Track time update... new "street trim best" (VERY LONG)

Track time update... new "street trim best"

My family and I attended the SSOTN Spring Nat's this weekend and raced both my dad's and my car. I looked forward to this event all winter and made a lot of little changes to see how low in the 12's I could get. I couldn't wait to try out my new skinnies! Well, at 4pm on friday I realized I lost my wheel lock key which meant I wouldn't be able to put my skinnies and my ET streets on which absolutely ruined my mood. Well, on saturday I didn't feel much like racing, but since I was there I figured what the heck. I haven't run my car in 100% complete street trim in a LONG time as I was going for all I could get out of it, but on the first pass I figured I'd give it a try. I didn't remove anything from the car, nor did I run with a shortbelt. I had very low expectations as to what kind of times I'd run on my brand new 315-35-17 Nitto DR's. I lined up, smoked the crap out of them, and launched... to my surprise they hooked and I managed to rip off a 12.56 @ 109.11 which is the best the car has ever run in the way I run it on the street. Previous best was a 12.70 at 107. This quickly changed my mood and I yanked the pass seat, put the shortbelt on and went at it again. I made a lot of passes and manged to run within .02 of my previous best with a 12.33. The 12.31 in my sig was run in 20-30* cooler temps and on ET streets!!! I was in utter amazement! I cut a best of 1.66 60' with a few 1.68's too... this is on freaking nitto DR's!!! Also, I was DEAD ON with my RT's. I finally cut my first perfect light with a .000 on a run against Bob (Rel3rd), then I proceeded to have .000, .018, .047, .062, .034 lights!!! I love the LED system! My MPH was a little off, but I think I had too much timing in the car, my best MPH was a 110.08. I forgot to take some timing out from when I ran it last which was November. I know this is the case because everytime I run too much timing I run a better 1/8th with a slower 1/4 trap speed. My best 1/8th was a 7.86 with a best mph of 87.36.

All in all, I NEVER thought I'd be as close to running my best on nitto's. That made my day. I can't wait to see what I'll do with the skinnies, no sway bar, and more weight reduction.

Also, my dad ran a new best in his NA 91GT. He managed a 11.95 at 115mph!!! He's been chasing the 11's for almost 3 years and finally did it! I'm so proud of him!

Here's a pic of my dad's white 91GT doing a burnout...


Here's a new pic of my car from this weekend, these are the wheels I raced on...

I never ran anything but Nitto's until last year, and the only reason I went with ET streets then was because they were free, and I knew I'd be buying new wheels and tires this past winter. I cut a best of 1.70 60' on my old 245-50-16 nitto DR's, but I was normally in the low to mid 1.8's with them. Thanks for the compliment on the wheels, I'll be making a post later with a bunch of new wheel pics.

As for dad, other than the red roll bar, you'd NEVER ever know what it is capable of. He runs around on the stock 16" ponies on the street. People come up and ask him where the bottle is all the time. You know something is up with it though when he does his burnouts and launches... he shifts at around 6500!

Dad's combo:
Holley systemax II kit ported by FTI
FTI custom cam
stock bottom end with SRP standard bore pistons
C7L 76mm MAF
70mm T-body
30lb injectors
255lph fuel pump
FMS ceramic shorty headers
offroad X pipe
borla mufflers w/ turndowns
MSD
TKO tranny
Scatter proof bell
31 spline superior axles w/ C clip eliminators
Bogart 15X3.5/15X9 D10's with 26X10.5X15 ET streets
S&W 8pt roll bar
Comp engineering subframes
Factory 5 rear control arms
Kauffman motorsports autologic chip
hurst line lock
Weight w/ driver: 3350lbs

Thanks guys! Its late and I'm off to bed, but I just found this pic and I LOVE it. I just had to share this with you all. I'll put up a response to the above replies tomorrow.

I want to see air under this tire soon!

Dad's car launching...