Modern Hemi Forums - Track results from Saturday at TMP

Met up with 8-10 HEMI owners and hit TMP on Saturday.

The track wasn't too busy and we could get lots of runs in :)

Track prep was excellent....I was hardly spinning at all.

Weather was: 88-90 degrees F
Barometer: 29.79
Elevation: 600 feet
Dew point: 63F
Density Altitude: 2980 feet

3/4 tank of gas
28psi in the rear tires (36psi in the fronts)
25 cent fan mod
coolant temp around 195-205 degrees

Best run was:

sixty: 2.14
330: 5.86
1/8th: 8.850
MPH: 82.52
1000: 11.435
1/4: 13.58
mph: 103.83

Ran another 13.58 and some 13.7s a 13.9 etc

I experimented in drive and autostick...With the same coolant temp, same launch technique and same lane I ran 2 tenths slower with the car in drive versus autostick every time.

I am really happy with the times considering the DA was pretty high and the car was hot :)

What I thought was really interesting was what one of the other guys did...

He ran the car at 200 degrees coolant temp and went 13.7@103mph with a 2.1 sixty

He let the car cool for an hour and ran with the temps in the 170 range.

He went 13.14@110.5mph on a 2.03 sixty!!!

The ECM in these cars just KILL timing when the car is hot, I wouldn't have believed it was that bad if I didnt see it with my own eyes. He left the car in drive for both passes and had TCS off.

I was pleased with how the car ran... I had the second fastest SRT8 there. All the other guys had MOPAR CAI and one guy had a Magnaflow catback.

Great group of guys and it was a lot of fun. There were several RTs there as well...

I could have done the 1 hour cooldown and ice the intake etc but I want to see how the car runs hot like it does on the street (200 plus degrees)

:cheers:

Chris