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Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:42 am
Took it to the track for the first time to get all my mustang friends to quit bugging me. The track sucked, no one could hook, not even tube cars with monster slicks. I ran with full interior, 120lb speaker box, 45lb tool box and full size spare. It took me a little to realize that it is way different than launching on the street. I can launch at a redlight at 3200 easy with only a shade of spin. At the track, I had to launch at 2200 to keep it straight, but still spun off of the launch pad, and it jerked a full 12 inches when I shifted into 2nd. I ran Douglas GT-H 215/60-15 with anywhere from 10 to 35 psi, best runs were with full pressure.
Here is my best ET:
RT-.62960ft-2.352594ft-8.9941/8mi-9.627MPH-71.02
My best times in each category were:RT-.517 with .500 light timing, best overall reaction of the day for anyone; not bad for my first time racing ever60ft-2.302594ft-8.9941/8mi-9.627MPH-86.45 this was a 12 second run. I had terrible wheelspin, so I said F it, and let it spin all it wanted. I was taching 6500 in 2nd before I passed the tree, and when I hit the concrete strip, it felt like it pulled the wheels when it hooked. I actually got in 3rd gear that run, All others werein 2nd only. No more dragging for me, I made my point: IROC-Z 350HO ran 10.6; 91 5.0 slighty built ran 10.4; full modded 93 Cobra ran 8.6 with outrageous spin. All V-8 cars other than IROC had better trap speed, he had a 65mph. He had posi-trac rear with BFG cheater slicks, so he had a nice holeshot. But now it is time to finish the 90 hatch: Ford 9 inch 4.56 posi rear, 347 with AOD. Should be fun!