New Track #'s and a Sweet Cobra "Kill"

[QU!CK]

Finally got a chance to hit the drag strip again last night with some friends

This was my first time at the strip since installing the full exhaust and I hit a new personal best of 8.74@82mph with a 2.0 60'

I was in the 8.7's-8.8's all night and even ran a few 8.8's while carrying a passanger!

Best kill of the night was a modded 96-98 Cobra. From what I could tell he had I/E/shifter/tires but not really sure if anything else. He got the jump but I pulled him AT THE TOP END WHILE CARRYING A PASSANGER!!!

2v > 4v.....jk, I'm sure I had more mods than him but he was also riding solo during the race. I tried to find him again so that we could make another pass but wasn't able to. With equal mods I'm sure the outcome would've been different.

Ah well, here's the specs from the race with the snake:

BULLITT
RT: .430
60': 2.056
1/8: 8.824
MPH: 80.527

COBRA
RT: .062
60': 2.307
1/8: 9.385
MPH: 77.963

He was running some kind of DR's taht I had never heard of before but they obviously didn't help...


ah well, I'm happy with my new times and can't wait to get some sticky tires and LCA's....maybe hit 8.3-8.5 with those mods and some practice?


-J

 

[Ruckus46Gt]

congrats on the new best def get some sticky tires. Thing should be running a lot lower then that. I'm tring to think what your 1/8 time equals in the quarter. I'm guessing around a 13.4 casue i have a 7.95 and that run was a 12.549.

 

[shallowreef]

Your running 8's with all the mods in your sig???? I don't see how?????? Are you not listing some mods or something?

 

[shallowreef]

Nevermind i'm an idiot.

 

[Ruckus46Gt]

Nevermind i'm an idiot.

lol i was about to say i ran 13.5 with drag radials, 4.10s, prochamber, catback only

 

[QU!CK]

congrats on the new best def get some sticky tires. Thing should be running a lot lower then that. I'm tring to think what your 1/8 time equals in the quarter. I'm guessing around a 13.4 casue i have a 7.95 and that run was a 12.549.

Thanks. FWIW, this track has a rep for being "so-so" at best. I only run there since it's the closest track to me....I'm going to a 1/4 track in a month or two with some import buddies that is about 4hrs away. It's a much better track (or so I've heard) so we'll see what happens.

I'd like to get some rear LCA's and Nitto 555R's by then but I'll also need a second set of wheels to put them on....


-J

 

[Ruckus46Gt]

if you are going with a second set of rims do yourself a favor and go with bfg's the nitto's honestly dont hook good at all. Bfg's work great and last long. et street drag radials work a little bit not much better then the bfg's but last for crap.

 

[QU!CK]

if you are going with a second set of rims do yourself a favor and go with bfg's the nitto's honestly dont hook good at all. Bfg's work great and last long. et street drag radials work a little bit not much better then the bfg's but last for crap.

Really? I'll keep that in mind. What BFG's do you recommend?


-J

 

[joestang98]

Go with the BFG's I switched from nittos and these hook like a MFer even on the street!

 

[Ruckus46Gt]

bfg g force t/a drag radial 2's
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...partnum=74R7GFTADR2&fromCompare1=yes&place=31

 

[QU!CK]

Forgot to mention it in my original post but FWIW there were a few more 99+ GT's out but I didn't get to run them.

One was hitting 9.3-9.5's with catback and a gear (can't remember what else he said he had...nothing major though)

Another was around 9.0-9.1 IIRC with DR's, SLP catback, and 3.73's.


-J

 

[blackink00]

or you could do what i did

 

[jasonh_86]

Nice passes man!

The best i've ever ran was 8.72 @ 82.31 in the 1/8th.. that was with tb/plenum, cai,o/r prochamber, welded-in flowmasters, 3.73's, 16* timing, u/d pulleys, tri-ax and some baldass 265/35/18's on the back

 

[QU!CK]

Thanks!

I think traction is one of my main issues right now...I'm running on 245/45/17 Hancook Ventis HRII H405's


-J

 

[QU!CK]

or you could do what i did

Tempting, but my suspension mods are going to be a tad more handling focused than drag oriented....but I'll still throw on some LCA's


-J

 

[billfisher]

i just put dr2's on, and when they get a few heat cycles, they work much better. i'm dumping some low end torque to help.

 

[Dan_Soprano]

wow.....both of you guys need to get your 60' down ALOT!

 

[Justin03GT]

eh...i went 8.81 which resulted in a 13.60 1/4 on street tires and my mods being catback, plenum/TB and xcal tune...