T&T Night with the WRX in Albuquerque

[theskeptic]

Howdy,

I ran my "mostly, kinda, not really" stock '02 WRX at Albuquerque tonight. We're at 5300 feet, so I know what 'thin air' is all about. You ever had to back off on a run because there was a SNAKE in your lane??? Oh yeah, well tonight I did! Safety Safari guys brought me back a dead 7-foot long Bull Snake when I reported it!

They just repaved the track this week, so the timing was limited to 60' and 1/4 mile ET and MPH until they install the infrared system next week. I can't seem to get under a 2.0 60' time no matter how I launch it. Frustrating, eh? Here's my slip:

Reaction: .102
60 Foot: 2.012
330 Foot:
660 Foot:
1/4 Mile ET: 14.533
1/4 Mile Trap: 93.988

Two weeks ago I ran a 14.93@91.7with just the boost controller.

Modifications to my Sport Wagon are now: K&N drop-in filter, JDM STi turbo up-pipe and HKS EVC boost controller set to 15 psi.

She's still got the stock exhaust after the turbo; catalytics, 2.25" muffler and all. I'm looking at either a HKS or Greddy cat-back system as the next mod. I think I'm going to keep the stock downpipe cause my wife "Doesn't Like Really Loud Cars". Poor girl.

I keep hearing about another WRX fella in Albuquerque with turbo-back exhaust, cold-air intake, blah blah blah. He supposedly runs 14.3's!!!! Ha! Just gimme my cat-back and I got him!

-Dana in Santa Fe, New Mexico
6504 Feet elevation and loving it! I love my new GPS!

[tsitim]

hey funny thing I was supposed to go to pecos, NM tonight but plans fell threw like snow and crappy wheater. What's the name of the track?

[theskeptic]

Originally posted by tsitim
hey funny thing I was supposed to go to pecos, NM tonight but plans fell threw like snow and crappy wheater. What's the name of the track?

Pecos, eh? Just up the road from Santa Fe about a 30 minute drive.

The track in albuquerque can't really decide what to call themselves. At various times they use Albuqueruque International Speeday, Albquerque Dragway, and other variations on the theme. It's a low-dollar sorta place, as their website demonstrates,

the track website is:

www.abqdragway.com (http://www.abqdragway.com)

From Pecos you're looking at atleast 1 1/2 hour drive each way. Probably a little more than 100 miles each direction to the track.

drop me a e-mail at: skeptic@cybermesa.com if you're in town and wheel (sic) (pun intended) hookup (Ah! I did it again! No more puns!).

-Dana in Santa Fe, New Mexico

[Bedlam]

That is, perhaps, the most ghetto website I've ever seen. Damn.
Is it 1992 or something?

-Bedlam

[tsitim]

wtf are you taking about that site kicks ass better the bandi's!!

[Mario]

It actually has color text and a image counter at the bottom... pretty pimpin to me. :D