I ran my Firebird at the local 1/8th mile track for the first time today. It's the first time I've ever raced. I had a great time. I got 5 practice runs in before the racing started. Its a small track that closed sometime in the 70's I believe. They re-opened a few years ago and started bracket racing. My practice runs were: #1 8.99 #2 8.88 #3 8.93 #4 8.92 #5 8.93
I ran with a dial in of 8.80 and ran and 8.88 on the first run and won. Second run ended up with an 8.70 so i lost but I would of lost anyway. I'm curious what I might run in the 1/4. If anyone knows how I can ballpark that please let me know. The car only has a few mods and I'm just out there for the fun of it---For now.

 

Sounds like you had a great first day racing. Here is a site that has a converter form 1/8th to 1/4.

http://www.wallaceracing.com/8th-quarter-conversion.php

 

Thanks. I had a very good day. Only problem was the not so firm shifts of the stock 700r4. According to the converter 8.70-8.99 = 13.62-14.06. Its a good starting point, but could use some improvement. I guess I've been bitten by the bug!

 

Typically you take your 1/8 mile time and multiply it by 1.56 to give a rough estimate of a 1/4 mile time. There is no 100% exact conversion number. Sometimes you'll be faster, sometimes slower.

Running 8.70's in the 1/8 mile means you should run a mid 13 in the 1/4.

I'm amazed that you decided to dial in 8.80 after time trial runs 3-5. I probably would have dialed 8.91.

 

if i only hit low 8.9's earlier, i would probably dial in 8.90 at fastest.. but sounds like it was fun.. cant wait to get back home and race

 

he does say first time racer, so cut him some slack, also it was pretty consistant untill the last run

 

i agree he was pretty damn consistent.. i was just saying that if i were racing for the first time, i wouldnt really want to dial in that quick without knowing it can go that fast.. .08 faster than your best of the night.. with consistent .92-.93's

 

I had actually given them a dial in of 8.88 but they apparently thought i said 8.80. I was just there for fun so I really didn't push the issue. Besides, I put myself out with an 8.70 so it really didn't matter any way. Thanks for the info and compliments. I wont be able to race again for 2 weeks--bummer. Hopefully I will have better times to post then.