Check out these times and tell me how i can get better!

1jimmy__d · 06-20-2003, 10:09 PM

i finally went to track this year in my new to me 90 stang. here are some times i rean. i ran a total of 9 times!!! POOR CAR!
Anyways, I got progressively better with 1/4 mile times as well as launches and mph. here a re a few from worst to best.

14.2
101
2.1

14.0
102
2.2

13.9
102
2.2

13.8
103
2.2

13.5
103
2.1

13.6
103
2.1

13.5
103
2.0

13.7
103
2.1

each take off i spun a little in first and second. more so in first. I shifted quickly from 1 through third and power shifted into 4th each time. the first slow times, i did not bring the rpm's up at all, and spun like crazy. i played with it a little and found that i could bring the rpm's up to about 2 grand and drop the clutch. those were my quickest 60' times. these are on regular street tires with less pressure in them. Now my question is! HOW CAN I GET CONSISTENTLY 13.4 TIMES AND A BEST OF 13.2?? THIS IS WHAT THE CAR HAS DONE BEFORE I BOUGHT IT. ANY THOUGHT ON LAUNCHING TECHNIQUES AND SHIFTING, AND MYTIMES? THANKS!

JIM

Ackbar00 · 06-21-2003, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 1jimmy__d
HOW CAN I GET CONSISTENTLY 13.4 TIMES AND A BEST OF 13.2??

You need two things, a shift lite, and some Drag Radials

1jimmy__d · 06-21-2003, 09:51 AM

the guy before me was able to hit those times with neither of the aforementioned. any other thoughts?

Stang_Crazy · 06-21-2003, 09:48 PM

The guy who owned the car before you isn't going to drive the same way as you. You can't compare times with two different drivers at the wheel.

1jimmy__d · 06-22-2003, 09:08 PM

im not comparing times, i am trying toi jit the numbers that he got with the exact same car and tires! any suggestions on take off rpm's shifty point and technique? thanks i had the car's temp around 190 the entire night if that matters. i did not really cool off in between runs either!

Ackbar00 · 06-23-2003, 05:46 AM

Mabey he was icing the intake?

sedanman · 06-24-2003, 01:07 PM

The weather was probably better and he probably power shifted every gear.

I would look into drag radials if I were you.

06-20-2003, 10:09 PM	#1
1jimmy__d Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 299	Check out these times and tell me how i can get better! i finally went to track this year in my new to me 90 stang. here are some times i rean. i ran a total of 9 times!!! POOR CAR! Anyways, I got progressively better with 1/4 mile times as well as launches and mph. here a re a few from worst to best. 14.2 101 2.1 14.0 102 2.2 13.9 102 2.2 13.8 103 2.2 13.5 103 2.1 13.6 103 2.1 13.5 103 2.0 13.7 103 2.1 each take off i spun a little in first and second. more so in first. I shifted quickly from 1 through third and power shifted into 4th each time. the first slow times, i did not bring the rpm's up at all, and spun like crazy. i played with it a little and found that i could bring the rpm's up to about 2 grand and drop the clutch. those were my quickest 60' times. these are on regular street tires with less pressure in them. Now my question is! HOW CAN I GET CONSISTENTLY 13.4 TIMES AND A BEST OF 13.2?? THIS IS WHAT THE CAR HAS DONE BEFORE I BOUGHT IT. ANY THOUGHT ON LAUNCHING TECHNIQUES AND SHIFTING, AND MYTIMES? THANKS! JIM __________________ 90 lx hatch, holley systemax II kit, rebuilt 302, BBK 155 lph fuel pump, pro M bullet mass meter wtih BBk cold air intake, 30 # injectors, 70 mm TB, jacobs ignition system, edelbrock water pump, BBk longtube headers with h-pipe, flowmasters, b&m ripper shifter, 3.55 gears, Proform electric fan, subframe connectors/removed smog pump and ac! 75 shot of nitrous! 13.2 at 112 1/4 mile- no traction!

06-21-2003, 09:51 AM	#3
1jimmy__d Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 299	the guy before me was able to hit those times with neither of the aforementioned. any other thoughts? __________________ 90 lx hatch, holley systemax II kit, rebuilt 302, BBK 155 lph fuel pump, pro M bullet mass meter wtih BBk cold air intake, 30 # injectors, 70 mm TB, jacobs ignition system, edelbrock water pump, BBk longtube headers with h-pipe, flowmasters, b&m ripper shifter, 3.55 gears, Proform electric fan, subframe connectors/removed smog pump and ac! 75 shot of nitrous! 13.2 at 112 1/4 mile- no traction!

06-21-2003, 09:48 PM	#4
Stang_Crazy It's never clean enough! Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: Shaler, PA Posts: 1,542	The guy who owned the car before you isn't going to drive the same way as you. You can't compare times with two different drivers at the wheel. __________________ ~Dan 2001 SVT Lightning 89' GT : Taking up garage space and waiting for a buyer... Rice Hater's Club - Member #11

06-22-2003, 09:08 PM	#5
1jimmy__d Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 299	im not comparing times, i am trying toi jit the numbers that he got with the exact same car and tires! any suggestions on take off rpm's shifty point and technique? thanks i had the car's temp around 190 the entire night if that matters. i did not really cool off in between runs either! __________________ 90 lx hatch, holley systemax II kit, rebuilt 302, BBK 155 lph fuel pump, pro M bullet mass meter wtih BBk cold air intake, 30 # injectors, 70 mm TB, jacobs ignition system, edelbrock water pump, BBk longtube headers with h-pipe, flowmasters, b&m ripper shifter, 3.55 gears, Proform electric fan, subframe connectors/removed smog pump and ac! 75 shot of nitrous! 13.2 at 112 1/4 mile- no traction!

06-23-2003, 05:46 AM	#6
Ackbar00 Rebel Fleet Commander Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Huber Heights, OH Posts: 1,003	Mabey he was icing the intake? __________________ 1993 Mustang GT, PTK w/ T-64 - My Cardomain Webpage 11.25@123.5 on only 8 psi. 10.84@121 on only 1 headgasket "The Truth is, Your the Weak, and I am the Tyranny of Evil Men!"

06-24-2003, 01:07 PM	#7
sedanman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 963	The weather was probably better and he probably power shifted every gear. I would look into drag radials if I were you. __________________ 04 Screamin Yellow Cobra KB 2.4 (585/556 pump 626/666 race) 00R brakes, DFX clutch, Level 5's, return fuel system, Lts with 3" exhuast, FR500 wheels and all the other fun stuff. GONE 1991 Lx sedan 5.0, 5spd (Liberty proshifted TKO) S-trim, Ported TF heads everything parted out.