OCUK RWYB Drag Meet - Saturday September 17th - Santa Pod Raceway
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Granny shifting and not double clutching like you should!
Hahahahahaha
It looks SO SLOW!
It was madness inside that car, I was practically bouncing up and down in my seat willing it to go faster.
My best run was a massive 0.17 seconds faster though, not laughing now are ya!
It looks SO SLOW!
It was madness inside that car, I was practically bouncing up and down in my seat willing it to go faster.
My best run was a massive 0.17 seconds faster though, not laughing now are ya!
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Hahahahahaha
It looks SO SLOW!
It was madness inside that car, I was practically bouncing up and down in my seat willing it to go faster.
My best run was a massive 0.17 seconds faster though, not laughing now are ya!
I'd love it in a car like this, I'd be trying all sorts, taping up body gaps, folding in the mirrors, stripping out interior, emptying washer bottle, messing with tyre pressures to try and eek a bit more.
I'd love it in a car like this, I'd be trying all sorts, taping up body gaps, folding in the mirrors, stripping out interior, emptying washer bottle, messing with tyre pressures to try and eek a bit more.
I had slightly over-inflated tyres a'la motorway economy, full interior, glove box and door pockets full of stuff, and back seats covered in bags of camera gear, laptop, overnight stuff etc.
But I did only have about 6 litres of diesel in the tank!
On my last run I got a much better launch and flatfoot shifted and was generally unkind to the poor thing (but still carrying loads of rubbish) and it was 0.17 seconds faster than that video.
Anyway, it clearly enjoyed its spanking as it rewarded me thusly on my 135 mile journey home:
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Hi there
Got a new tune uploaded on the car, AFR was improved from 11.7 at WOT to around 11.9 which to many will seem rich but all the tuners state that is how Coyote is designed and when the car was stock it was 12.0 AFR at WOT. One of the great things about my car the fact it has electronic AFR gauges as standard and they match the datalogs also.
The new tune feels great, punching it in 2nd at 4000rpm activates traction control, something it never did previous, of course I then turned it off, no wheel spin but my god does it feel stronger.
They have also set the engine cooling fans to come on earlier, which is annoying due to the noise but the cylinder head temperatures are certainly lower. That is good for power as the car pulls timing when CHT reaches 98c and on Saturday it was around 100-104c due to the waiting, so this being enabled will keep it sub 98c.
Excited to go back hahah!!!
They want me to datalog some runs as the tuner also wants me to get into the 12's even if I cannot perfect my launch.
Got a new tune uploaded on the car, AFR was improved from 11.7 at WOT to around 11.9 which to many will seem rich but all the tuners state that is how Coyote is designed and when the car was stock it was 12.0 AFR at WOT. One of the great things about my car the fact it has electronic AFR gauges as standard and they match the datalogs also.
The new tune feels great, punching it in 2nd at 4000rpm activates traction control, something it never did previous, of course I then turned it off, no wheel spin but my god does it feel stronger.
They have also set the engine cooling fans to come on earlier, which is annoying due to the noise but the cylinder head temperatures are certainly lower. That is good for power as the car pulls timing when CHT reaches 98c and on Saturday it was around 100-104c due to the waiting, so this being enabled will keep it sub 98c.
Excited to go back hahah!!!
They want me to datalog some runs as the tuner also wants me to get into the 12's even if I cannot perfect my launch.
I had slightly over-inflated tyres a'la motorway economy, full interior, glove box and door pockets full of stuff, and back seats covered in bags of camera gear, laptop, overnight stuff etc.
But I did only have about 6 litres of diesel in the tank!
I won't lie I went to this expecting not to like it, so I had all my car cleaning stuff in the boot, tool kit and tyre inflator kit and inside the car glove box was full, fuel tank brimmed.
Seems I was quite mistaken as excited to do it again, for me the only worry is breaking something on the car in the rear-end like snapping a bolt from an over enthusiastic launch.
Thing is I will hit my mid 12's and then I will want an 11.
You have to run it that rich to keep the cats cool. Peak torque (MBT) would be at around 13:1 on a N/A engine but you have to thrown in the fuel at higher loads/speeds to maintain cat temp. You don't loose a massive amount of torque though to be honest, maybe a few percent.
Ford actually say on the Coyote they run them at 12.0 instead of usual 12.5-12.8 as it allows them to run a lot more timing/spark/ignition advance on the engine allowing for more torque and power, particular down low, in order to make that safe they need more fuel.
Sure cats as well, though a lot of guys in the US are running headers with no cats and they still target 11.8-12.0 at WOT.
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Hmm, could be interesting running the R36, the stock car will run 13.6s quarters apparently and mine has a remap.
I'm purely talking from experience of running the dyno systems at Ford where they map these things
I won't lie I went to this expecting not to like it, so I had all my car cleaning stuff in the boot, tool kit and tyre inflator kit and inside the car glove box was full, fuel tank brimmed.
Seems I was quite mistaken as excited to do it again, for me the only worry is breaking something on the car in the rear-end like snapping a bolt from an over enthusiastic launch.
Thing is I will hit my mid 12's and then I will want an 11.
I'm sure your car will be able to handle it, its practically brand new and designed to be able to handle a fair bit of power and a bit of a thrashing!
I know it doesn't really compare in a lot of ways, but I was doing front wheel burnouts with the handbrake up to warm the tyres on my 172,000 mile family saloon, and nothing broke.
I'm purely talking from experience of running the dyno systems at Ford where they map these things
Just saying what Ford USA (FRPP) and a few who tune (US) them told me, they just mentioned about running a lot of timing and the extra fuel makes that safe. I guess cats is also true but they only mentioned the timing side of things.
I'm sure your car will be able to handle it, its practically brand new and designed to be able to handle a fair bit of power and a bit of a thrashing!
I know it doesn't really compare in a lot of ways, but I was doing front wheel burnouts with the handbrake up to warm the tyres on my 172,000 mile family saloon, and nothing broke.
Car manufacturers don't consider drag racing regular use, hard launching can snap things like diff bolts, I'd rather get them uprated with some stronger better designed ones that are in Mustangs doing 8s quarters, then I know I am safe and for $20 it is just good peace of mind.
Stoooop ittttttt
I've been thinking about getting the Stage 1 upgrade for 8th! Just talked myself out of doing it and now you make me reconsider
It's pretty much nonsense though. Running more advance reduces exhaust valve and cat temperatures. Anyway, like I said, it's pretty academic as the torque difference between running at MBT and down to the point of a rich misfire, is only a few percent. You'd never really notice it.
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Car manufacturers don't consider drag racing regular use, hard launching can snap things like diff bolts, I'd rather get them uprated with some stronger better designed ones that are in Mustangs doing 8s quarters, then I know I am safe and for $20 it is just good peace of mind.
I respect you not wanting to break and brand new £30k+ car but you are probably being a little too cautious.
Just look at how I was treating the MX5, it's done 110k miles, it's making 2.5x the torque and close to 2x the horsepower compared to stock with nothing done in terms of protecting the longevity of drive train components (Past an upgraded clutch), although I do appreciate an MX5 is also significantly cheaper to fix
Just something they claim, it only came about because when the UK guy dyno my car he was like damn 11.8 WOT is rich, should be circa 12.5 on an NA car.
So I checked with numerous guys in US and Ford themselves, they said they target 12.0 WOT and that was their explanation for running what some tuners of NA cars would consider rich. Every other one I've driven including stock ones are 11.9-12.0 at WOT.