First trip to the track! Lots of fun this was!

98blackstallion

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Well we just made it back home and let me tell you we had a blast up there! First time ever at the track for both my friend and I and we had a blast! We made several runs due to not many people being there tho. We made 12-13 runs each.

My first run was..
reaction= 1.12
60 ft=2.38
1/8th et=9.04
1/8 mph=82.40
1/4 et=13.99

Ok here are the best 5 runs going from slowest to fastest.
run #7
reaction=.949
60 ft=2.26
1/8th et=8.87
1/8 mph=82.25
1/4 et=13.47

Run #9
reaction=.993
60 ft=2.24
1/8th et=8.85
1/8 mph=82.87
1/4 et=13.42

Run#13
reaction= .571 (my best of the day)
60 ft=2.24
1/8th et=8.79
1/8 mph=82.96
1/4 et=13.35

Run #10
reaction=.871
60 ft=2.19
1/8th et=8.74
1/8 mph=82.89
1/4 et=13.30

Best run # 12
reaction=.614
60 ft=2.16
1/8th et=8.72
1/8 mph=82.58
1/4 et=13.29


I got my 13.2 that I was looking for and if I had some drag radials or slicks I could have atleast made a better 60ft time on them. Also my reaction times were sucking so bad! What do you guys think? First time out I dont think I did to bad. Sorry for no 1/4 mph but the tracks stuff was messed up!

 

BurningRubber

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Thats pretty good for your first time out man.

Your 1/8th mile MPH is good, id expect the same of your 1/4 mile MPH.

Your car has 12's in it im sure, bring those 60' times down like you said, with a 1.8 or 1.9 60' youll be flying.

 

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Nice times Just remember your reaction time has nothing to do with your ET's. The time starts when your car moves.

 

BurningRubber

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fobra559 said:

Nice times Just remember your reaction time has nothing to do with your ET's. The time starts when your car moves.

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Yup, thats true. Alot of people get mixed up with that though.


But keep in mind, if you are racing off the track a quick reaction time can and most of the time will make or break a race.

 

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Get some Drag radials and run it hard and you should be deep into the 12's.

 

98blackstallion

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What would be a good set of drags to get?

 

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I dunno about deep into the 12s, but I can see a 12 on a couple very god runs. His best trap speed in the 1/8th is only 82.9, which might get 104 in the quarter
That's barely enough to run a 12 with lots of traction.

FoxRod87 said:

Get some Drag radials and run it hard and you should be deep into the 12's.

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98blackstallion

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The only 1/4 mile speed i had was on this run and this one sucked so bad...

reaction=.972
60 ft=2.49
1/8th et=9.24
1/8 mph=81.88
1/4 et=13.87
1/4 mph= 103.73

 

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That is great. When you get those 60ft times down to 1.8-1.9, you will be hitting about 12.8-13.0. I would buy some Drag Radials and play with air pressure.

If you can't pull 1.8, 1.9 or 2.0....don't get down on yourself...it might be the track. For 4 years I was pulling 2.000000's...to 2.3 area.....I was like...I suck at racing.....then I went to a different track and pulled a 1.888 on the first and second pass. I made 9 passes that night. 2 passes were 1.88, 1 pass was a 2.1, and the other 6 were all 1.9's. Sometimes, it's the track.....For example...look at my sig.

 

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thanks man! I forgot to add that with me and a half tank of gas the car weighs 3480#'s and IM 220 of that. Thats with the front swaybar removed. I wish I wouldnt have gone with the T-56 cause that added 50 extra pounds and the P-51 intake added like 25 or so.

 

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Get some MT Et Street Drag Radials and you will be set, I was cutting 1.7 60' not even trying to launch to hard, it was actually bogging off the line, they are great tires!

 

98blackstallion

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What size are you running man? I was thinking of running a 15x8" rear rim and Im trying to figure out what size tire to go with? Also where can a pick up a set of those MT ET street drag radials?

 

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Nice times , I love when the times get better and better as the day goes by !

 

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With those mods you should be able to hit 12's no problem. I have 275x17 Mickey ET drs on my stock rims but atco just opened up again so I havent gotten to run on the sticky tires. You should be able to cut that 60 foot down alot with the power your making and good drs

 

98blackstallion

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my buddy was telling me tonight when I ran the 13.29 that they said over the loud speaker I made a 110mph in the 1/4! That was also the run witn the best 60ft(2.15)