Track times
06-24-2007, 09:37 AM
#1
Track times my coupe went on the road for the first time as it drove to the track. the car is untuned and idles like ****, surges and wants to stall - the plugs are pretty black. the motor/trans is from a 98 transam. TSP225, yank 3400, full exhaust and i believe the gear is a 3.73 (going by spinning the pinion and counting one tire revolution). tires are pathetic BFG Drag radial 235/60/15s with stock suspension.
my only motor pass was an 8.02@86.66 with a soft 1.82 sixty foot. i was pretty dissapointed with it but it was quicker than most fbodys that i saw that night (not sure what they had done though)
first pass on a 150 hit was 7.97@96.2 with a pitiful 2.11 sixty footer
the first two nitrous passes were the same just destroying the tires. then i was going to race a good friend who has an 07 shelby that puts 625ish to the wheels and was on Nitto drag radials - he wouldnt say but other friends said it was more after he got it back from Livernois. i will say though he doesnt drag race himself and has never driven the car down a track.
that pass i did a healthy burnout and dry-hopped once (which always works best for me over the years, my burnouts suck *****) it hooked somewhat and went 7.38@95.82 with a 1.715 as i put it on him bad
overall im a little dissapointed but believe it will pick up after getting the car to run better and put decent suspension/tires on it.
i am EXTREMELY impressed with the stock 4L60E which i have been very nervous about after reading the trans section for a while. i though it would puke on the first pass but it held up great, it seems to have shifted early on the motor pass to third gear. no biggie.
my only motor pass was an 8.02@86.66 with a soft 1.82 sixty foot. i was pretty dissapointed with it but it was quicker than most fbodys that i saw that night (not sure what they had done though)
first pass on a 150 hit was 7.97@96.2 with a pitiful 2.11 sixty footer
the first two nitrous passes were the same just destroying the tires. then i was going to race a good friend who has an 07 shelby that puts 625ish to the wheels and was on Nitto drag radials - he wouldnt say but other friends said it was more after he got it back from Livernois. i will say though he doesnt drag race himself and has never driven the car down a track.
that pass i did a healthy burnout and dry-hopped once (which always works best for me over the years, my burnouts suck *****) it hooked somewhat and went 7.38@95.82 with a 1.715 as i put it on him bad
overall im a little dissapointed but believe it will pick up after getting the car to run better and put decent suspension/tires on it.
i am EXTREMELY impressed with the stock 4L60E which i have been very nervous about after reading the trans section for a while. i though it would puke on the first pass but it held up great, it seems to have shifted early on the motor pass to third gear. no biggie.
