Cecil County Drag Runs
by DaSwish
Well, I took the car out for 4 runs at the track in Cecil County, with Tom Becker and some of his friends (Tommy Boy has a Dodge SRT-4 (turbo)).
As for me, my final run was my best run, but even it was crappy.
One of the guys working at the track said I should be more than able to hit below 14 seconds for the 1/4 mile. He also estimated that I have at least 400hp in my car.. hehe well hey I can't argue with someone who's seen a lot more motor work than I have.
I had issues with gettin good traction in the first few hundred feet. I'm runnin stock/street tires, though. Back when this car was Tom's, he ran 15's at 88mph max, if I'm not mistaken. I'm gettin the same/worse times at higher speed, which means that if I can get a good hookup off the line, I can certainly get even faster speeds, and definately faster times.. And if I just mashed full throttle right from the line, I had an issue with the motor basically stalling for a second before startin to really get up and go. I don't know if it was becuase of flooding/starving becuase of the sudden huge increase in throttle or what. I had good control in terms of controlling gears and getting good reaction times, but I just totally had issues gettin the starting acceleration.
Ah well, until next time (if there is a next time) ... I know the car has the potential.. it's just a matter of driving ability. To the dragstrip, I'm still quite the noob. haha.
As for me, my final run was my best run, but even it was crappy.
One of the guys working at the track said I should be more than able to hit below 14 seconds for the 1/4 mile. He also estimated that I have at least 400hp in my car.. hehe well hey I can't argue with someone who's seen a lot more motor work than I have.
I had issues with gettin good traction in the first few hundred feet. I'm runnin stock/street tires, though. Back when this car was Tom's, he ran 15's at 88mph max, if I'm not mistaken. I'm gettin the same/worse times at higher speed, which means that if I can get a good hookup off the line, I can certainly get even faster speeds, and definately faster times.. And if I just mashed full throttle right from the line, I had an issue with the motor basically stalling for a second before startin to really get up and go. I don't know if it was becuase of flooding/starving becuase of the sudden huge increase in throttle or what. I had good control in terms of controlling gears and getting good reaction times, but I just totally had issues gettin the starting acceleration.
Ah well, until next time (if there is a next time) ... I know the car has the potential.. it's just a matter of driving ability. To the dragstrip, I'm still quite the noob. haha.
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you have the trap speed to dip down into the mid 14s for sure. That 2.5 60' is what is killing you. I ran a 14.9 im my protege and trapped at 93 mph with a 2.0 60'.
Not bad Kenny. That is about what I run in the stang. Really need to get it back to the track what an adrenaline rush that is...
Jeremy
Jeremy
