Me lifting the front wheels on takeoff...
11-14-2007, 06:06 AM
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Melting Slicks
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Me lifting the front wheels on takeoff...
I can't believe this thing pulled the wheels off the ground and I only got a 12.4@117! 
Actually I felt it get light in the front and lifted about 2 milliseconds after this pic was snapped. Almost shart meself!
Mike
Actually I felt it get light in the front and lifted about 2 milliseconds after this pic was snapped. Almost shart meself!
Mike
11-14-2007, 06:16 AM
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That's what is soo funny... They're standard Pirelli PZeros in a 220UTQG. I slipped the clutch at about 2800 RPMS. After this launch I quit for the day... the thought of broken parts and a depleted checking account skeered me off... Think I did a total of 8 passes and never got out of the 12s and never got faster than 118mph. Trying to get that car down that track was the most frustrating and unrewarding thing I've tried in a while...
Mike
Think I did a total of 8 passes and never got out of the 12s and never got faster than 118mph. Trying to get that car down that track was the most frustrating and unrewarding thing I've tried in a while...Mike
11-14-2007, 06:57 AM
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11-14-2007, 10:13 AM
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Mike, What were you thinking? That car is meant to go fast and turn and only take air at Shenandoah 
Cool pic though. I agree blow it up and put it on the wall. Say you been there done that and not going to do it again....
Cool pic though. I agree blow it up and put it on the wall. Say you been there done that and not going to do it again....
11-14-2007, 11:48 AM
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When I read the thread title, I thought "no way".....but damn! What a launch! 
11-14-2007, 11:57 AM
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You're lucky you didn't break something. Those cars aren't meant to do that. Half-shaft, clutch, diff, tranny...all of them are real expensive on a Porsche...FWIW.
Cool Picture though...don't do it again.
Cool Picture though...don't do it again.
11-14-2007, 12:21 PM
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11-14-2007, 06:09 PM
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I'm not somuch worried about breaking it, cause I know it's a risk of running the car... I'd just write a check, be broke for a month, and have it fixed.
A side effect to that wheel stand was that this evening while I was prepping the car for Summit Point on friday, I found all 10 of the rear lug studs sitting at aboout 150#ft. of torque. I have to order some new lug studs... Normally I check them at 96#... That was some serious torque when she stood up!
Mike
A side effect to that wheel stand was that this evening while I was prepping the car for Summit Point on friday, I found all 10 of the rear lug studs sitting at aboout 150#ft. of torque. I have to order some new lug studs... Normally I check them at 96#... That was some serious torque when she stood up!
Mike
11-14-2007, 06:20 PM
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I'm not somuch worried about breaking it, cause I know it's a risk of running the car... I'd just write a check, be broke for a month, and have it fixed.
A side effect to that wheel stand was that this evening while I was prepping the car for Summit Point on friday, I found all 10 of the rear lug studs sitting at aboout 150#ft. of torque. I have to order some new lug studs... Normally I check them at 96#... That was some serious torque when she stood up!
Mike
A side effect to that wheel stand was that this evening while I was prepping the car for Summit Point on friday, I found all 10 of the rear lug studs sitting at aboout 150#ft. of torque. I have to order some new lug studs... Normally I check them at 96#... That was some serious torque when she stood up!
Mike
How did the lugs get torqued to 150? Surely you aren't implying that the wheelie did that. 
Awesome pic.
11-14-2007, 07:24 PM
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Two weeks ago I returned the car from the last track event and
i haven't touched it since then... I torque my wheels to 96# ft. and don't touch them. I had maybe 6 miles on the car before Monday, and I'd retorqued them on Sunday night to 96#ft. so, yea, I think that wheel stand, the repeated wheel hops, and other related launch issued served to impact those studs. Unless you have another solution, I'm clueless as to another explanation.
Mike
i haven't touched it since then... I torque my wheels to 96# ft. and don't touch them. I had maybe 6 miles on the car before Monday, and I'd retorqued them on Sunday night to 96#ft. so, yea, I think that wheel stand, the repeated wheel hops, and other related launch issued served to impact those studs. Unless you have another solution, I'm clueless as to another explanation.
Mike
11-14-2007, 08:26 PM
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Two weeks ago I returned the car from the last track event and
i haven't touched it since then... I torque my wheels to 96# ft. and don't touch them. I had maybe 6 miles on the car before Monday, and I'd retorqued them on Sunday night to 96#ft. so, yea, I think that wheel stand, the repeated wheel hops, and other related launch issued served to impact those studs. Unless you have another solution, I'm clueless as to another explanation.
Mike
i haven't touched it since then... I torque my wheels to 96# ft. and don't touch them. I had maybe 6 miles on the car before Monday, and I'd retorqued them on Sunday night to 96#ft. so, yea, I think that wheel stand, the repeated wheel hops, and other related launch issued served to impact those studs. Unless you have another solution, I'm clueless as to another explanation.
Mike
11-15-2007, 12:02 PM
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Mike
