Originally Posted by BrianBrave
I just got home and I'm still un-packing - had a great time at the Texas Mile - Great event - I hope to see more Crossfires and meet the owners next year. Well worth the trip to spend three days with some great folks.
My thanks to Scott for inviting me, introducing me to his friends (who are great folks), sharing his pit at the end of the mile (great place to watch the cars and bikes cross the finish line) and for providing me my racing numbers - see ya next March Scott!
My best run turned out to be 169.384 MPH - I missed out on the best weather on day 2 - but I still had a great time.
The SRT6 held up fine and surprised a lot of people (but we know that).
Next year I'll go with some drag radials, remove all four cats and muffler, get a 100 Octane tune (I didn't have time this year due to the fender-bender) and I think I could run in the 180's (Vette territory)
Some notes:
The biggest factor mechanically was when the transmission was shifting from 4th to 5th at redline. (this happens around the 3/4 mile mark) The RPM drop off was far more then the other shifts and at these speeds - the last 1/4 mile just zips by - just not enough time recover.
Engine RPM was approx 5,400 in 5th gear at the mile mark.
Speedometer was indicating over 170MPH on my fastest runs (165+ MPH) - not sure if thats just error or where they place the speed gun.
Hottest IAT reading I saw was 163*F on first day when it was 90* outside
On day two and three I never registered above 145* F and always cooled down to under 100* F between runs (45 min to 90 mins)
Congrats! Did you put any ice in your IC tank? That will help as well. I think there is another one in October. I'd love to make that one.
I think my tires are only rated to 168mph though.
