Yeah the only reason i race a Dragway 42 is so i can go around telling everybody my car is way faster than it really is. You caught me. My old 96 GT ran 15.3 every single run at 42 with full exhaust and intake. My 06 GTO ran a 13.2 after more than 15 passes down the track. Sounds about right. My 84 Mustang GT ran a 13.7 at Norwalk and yet i can't do better than a 14.0 at D42. My old 05 Cobalt SS ran no better than a 14.6 before the intake and TD, if anything that sounds a little slow. Don't even try to tell me I only ran a 13.7 because the track goes "down hill". I guess the 3v GT ran a 14.1 because he was racing down hill. Nothing pisses me off more than someone trying to tell me I cheated or that I'm full of ****.
He never said you were cheating.
All he stated was that the track may be faster because there is a slight downhill run to it. If someone wanted to get the best E.T. that would be the place to go since the car would generally run faster.
Nowhere did he say that's what you were doing though... remember, it's only the internet...
It's true, I was never saying you were cheating... I was just stating what I've observed and others that raced with me agreed. Not trying to start anything here, jeez. Have a beer.
Sorry i took it the wrong way. I may have read into it a little too far. My bad
Sorry but 13.7 is not impressive from a lightly modded GT.
It's true, I was never saying you were cheating... I was just stating what I've observed and others that raced with me agreed. Not trying to start anything here, jeez. Have a beer.
Sorry but 13.7 is not impressive from a lightly modded GT.
Well played , glad to see we still have grown ups still on this site , and this did not turn into a keyboard war !
Sorry but 13.7 is not impressive from a lightly modded GT.
I'm not saying it was all that fast, I just wanted to know why the guys at the track were so surprised by it. Hopefully one of these day's ill learn to launch and run some better times.
It's possible.. depends on the DA..
My old 01 stock gt went 13.90@99.8 with a 2.1 60 on a unpreped track.. but the DA was near 0
That was at new england dragway back in april of 05
I wish I went up with that car on a Saturday or Sunday when they actually tried to get the track to hook.
He may not believe you but I do..
I will tell you why I believe it..
Your trap speed is exactly what I was trapping with a off road x and a K+N right around 101 with a good DA.. I went 13.8's with those mods with 60 foot times around 2.1-2.2
I'd die to have that track and that air!
Yea, well according to dragtimes.com, the DA for that track on April 3 sometime in the afternoon was between 2500 and 2700 ft, hardly a good DA....The best times I have put down were with negative DA, negative 1600 to be exact.
Once again, I'm not debating that you ran these times or if your car is badass. But that ET is very fast for that DA, 60', and trap time. But I do suppose that you have proved that it is possible..
not for nothing, and nothing personal against you emery. But dragway 42 is notorious for being an inaccurate track. Last ~200 feet of it are downhill and the timing systems for mph in the 1/8 and 1/4 mile are way off.
theres been alot of talk in the past about the timing system, about how they manipulate it, if they do so
Yea, well according to dragtimes.com, the DA for that track on April 3 sometime in the afternoon was between 2500 and 2700 ft, hardly a good DA....The best times I have put down were with negative DA, negative 1600 to be exact.
Once again, I'm not debating that you ran these times or if your car is badass. But that ET is very fast for that DA, 60', and trap time. But I do suppose that you have proved that it is possible..
A quick google search. Again, I have no idea, I only comment on what I have experienced at the track, and I do go quite a bit and to different tracks. Just between San Antonio Raceway and Houston Raceway Park, it is almost a known fact that you are going to run .2 slower, regardless of DA and 60ft. However, you ran those times, you have a time slip to back it up, so your car runs 13.7's as long as you backed it up. My suggestion is to go to another track, Norwalk, ETC, this week, and post up the times. It will quickly put all doubt to rest, plus you can gain a little seat time and improve that 60ft.
Yea, well according to dragtimes.com, the DA for that track on April 3 sometime in the afternoon was between 2500 and 2700 ft, hardly a good DA....The best times I have put down were with negative DA, negative 1600 to be exact.
Once again, I'm not debating that you ran these times or if your car is badass. But that ET is very fast for that DA, 60', and trap time. But I do suppose that you have proved that it is possible..
Sorry but 13.7 is not impressive from a lightly modded GT.
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