134mph on a 5000' DA, new best MPH
134mph on a 5000' DA, new best MPH Was lazy and decided to not bother with changing out the tires to the ET streets tonight. Been curious how it would run on the 275/40/17 nittos. Right off the street with no changes, the same way I drove it to work that day it ran an 11.01 @ 130.7 MPH on 14psi with a 1.87 60' leaving on 2psi using the foot brake 
I started to develop an exhaust leak after my second pass and it was spooling slow, but managed to get the boost to 17-18psi and was rewarded with a 11.1 @ 134.1 MPH... supra what?
It's summer in Vegas so of course the DA sux, 5000' pile of poop. I'm very very happy with my car. My next set of tires are going to be hoosier radials and I'll actually buy some skinnies. I'm sure running the 275/50/17's on the stock wheels isn't helping my times.
Before anyone says get tires, I have tires, I was just playing around with the way I run it on the street.
I keep threatening to run 20psi of boost on my car, but everytime I try something stops me from doing it, i/c piping popped off last time, and this time I got an exhaust leak. Maybe next time.
I started to develop an exhaust leak after my second pass and it was spooling slow, but managed to get the boost to 17-18psi and was rewarded with a 11.1 @ 134.1 MPH... supra what?
It's summer in Vegas so of course the DA sux, 5000' pile of poop. I'm very very happy with my car. My next set of tires are going to be hoosier radials and I'll actually buy some skinnies. I'm sure running the 275/50/17's on the stock wheels isn't helping my times.
Before anyone says get tires, I have tires, I was just playing around with the way I run it on the street.
I keep threatening to run 20psi of boost on my car, but everytime I try something stops me from doing it, i/c piping popped off last time, and this time I got an exhaust leak. Maybe next time.
Originally Posted by ddnspider
maybe not being able to run 20psi is a sign not to lol.congrats.how well did those nittos hook?
On one launch I managed to leave hard off the trans brake on 5psi (dead hooked too) which usually gets me into the mid 1.6's, but about 30 feet out, the tires got all weird on me and it felt like I was in a paint shaker set on turbo. I don't know what it was (maybe tire shake?), but it was about 3x faster than what wheel hop is and very violent, my vision went all blurry. Got out of it then back in it, waved bye bye to my 10 sec nitto pass and managed an 11.0 @ 133.
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Damn man...that car is hauling ***! Congrads on the new MPH, I suggest hitting up a track at lower then 2300ft from sealevel and do it in the fall. You'll be hitting low low low low 10s and 9s granted a good launch.
That's pretty crazy on your 2nd run with your vision going blurry
That's pretty crazy on your 2nd run with your vision going blurry
Originally Posted by frcefed98
That wasn't tire shake, it was time and space warping around you
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Originally Posted by cablebandit
wheel hop i bet
Jack up the front struts, let off on the rear shocks, and decrease tire pressure a few pounds.
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Originally Posted by xfactor_pitbulls
Yeah probably. What shocks/springs are you running and what settings?
Jack up the front struts, let off on the rear shocks, and decrease tire pressure a few pounds.
Jack up the front struts, let off on the rear shocks, and decrease tire pressure a few pounds.
It's never had wheel hop issues before, very strange. I'll probably do some susp work next year unless I find a smoking deal on stuff.
Originally Posted by Zombie
Struts and springs are stock, so is the tq arm, 80k miles. I do have lower control arms and subrames though. Best 60' is a 1.57
It's never had wheel hop issues before, very strange. I'll probably do some susp work next year unless I find a smoking deal on stuff.
It's never had wheel hop issues before, very strange. I'll probably do some susp work next year unless I find a smoking deal on stuff.