Brought the car to the dragstrip:Results

Alright guys..I have been part of the 4.6 talk for many of years so hopefully you guys aren't too hard on me for posting this here; but it is where I still consider home

I brought my GT to the track tonight hoping to improve on my 12.82 run that I had made last week. There was a bad crosswind last Friday (which carried to Saturday when we were at Texas Mile) so I was REALLY hoping to get a 12.7x pass tonight.

Here is a picture of the car earlier in the day and as it was ran. Stock 18 inch tires of which I didn't even touch the air pressure. Dark tint makes the car faster, atleast by .05 I think My tool set is in the trunk as well as everything else so NO weight reduction whatsoever.

My first pass resulted in:
60':2.243
330':5.742
1/8:8.522 @ 89.40
1000':10.888
1/4:12.861 @ 114.38
With such a horrible 60' I knew that I was going to get my 12.7 pass later on.

I backed that up with a

60':2.147
330':5.673
1/8:8.463 @ 88.87
1000':10.844
1/4:12.827 @ 113.78
So at this time; I have met my best but I still had ran a 8.25 1/8th mile on last Sunday so still had to work on the short end of the track.

3rd pass:
60':2.065
330':5.625
1/8:8.426 @ 88.61
1000':10.813
1/4:12.801@113.62
So I missed my goal but was very close! I was hotlapping these runs as you can tell that the mph was dropping off a bit after each run It was cool down time to get my goal!

Car cooled for approx 30-40 minutes; got up there wanting to finally cut a decent 60' which has been my problem so far. I just can't seem to find that sweet spot on the car but I will get more into that at the very end of this post.
60':1.961 Finally got something going here!!
330':5.631
1/8:8.665 @84.40 and then bam..missed third :sigh:
1000':11.133
1/4:13.168 @110.17 I didn't get back into the car fully and even braked before finish.

Now here comes the good stuff
I went right back in line after my good 60' planning on getting my 12.7x pass. I got the nod to pull forward and of course there had to be a trailered car next to me that was so loud that I couldn't hear or even feel my car; I'm sure you guys that goto the track often know what I am talking about Well I did my small spin after trying to miss the water box and get staged; he did his NHRA style burnout just leaving me sitting there waiting. He finally got staged and the guys that sweep the staging area after each run began looking under his car, so I am still waiting while they inspect his car; getting more anxious after every second. They waved him off the track so I watched as he backed off and then got a solo pass. Here are the results
60':2.008
330':5.442
1/8:8.205 @89.30
1000':10.572
1/4:12.547 @114.23

I was in the right lane when I made this pass, and I usually race in the left lane since I am able to see the board with the numbers when I finish, plus it seems easier to focus on the tree like this. I was unable to see the result when I first finished and then I saw my phone light up with a text once I hit the turn off. "Holy ****! You did 12.54!" from my GF so when I got my slip, I was amazed!! I had another 2011 owner stop and talk to me right after that pass and was probably more stoked than I was I thought maybe there was a glitch in the system haha

Next pass which was the last:
60':2.062
330':5.523
1/8:8.277 @89.92
1000':10.636
1/4:12.606@114.47

I decided to call it a night after that pass. I had reached my goal, nothing broke, and I was happy leaving the track with the results.

Now I know my 60' suck so I can only imagine what is going to happen once I put my lower control arms on and put some actual tires on the car. The reason I feel that my 60' aren't that great and I missed third on the one pass....I have only been driving a standard for ONE MONTH I'm still learning and this is my third outing in the car. (2 were done in one weekend).

The air we have out here is just amazing right now; negative DA type of air. Car would probably run 12.4s if it were an auto just simply because I suck at getting off of the line

I have never owned a standard before this vehicle so I am still getting better with each pass. If I can manage a 1.8 60' with some tires and the adjustable control arms that I have in the garage; I can only imagine what might be the result

You know its a daily driven racecar I thought everyone drove around wearing a helmet

I knew that would be picture worthy, should make it my background


As far as tires; might try to just put some nt05rs on but at ~270 each I don't see it happening soon haha

With a negative DA out there; I picked up 3 mph!!! The car was running REALLY well and I was just rowing the gears without a problem other than missing third on one pass.

Yeah the car should easily be cutting 1.8s on the low end but I am having to baby it out of the hole, and my 1-2 shift usually has me heading sideways unless I slow the shift down haha. I just want a drag radial on this car so I can get aggressive from a dig.

The car doesn't necessarily have a problem at RPMs when launching, it just breaks loose when in the upper rpms of first gear; I need to lower the air pressure next time to see if I can work on that.