Well this past Monday my buddy Brian and I headed to Atco to attend the SVTsnake.com (local Mustang Board) track rental.

It was a great day. Thanks to Brian for coming along, videoing, and trying to talk me down . Hell I barely ate any breakfast because of the tension. Now if you know me and I can't eat you know it's bad .

I was so wound up that I completely blew the first run. Had way to much pressure in the tires . It was super ugly. Came out at 4k, had a little rev limiter action when the tires lit up, missed 2nd and a little more rev limiter when she blew the tires off again . I just coasted out the rest of the run after that. I wasn't expecting to light those MT DR's so easily.Needless to say there was some foul language flying .

Nerves were now settled after that f-up. Went right back to the line after loosening the shocks a click all the way around. Still the same tire pressure. 19lbs cold. I tried it again with a bigger burnout. This was set based on some peoples success at that pressure.
Got out a little better but still spinning. I peddled it a bit and hooked at the top of first. Then she took off. I wasn't really expecting to run what she did with the garbage 60'. 2.0 60', 11.25 @ 131 mph

Pete (one of the Mach1 fellas) said I had way too much pressure in the tires and recommended dropping them down quite a few psi. After those launches and seeing how much of the tire was making contact, I agreed. Dropped them down to 16 lbs cold.

Came out at 44-4500 figuring she'd hook and bog if i didn't bring the revs up a little. The tires lit but not as bad as before. At least I was going forward this time. Run felt pretty good but I definitely wasn't expecting to run a great #.
I was happy with it though . Picked up 1 mph even with a better 60' and a little warmer temps. 1.83 60', 10.90 @ 132mph

Had some food and hung out some. It got a little warmer and the sun came out and warmed the track a bit. It was around 60 degree's out.

Came back at it with 13.5 lbs in the tires and the front shocks loose another click. Wanted to see if I could chop a few more tenths off the 60' and ET. Ended up chopping some teeth off my posi . Ring a pinion are alright though.

I knew I'd break something. I was just happy I got some "decent" passes out of it. The car has alot left in it. This was the first time playing with the car with how she sits now. I've got somewhat of a handle on the adjustments and hope to improve quite a bit on the next time out.

Mods are a forged 346 9.1 comp, D1SC,SDCE tensioner, 5.3 ported heads opened to 72cc, TR 224/227, Nasty fuel system (tank,rails, external pump), 60 lb/hr moto's, FMIC, TTS longtubes, Borla cat-back, gutted cats, Strange 12 bolt w/3:73's,Cartek clutch, Mcleod bellhousing,KBDDSF, Wolfe 6 pt bar, Hals f/b, airbag, R/T torque arm, Hotchkis LCA's (BMR chromemoly's going in),
bogart D10's with MT Sportsman 26x8 S/R radials front and MT 325-50 ET DR's back. Don't know about the race weight. I know she's not lite though and I weigh 250.

614 rwhp,537 rwtq, 13-14psi,17deg, 93 oct, high 10's low 11's A/F



Vid from the line (2nd half of vid)
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/B...2B2770B52D.htm


Vid of the pass from the stands
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/E...12A82F2C66.htm

 

Some pics from the day

 

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Thanks .

 

hey smoking. Saw some of your runs in the compilation clips over at SVTsnake. The clips they have of your car are terrible. But i dont expect ford guys to put up your better runs... lol

Congrats on the 10's !

 

Thanks .

 

SSmokin 01,


Your car looked good real good. I like those Bogart wheels as well.

 

the ride is nasty. good job with it.

steve