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Took my Forte5 Turbo automatic to San Antonio Raceway today. Best run was 14.98 @ 95 mph. Considering that's about the best magazine time I saw before buying the car (not sure which mag I saw that on) and I only got 9-10 runs in, I'm extremely happy with the results. This was with:
Completely bone stock, including tires
10k miles
ECO Off - ran a 15.2 fresh off the highway when I forgot to turn it off...still not bad! lol
TC On - I actually forgot to test turning it off, but I don't think the car was burning out enough to matter, really, as I never got a low traction light...but I will try with it off next time
Bumped over in to manual shift mode, but not shifting, letting the car do it which seemed to be very close to red line
Powerbraking up to around 1500 RPM then just flooring it at launch. There was a tiny bit of bog from time to time upon launch, not sure if the TC had something to do with that or if it's just a characteristic of the car
35 PSI in the fronts and 40 PSI in the rears. I only went that high because I wasn't losing traction.
Around 40 degrees outside, but with a 10 mph crosswind, so there's some give and some take there
Interestingly enough, it never ran slower than a 15.2. That's pretty freaking consistent for me trying so many different things.
We plan on going again this next weekend if anyone else wants to go. This will be the last weekend for San Antonio Raceway before they close until February, and they definitely need the business, I know they're having money issues. But the track is great, the crew is all nice, and the commentator is fun though, oddly, he didn't say anything goofy about there being a Kia on the track.
Anyone else taken their stock turbo Forte to the track, yet? Also, if anyone has any questions about drag racing, I'd be glad to answer. I wouldn't say I'm an expert, but it's not exactly a hard subject and I've been doing it for years.
Completely bone stock, including tires
10k miles
ECO Off - ran a 15.2 fresh off the highway when I forgot to turn it off...still not bad! lol
TC On - I actually forgot to test turning it off, but I don't think the car was burning out enough to matter, really, as I never got a low traction light...but I will try with it off next time
Bumped over in to manual shift mode, but not shifting, letting the car do it which seemed to be very close to red line
Powerbraking up to around 1500 RPM then just flooring it at launch. There was a tiny bit of bog from time to time upon launch, not sure if the TC had something to do with that or if it's just a characteristic of the car
35 PSI in the fronts and 40 PSI in the rears. I only went that high because I wasn't losing traction.
Around 40 degrees outside, but with a 10 mph crosswind, so there's some give and some take there
Interestingly enough, it never ran slower than a 15.2. That's pretty freaking consistent for me trying so many different things.
We plan on going again this next weekend if anyone else wants to go. This will be the last weekend for San Antonio Raceway before they close until February, and they definitely need the business, I know they're having money issues. But the track is great, the crew is all nice, and the commentator is fun though, oddly, he didn't say anything goofy about there being a Kia on the track.
Anyone else taken their stock turbo Forte to the track, yet? Also, if anyone has any questions about drag racing, I'd be glad to answer. I wouldn't say I'm an expert, but it's not exactly a hard subject and I've been doing it for years.
