Re: Brought my NA Crossfire to the Track...
Originally Posted by tashspop
i took mine out last night for the first time. my first time running at a track in any car. my best time was 15.032 @ 92.53mph. it was a hot night and i didn't let the car cool down. i'm sure i'll break 14's with my setup eventually. i was leaving at aound 2k and spinning, 2nd gear would spin decent at the shift, and 3rd would chirp. look at my cousins girlfriends 06 v6 stang, i need to improve at the first half of the track. they posted a 14.8 best with slower 1/8 and 1/4 mph times. shes been pumping the usual mods in the car so i'm not ashamed to loose. right when we decided to quit, they announced they are shutting down to prep the track. i bet i would have gotten my 14 after that.
Well I know it's been a few years since the original post, but I brought my Crossfire to the track again. This time I changed the way I launched it. Like suggested above, I just staged the car, stepped on the clutch, put the gas tothe floor and when the lights went green I just dropped the clutch. As mentioned above the car will hold the RPMs at 4200 when the car is in neutral and the gas pedal is to the floor. By doing this I improved my best time to date with the car by .118 sec and .75 MPH. It should be noted that I even beat my old personal best that were on Eagle F1's. This pass was on the stock all season Continentals. Anyway my best time was:
ET
60' == 2.154
1/8 == 9.549
MPH == 74.93
1/4 == 14.832
MPH == 93.90
That launching method really seems the way to go, at least for me. The caris completely stock except for Magnaflow exhaust and has just about 57,000 miles on the engine. Anyway, I thought some of might find this helpful.
Last edited by Fino; Aug 9, 2011 at 09:55 PM.