Took the beast out to the drag strip on Sunday. Very happy with my improvement over my last trip out. I was consistently able to run 13.0 at 108-109. With more practice (or better yet more traction) and depending on track and weather conditions I think 12.8 is very achievable with a stock car. I was hitting my 13.0 with 2.0 60' times.

 

wow...those are great times, especially with a roadster...great driving!

 

With that mile/hour - you should be able to get a low 12 or high 11 if you had optimum traction. Are you using slicks?

 

high 11s at 108-109? i think thats a bit optimistic. im wondering about the slicks too. maybe get yourself a pair of BFG drag radials, and go with about 15# of air...

great runs BTW... great 60' times --

 

Those numbers are on worn stock tires. It is getting close to time to replace them.

Anywhere in the 11's is very optimistic. I think with more practice 12.8 is very possible, given ideal conditions maybe 12.6's.

My first trip to the Drag's I had one run with a 1.7 60' time. The ET & Trap speed were slower than my posted times though.

Drag Radials would make a big difference.

 

actually drag radials might be worthless if the ESP program kicks in when you try to do your burnout. what exactly does turning the system "off" do?

 

I used to own a very modified Grand National and my best time was 12.68 @109 mph w/ 1.91 60 ft time. In my cars defense though, it did have 120K on the original motor/trans. In addition to that, the turbo was supposed to have a 3000 stall to make it perform at its best and I didn't have that or the new valve springs that it needed after 60K. IMO the 108-109 mph should get you into the mid 12's with BFG drag radials or Nitto drags. Even new tires aired down a bit (30-35 psi) should help. Make sure you turn off the T/C though as it retards the timing, but you probably already know that. One more thing, think Vanilla Ice and "ICE ICE BABY"!

 

I have no clue what you mean by "your turbo was supposed to have a 3000 stall". I have not heard of a stall speed on a turbo. Do you mean it was supposed to spool up by 3000 rpm?

Turning of the ESP reduces the threshold at which it activates.

You can get a enough of a burnout to warm up drag slicks. You can generate huge clouds of smoke with your tires if you want.

 

Sorry about the confusion, I didn't make the post clear. What I meant to say is the turbo I had (TE60) needed a 3000 stall to operate correctly. That turbo had a much larger wheel and the stock torque converter didn't stall high enough to take full advantage of the turbo. To go along with it (TE60) I had a front mounted intercooler, Terry Houston 3" downpipe, 42 lb injectors and a "dial a chip". I feel very embarrassed after re-reading my post!

 

Those are damn impressive times. I always said 12 second stock runs are possible. And i have seen cars on slicks run low 12's at slower trap speeds than 109.

I just went to the track this saturday. Bone stock and with a boost leak, was only holding 10-11lbs to redline. I ran 14.1@99 My 60's were at 2.2. You could definitely tell my leak was hitting me after the around the 8th and past it. As other stock srt-4's i could not keep up.

Some of our modded srt's in our club ran 12.59@110, he is a stage 2.
Then some of the bigger boys ran 12.40's at around 120 mph. NO traction owns the srt-4. Gotta love stage 3.

 

my M3 ran 1.9 60' times....a 1.7 is unbelievable.

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https://www.crossfireforum.org/galle...cat/500/page/2

 

I also used to pull 1.9's with my mach 1, i did pull off a 1.97 on my 13.2 run but never got down to a 13.0. Nice driving.