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Went to the Dragstrip Yesterday

NineElevenLover
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My friends and I rented out Capitol Raceway for the day, and I must say that we had a blast. I'm happy with my times, considering the temps were pretty high (ambient temp was ~86 degrees). My car, a 2003 X50, is totally stock in the power department (no tune, exhaust, or even K&N). I have 315/30/18 Michelin Pilot Sports in the rear, which were @ ~34 psi, and Bilstein PSS9 suspension.

Here's my best run (click to enlarge)...

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And here's some video...

Spectator view (sorry for the low volume)...

I was extremely happy to find that the car exhibited virtually zero wheel-hop when launched from 4k-5k. I think I could have launched better with some more practice. I was shifting as fast as I could and, dayumn, it felt great. I really like this car.

Here are all of my runs (without a passenger, at least) side-by-side:

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And here's a timeslip from my best run in my Dad's V8 Audi R8.

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