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  1. tommygold

    tommygold Rookie

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    #1 tommygold, Feb 15, 2011
    11.26 seconds at 131mph. No launch control. Street tries. Race mode. Full auto.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAzM11mUrjw[/ame]
     
  2. tommygold

    tommygold Rookie

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    #2 tommygold, Feb 15, 2011
    External view of a run at 11.22

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xviTTMlPxg[/ame]
     
  3. Russ Birch

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    #3 Russ Birch, Feb 15, 2011
    Impressive for street tires and bone stock. Good show!
     
  4. tommygold

    tommygold Rookie

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    #4 tommygold, Feb 15, 2011
    Thanks very much. I just pressed the gas pedal; no credit to me. A couple of additional notes: the track was cold (45 degrees) and was only treated for the first 60 feet. So in better conditions, I should be able to knock it down to close to 11.0. And of course this is ET, so there's no reaction time -- it's start to finish.
     
  5. nizam

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    #5 nizam, Feb 15, 2011
    That was a pretty good run. Outtathebox car too.

    Nice. :)
     
  6. cpiguy

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    #6 cpiguy, Feb 15, 2011
    Fantastic!!! Our of curiousity, why no launch control?
     

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  7. tommygold

    tommygold Rookie

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    #7 tommygold, Feb 15, 2011
    Launch control requires running manual. In race mode-auto, you can pedal launch (depress the break and floor it) and it will rev and launch on break release. It's a very similar effect, but you're in auto. For me at least, auto will be a lot faster because I don't know when to hit the gear shifts perfectly.
     
  8. cpiguy

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    #8 cpiguy, Feb 15, 2011
    That's interesting. It's the exact opposite with BMW DCT. Can't wait to get my 458!
     
  9. Financialman

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    #9 Financialman, Feb 15, 2011
    Fantastic run! That 458 is an amazing machine.
     
  10. 355dreamer

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    #10 355dreamer, Feb 15, 2011
    Maryland tags? Nice!
     
  11. Tifosi15

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    #11 Tifosi15, Feb 15, 2011
    Fantastic run
     
  12. Willybeen

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    #12 Willybeen, Feb 15, 2011
    impressive times....

    Not often you see these at the strip. :)
     
  13. 430man

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    #13 430man, Feb 15, 2011
    TG has your bud cracked 12.5 yet?
     
  14. needspeed

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    #14 needspeed, Feb 15, 2011
    Good for you.....That is so cool. Thanks for posting the vids I am addicted to them......Steve
     
  15. tazandjan

    tazandjan Three Time F1 World Champ
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    #15 tazandjan, Feb 15, 2011
    Tommy- The cold air makes more hp and it did not sound like you were losing too much traction during the run. The end speed of 130+ mph is really impressive. That is Enzo territory.

    Taz
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  16. FikseGTS

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    #16 FikseGTS, Feb 16, 2011
    wow, nice run! can you post the rest of the timeslip? 60' and 1/8 mile ET and traps?
     
  17. tommygold

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    #17 tommygold, Feb 16, 2011
    I only have the time slips for some of the runs. But here is the 11.269 run:

    60' - 1.963
    330 - 5.012
    1/8 - 7.440
    MPH - 100.84
    1000 - 9.517
    1/4 - 11.269
    MPH - 131.84

    Yeah, I'm starting to suspect that my time had to have been influenced by the temperature. I thought it was slowing me down, but maybe it was helping the engine and actually speeding me up.
     
  18. tommygold

    tommygold Rookie

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    #18 tommygold, Feb 16, 2011
    Last edited: Feb 16, 2011
    I found the 11.228 run:
    60; - 1.929
    330 - 4.976
    1/8 - 7.405
    MPH - 100.74
    1000 - 9.480
    1/4 - 11.228
    MPH - 132.19

    You can see that the .04 difference in the runs comes from a slightly better start. After that, the runs are basically equal.
     
  19. tommygold

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    #19 tommygold, Feb 16, 2011
    430man may be referring to the fact that this runs were practice for a drag race on March 8 in Las Vegas against a 720hp Shelby Cobra. He's still around 13.0 so far. I've agreed to spot him .2 seconds and that I have to beat him 3/3.
     
  20. 430man

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    #20 430man, Feb 16, 2011
    I told ya the first day you posted he was going to struggle to do 12.5 and that you would beat him by over a full second.

    I guess it's still too early to say I told you so huh? ;-)
     
  21. FikseGTS

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    #21 FikseGTS, Feb 16, 2011
    yea, you had very favorable weather with the DA at -1500.....


     
  22. SPEEDCORE

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    #22 SPEEDCORE, Feb 16, 2011
    11's nice :)
     
  23. 430man

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    #23 430man, Feb 16, 2011
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    and BTW Tommy, I was a bit harsh in that post. http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=140267102&postcount=4

    Because first, I was less than impressed by your taking advantage of a poor old man. ;-) But also because you two (checkbook racers) sounded like an accident waiting to happen.

    After reading many of your posts, I guess I prejudged you a bit. You 'get' he is racing a computer and not you. And (more importantly) you also have shown an abundance of respect for the safety issues surrounding this race.

    So in that regard, I owe you an apology and while I'm at it, let me be the first to thank you for sharing this with both communities. This is the kind of race that gets run thousands of times over beers but almost never in real life.

    I'll be waiting on the videos like everyone else. thanks
     
  24. of2worlds

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    #24 of2worlds, Feb 16, 2011
    Great to see those time slip numbers. 132 MPH in the quarter mile is very impressive; especially for a car that isn't just built to go fast in a straight line! Thanks
    CH
     
  25. Challengehauler

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    #25 Challengehauler, Feb 16, 2011
    Get some sticky rears and get that 60' down and you will murder the cobra. Right now I'm seeing a neck and neck race.
     
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