Another day at the track

[exgmguy]

I am sick of going to the ice rink I normally go to, so I took a longer drive to Ubly dragway. First off, this track hooks hard!
OK, The weather was pretty $hitty. The first hour saw rain delays, and the temp was in the upper 80's with I would guess 100% humidity. (obviously, it was raining!) I set my timing to 17 degrees and made my first pass. I left at idle being used to my previous tracks horrible traction. No spin. A 2.0x 60 ft, and a 13.2 @ 106. That mph is down, and the car felt sluggish. I open the hood to find my SPOUT siting on the radiator. NICE! So I put the spout in, ice the motor down and run again.

I launch at 4 grand, slightly slipping the clutch. It hooks hard and I fly forward. I powershift 2nd and hear EEEEEEAAAARRRRRRRRRR as my clutch slips like mad. I abort the run and limp back to the pits. I 60 ft'ed a 1.74!!!! AND MY CLUTCH SLIPPED! That would have been a sweet run. I babied a couple more motor runs being easy on the clutch. A few 12.7-12.8's @ 108-109. so I try the spray.

I leave again at idle, short shift into 2nd and stomp it down. I get a 2.0 60 ft, and a 12.0 @ 121.xx. I ice down again and run A NEW BEST OF 11.80 @ 122.xx. My 60 ft was a low 1.9. I made 2 more 11 second back up passes. 11.89, and an 11.94 both at 121.xx mph. What sucks is that after each pass I could smell clutch really bad. Kinda smells like burning brakes. I drove 2 hrs to the track so I probably should have quit when it first slipped, but it all worked out well and I made it home in one piece.

You guys should have seen all the slooooww crap there. Trailered "drag cars" running low 12's, and a new supercharged GT that made maybe 2 13 second passes, the rest in the low 14's.

The lightly modded LS1's were only trapping 105 compared to their usual 107-109. Kindofa crappy day.

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1988 Mustang GT
11.8 @ 123 (7/14/01)
1992 BadAzz Wrangler
1993 Explorer