I went out to the drag strip tonight. I got to make a whole bunch of passes because it generally wasn't too busy. All night long, I was running mid to low 13s, at 106.5mph. I even made 2 back to back 13.222's at 106.4x.
Finally, it was the end of the night. I was tired and loaded my 150lbs of crap and tool and spare fluids in the trunk. I decided what the heck, I'll make another pass. It was on par, at 13.25@105, despite the weight gain. I was ready to leave and my friend encouraged me to make 1 last pass, with all the crap in the trunk still. I burned the nittos hard, and figured, heck, what do I have to loose? I launched and got my best 60' time ever, a 1.92 and continued on to a 12.97@104.93mph.
All this with basically junk yard parts and my own handi-work. The cam cost me 12$ and came from a ford ranger. The turbo is stock. The most expensive part on the car is quite literally the nitto 555R drag radial, at 160$ each. Still has a peg leg 3.73 rear end too. I ran faster than a heck of a lot of supposeably 'fast' cars, including a roush-charged 05+GT, and a GT500 (though he couldn't drive to save his ass).
Finally, it was the end of the night. I was tired and loaded my 150lbs of crap and tool and spare fluids in the trunk. I decided what the heck, I'll make another pass. It was on par, at 13.25@105, despite the weight gain. I was ready to leave and my friend encouraged me to make 1 last pass, with all the crap in the trunk still. I burned the nittos hard, and figured, heck, what do I have to loose? I launched and got my best 60' time ever, a 1.92 and continued on to a 12.97@104.93mph.
All this with basically junk yard parts and my own handi-work. The cam cost me 12$ and came from a ford ranger. The turbo is stock. The most expensive part on the car is quite literally the nitto 555R drag radial, at 160$ each. Still has a peg leg 3.73 rear end too. I ran faster than a heck of a lot of supposeably 'fast' cars, including a roush-charged 05+GT, and a GT500 (though he couldn't drive to save his ass).