album-> https://www.flickr.com/photos/iroczm...57714895342461

his:

Videos:
I gotta get better at having the desire to make better videos. I don't know the first thing about editing, or changing camera angles, or any of that. So, all the videos are from the same windshield viewpoint, which really doesn't capture the amount of sliding I was dealing with on the autocross.

Drag racing videos:

Pass 1: 12.454 at 108.30mph
in car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a6ZdLSi9qI
trackside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3iz4c2nFXs

Pass 2: 12.124 at 112.46mph
in car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V2J56BveIc
trackside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcQrm2qFjzw

Pass 3: 12.164 @ 112.03
in car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AP1QckGZUU

Pass 4: 12.113 at 112.50mph
in car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45gw9wXYPKw

Pass 5: 12.074 at 113.08 mph best pass of the night and my personal best also
in car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PWX3Ck_JLw

MSNE AutoX videos:
run 1: 83.085 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KtyFwDDzK0

run 2: 80.171 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xedOkqXfass

run 3: 77.570 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPaFgJcoKQA

run 4: 999.999 ran off course (missed one gate)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyWzKh-MS8g

run 5: 76.519 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm0dUKB-oJs

run 6: 76.022 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIbZK1pJDvI

run 7: 82.887 seconds (spun out 360deg and continued on)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaWfSkW-p00&t=2s

a few very short video clips a friend took as I was learning the course during run 1 and 2, right before it started to rain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0pprBurVz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bmTadPtFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiYU9DS5rIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aftKrGPaz18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-P1BbESNM

nitty gritty details: I checked plugs 1 and 2 in between each round and looking for signs of pre-ignition. I also looked for spikes on the rpm trace of the datalog. Seeing no issues at all, I added spark in. Looking at the 2D ignition table, I changed spark a degree upward in those cells from the 32 range, on up to right at 36 deg advance. Still not seeing that much of an improvement in mph or any numbers on the datalogs.
- also, my VE table (CL comp and learn) has now gone down from last time I did 1/4 mile passes on June 6. after applying learn to that table I was in the 117 range for peak VE numbers. now I am back down to the 112 range. I find this odd. Learn numbers are in the low single digits on that part of the graph. Confusing to me. I can post or link datalogs and tune files if someone was curious to take a peek.

Overall:
had a ton of fun. would have loved to go to a car show Sunday and bring home a trophy, but oh well, I couldn't change the fact that it was canceled. 138 miles on the car with 5 drag strip passes, 7 autocross runs, and some ice cream with the wife. No fluid leaks, no odd noises, just a power steering problem, and apparently I have one of the bulbs burned out in the center brake light from what I cans see in the action shot photos. Multi-purpose street car.

06-28-2020, 06:03 PM	#104
IROCZman15 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Roxbury, NJ Posts: 2,101 iTrader: (8)	Well, quite a weekend. Did 2 of the 3 car events I was hoping to do. Friday night Test and Tune at Island dragway = Yup MSNE AutoCross at MetLife = Yup Car Show in Wayne = No, it was canceled. instead took wife to Rita's for a treat with the car -Test and Tune at Island had a good amount of cars there, which was good to see. I brought the new-to-me laptop to check datalogs and tune files in between runs. The D/A that evening was in the 1400-1900 range. Made 5 passes total. 12.45, 12.12, 12.16, 12.11, and 12.07. The car seems to launch better from an idle, instead from revving it up to 2,000 rpm and leaving. Getting more consistent with shifting at 6,000-6,100 now with the new tach. I shift into 3rd gear just before half track, and the rest of the pass becomes boring. Played with adding timing advance a degree at a time in between each run. I know that my MPH would show an improvement with timing changes, and E.t. is more about shifting and being quick out of the hole. Gotta work on somethign to liven up 3rd gear. Got home after midnight and parked the car. Installed the front sway bar and replaced the Drag radials with my street/autocross wheels. Bed around 3 am - Woke up 6 am and headed over to MetLife stadium for the MSNE event. Large/long course. Car did well, but it is immediately noticeable that I will need to re-learn how to throw the car around corners better now with the new powertrain. Lots of spinning at part throttle, so I had settle for the fact that light throttle exiting turns was the way to go, or else it would simply fishtail. Many experienced autocross members complimented the car but everyone made it a huge point to tell me that I need better tires without a doubt. In the last 3 runs, my power steering was not there at low rpm's. That made it quite more of a challenge to make sharp turns with no power steering. I wish I had in car video of me wrestling with the wheel. It was dry all day so the cars in the first two run groups had nice pavement; however, it did rain slightly during runs 3,4,5 which was just after I began to learn the course! It rained a LOT when i was packing up the car and I didnt have time to examine the power steering belt/pump so i just drove home in traffic, in the rain. -Unpacked the car and cleaned it all up nicely in the hoped of going to the TriCounty Car show in Wayne for Sunday, only to find out later on when I looked online, that the car show was canceled due to Covid. Sunday I took the wife out to Ritas in Flanders with the car and the power steering is still not-there at low rpms. will examine it this week, pump was brand new in april (see my posts from then). Photo album from Island -> https://www.flickr.com/photos/iroczm...57714895184666 -also, I see one or two people who appear to be track staff or similar taking photos while doing recent T&T events at Island. However, nowhere on their website or their facebook page can I find out info about who the person is, or how to get one of their action photos? Anyone know? I tried emailing Island and also left a voicemail asking for info, but no return call. Any ideas? thehazguy !! AutoX photos: ride home: There was one guy who was taking a ton of photos during the autocross, and he uploaded like 3,000 of them to this site-> https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...RIOGtpZEoyQkNB Looks like he edited them or added filters. I put them into a photo album with the photos I took with my phone at the event. my album-> https://www.flickr.com/photos/iroczm...57714895342461 his: Videos: I gotta get better at having the desire to make better videos. I don't know the first thing about editing, or changing camera angles, or any of that. So, all the videos are from the same windshield viewpoint, which really doesn't capture the amount of sliding I was dealing with on the autocross. Drag racing videos: Pass 1: 12.454 at 108.30mph in car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a6ZdLSi9qI trackside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3iz4c2nFXs Pass 2: 12.124 at 112.46mph in car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V2J56BveIc trackside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcQrm2qFjzw Pass 3: 12.164 @ 112.03 in car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AP1QckGZUU Pass 4: 12.113 at 112.50mph in car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45gw9wXYPKw Pass 5: 12.074 at 113.08 mph best pass of the night and my personal best also in car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PWX3Ck_JLw MSNE AutoX videos: run 1: 83.085 seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KtyFwDDzK0 run 2: 80.171 seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xedOkqXfass run 3: 77.570 seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPaFgJcoKQA run 4: 999.999 ran off course (missed one gate) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyWzKh-MS8g run 5: 76.519 seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm0dUKB-oJs run 6: 76.022 seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIbZK1pJDvI run 7: 82.887 seconds (spun out 360deg and continued on) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaWfSkW-p00&t=2s a few very short video clips a friend took as I was learning the course during run 1 and 2, right before it started to rain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0pprBurVz0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bmTadPtFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiYU9DS5rIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aftKrGPaz18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-P1BbESNM nitty gritty details: I checked plugs 1 and 2 in between each round and looking for signs of pre-ignition. I also looked for spikes on the rpm trace of the datalog. Seeing no issues at all, I added spark in. Looking at the 2D ignition table, I changed spark a degree upward in those cells from the 32 range, on up to right at 36 deg advance. Still not seeing that much of an improvement in mph or any numbers on the datalogs. - also, my VE table (CL comp and learn) has now gone down from last time I did 1/4 mile passes on June 6. after applying learn to that table I was in the 117 range for peak VE numbers. now I am back down to the 112 range. I find this odd. Learn numbers are in the low single digits on that part of the graph. Confusing to me. I can post or link datalogs and tune files if someone was curious to take a peek. Overall: had a ton of fun. would have loved to go to a car show Sunday and bring home a trophy, but oh well, I couldn't change the fact that it was canceled. 138 miles on the car with 5 drag strip passes, 7 autocross runs, and some ice cream with the wife. No fluid leaks, no odd noises, just a power steering problem, and apparently I have one of the bulbs burned out in the center brake light from what I cans see in the action shot photos. Multi-purpose street car. __________________ 1987 IROC-Z - modified