Project Death Machine??

StangFlyer · 04-10-2001, 05:42 PM

My gut feeling, and I could be wrong, is that with a *drag radial* (like a Nitto Extreme) it would go high elevens. With a plain old Dunlop D40 I have on the car right now it would probably only go in the 12's because I'd have to basically launch the car at idle, go 1/3 throttle through 1st, run 1/4 to 1/2 throttle in 2nd, and 1/2 throttle at first in 3rd, floor it in the top of third, and go full throttle through 4th. Otherwise, you'd just be burning the tires all the way down the track and be going no where fast.

It's mainly stop light type races that are a problem. Anything starting off from 45 MPH or up and you could do well with it in street trim.

You're somewhat right. You can't make something like this a real daily driver. To needs a lot of care, attention, tweaking, and such. And, there's no flipping way you'd be driving it in the winter!

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Magazine
1991 Mustang GT - NOVI Supercharged 377 Stroker
1999 Ford Lightning SVT - 2000 Prototype updated by Roush

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04-10-2001, 05:42 PM	#9
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	My gut feeling, and I could be wrong, is that with a drag radial (like a Nitto Extreme) it would go high elevens. With a plain old Dunlop D40 I have on the car right now it would probably only go in the 12's because I'd have to basically launch the car at idle, go 1/3 throttle through 1st, run 1/4 to 1/2 throttle in 2nd, and 1/2 throttle at first in 3rd, floor it in the top of third, and go full throttle through 4th. Otherwise, you'd just be burning the tires all the way down the track and be going no where fast. It's mainly stop light type races that are a problem. Anything starting off from 45 MPH or up and you could do well with it in street trim. You're somewhat right. You can't make something like this a real daily driver. To needs a lot of care, attention, tweaking, and such. And, there's no flipping way you'd be driving it in the winter! ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Magazine 1991 Mustang GT - NOVI Supercharged 377 Stroker 1999 Ford Lightning SVT - 2000 Prototype updated by Roush