Went to the strip tonight.

nope, didn't do that. Really didn't have time that night they where rushing us through so fast and we got there late. It was some drag/show day or something and a ton of people where there. I don't want a GREAT drag car just a fast one lol. No seriously I want a well rounded car and if 13s are all I can do then so be it.
 
you need to launch a lot higher than that. on BFGs (235/60/15s) i was leaving the line at 3500-3700 RPM with a pretty similar setup (shelby underriders though). still not stellar 60fts, 1.90s, but a lot better than 2.0+ this was with about 12-15lbs in the tires and a pretty burly burnout.

also, shift a little higher. you don't shift AT your HP peak, you shift ~10% past it, so around 6k.

if you aren't afraid of destroying your T5, try power shifting. it was worth a tenth in the 1/8th mile and 2 tenths in the quarter for me.