Bobby I misunderstood. I was not talking about rigging for NO2. I know nothing about what is required to make it work well.



I am going to 75-80 tomorrow and I am about to depart for MIR. Long-*** haul from Bethesda but I want to try a couple of runs with a longer burnout and higher RPM at launch.

 

Not one of my better days. Ran an 11.8@117 on my first run but 60' stuck at 1.67.



On run 2, I bogged bigtime.



On Run 3 I got scary sideways when I hit the tranny fluid the previous car dumped on the track - ran an 11.9 and 105mph.



On Run 4 I my shifter got balky. I missed second, in fact took a very hard pull to get it into second.



Anybody have any explanations for the shifting problem? At idle it shifts smooth as glass, click, click. Under hard acceleration it's a bitch to get into second, a real serious "stopover" between 1st and second.



Clutch again?

 

Sounds like a clutch.

Check the fluid?

 

Ran my bone stock RX-8 at MIR last Sunday (6spd, Grand Touring, Appearance pkg, Nav, etc.)



First run was a 15.4 with a 2.2 60 foot.



Second run was a 14.9 with a 2.4 60 foot.



World Cup at MIR is always a friggin mess.... 8 hours at the track and only two runs. I didn't bother hanging out to run in the bracket class.



They put the 8 in Hybrid-Modified.



I was running 93 octane, half a tank of gas, left the tire pressure alone, and was feathering the launch at 6000 rpm. I also had the DSC and traction control turned all the way off.



Air temp was only 50-55 degrees that day so the track wasn't holding any heat. Damn near everyone was having problems with the launch.

 

Labrat, what color was your car?

 

Titanium gray

 

VERY pretty color on the RX-8.

 

Saw a grey one today on 301 near crofton. Wouldn't be you would it?

 

Nah...no where near Crofton yesterday. Did manage to spend 2 friggin hours in traffic driving home in the rain tho.