I just came back from the dragstrip

[OS]

I didn't run tho, tech inspections closed at 12. I probably wouldn't have seeing what was there.

Soooo many fixed up imports and they were actually pretty fast too, even the hondas. The majority was like 14, 15 sec civics, integras and eclipses but I saw a civic go 12 something. :Q

That was certainly no worse than the mustangs which also mostly ran 14s or 15s.

Oh yeah before you crap in here about 14 and 15 being slow, it was about 100 degrees when I was there. Elevation is about 1k feet.

 

[toph99]

that's cool what do you drive? my friend is hoping to have his CRX in the 15's when he gets his new cam. quick little thing. not fast, but quick for fast i'd take my other friend's 1970 trans am, or his brothers 1970 camaro

 

[bmacd]

there is a strip "milan dragway" relatively close to me. There is another racetrack somewhere in the center of michigan (or so i was told) that is restricted once a week for bikes. I really want to find this track.

-=bmacd=-

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: toph99
that's cool what do you drive? my friend is hoping to have his CRX in the 15's when he gets his new cam. quick little thing. not fast, but quick for fast i'd take my other friend's 1970 trans am, or his brothers 1970 camaro

I drive a 2000 corolla. Other people who have run this exact car get around 17 flat.

I thought there would be more actual ricers so I wouldn't look as slow but damn all those sport compacts had stuff done to them. :Q

Since I've crapped away so much time on the net and I see ricer bashing left and right, I was half expecting a bunch of slow cars when I saw all the slammed civics and integras, but that completely didn't happen. It was kind of intimidating, all of the compact cars I saw did atleast 15s or better except for one accord that went 17.2. It was plainly obvious the accord was a lot slower than the rest of the compacts.

I mean I can walk slammed hondas at stoplights and at the illegal streetrace gatherings but most of these guys were pretty serious.

Today was the last day though, Fontana only does nhra street legals during the summer. They said I have to come back next year. Well atleast by then I'll probably have a car that's actually fast. I've been wanting to go all summer but I got real busy and kept putting it off.

 

[LAUST]

I'm in the 14's in a 5300lb 4x4 at 6000FEET

Imports die up here though, here you need to have the displacement

 

[John]

Why would you want to run your Corolla down the strip?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: John
Why would you want to run your Corolla down the strip?

i dunno... that dude in the metro or prizm or whatever it is does. those are just rebadged 'rollas, aren't they?

 

[toph99]

ricers tend to stay away from drag strips because then people will find out just how slow they are. they like to talk big, but that's it. That's why you take them so easily on the street.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: John
Why would you want to run your Corolla down the strip?

Why not? I've heard of people taking 19 second s10 pick ups to dragstrips just for the sake of it. Everyone has to start somewhere right?

I mean I take it there is no NHRA regulation against corollas or anything.

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: OuterSquare

Originally posted by: John
Why would you want to run your Corolla down the strip?

Why not? I've heard of people taking 19 second s10 pick ups to dragstrips just for the sake of it. Everyone has to start somewhere right?

I mean I take it there is no NHRA regulation against corollas or anything.

If you want to do it, that's your decision. Just be careful not to tear the car up. FWD sedans just aren't built to run down dragstrips.

Edit: Golden member. <special Ed voice> Yaaaayyyy....</special Ed voice>

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg


If you want to do it, that's your decision. Just be careful not to tear the car up. FWD sedans just aren't built to run down dragstrips.

well, tell that to the 12 second civic. :Q

 

[MikeMike]

no like wrx's or nsx's or anything really coool?

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: OuterSquare

Originally posted by: Heisenberg


If you want to do it, that's your decision. Just be careful not to tear the car up. FWD sedans just aren't built to run down dragstrips.

well, tell that to the 12 second civic. :Q

I should have been more specific - stock sedans aren't built to do that. If he really can run 12 sec. in a Civic, a lot of parts have probably been replaced.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: OuterSquare

Originally posted by: John
Why would you want to run your Corolla down the strip?

Why not? I've heard of people taking 19 second s10 pick ups to dragstrips just for the sake of it. Everyone has to start somewhere right?

I mean I take it there is no NHRA regulation against corollas or anything.

If you want to do it, that's your decision. Just be careful not to tear the car up. FWD sedans just aren't built to run down dragstrips.

Edit: Golden member. <special Ed voice> Yaaaayyyy....</special Ed voice>

LOL - that's about the lamest thing I've ever heard. He can run that Corolla all day down the strip and it'll be perfectly fine.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
no like wrx's or nsx's or anything really coool?

a couple WRXs, but I had just gotten there when they were running so I don't know what times they got.

There was a newer supra, mk4, but it was relatively slow, 14 secs. Probably non turbo.

 

[Heisenberg]

LOL - that's about the lamest thing I've ever heard. He can run that Corolla all day down the strip and it'll be perfectly fine.

Like I said, go right ahead if you want to. You may never have a problem with it, and I hope you don't. All I'm saying is that those cars were not designed to do that.

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: John
Why would you want to run your Corolla down the strip?

it's better to race on the strip than in the streets.

-=bmacd=-

 

[MikeMike]

i wanna take the girl in my grades 300gt twinturbo all wheel drive to a drag strip! and her of course hehe its so freakin fast!

 

[Kadarin]

That Civic that runs 12's, I'd bet money that something major breaks every 5 or 6 passes..

A few years ago, the last time I was at a dragstrip, I saw a number of import cars running 15's, which I agree isn't all that bad for a modern VTEC or DOHC powered vehicle.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

LOL - that's about the lamest thing I've ever heard. He can run that Corolla all day down the strip and it'll be perfectly fine.

Like I said, go right ahead if you want to. You may never have a problem with it, and I hope you don't. All I'm saying is that those cars were not designed to do that.

Running the car on the dragstrip is absolutely no different than flooring it from a stoplight, at least with a car that slow. You aren't saying that Toyota didn't build the car to withstand being floored, are you?
It is best to know what you are talking about before you offer advice.

 

[Heisenberg]

Running the car on the dragstrip is absolutely no different than flooring it from a stoplight, at least with a car that slow. You aren't saying that Toyota didn't build the car to withstand being floored, are you?
It is best to know what you are talking about before you offer advice.

Repeated, full-throttle runs are different from flooring it from a stoplight. Running any car hard like that at a track will increase the wear and tear on it. And yes, I have actually run my car at a dragstrip. I welcome any certified mechanic (or someone with extensive experience) to tell me that running a car at a strip doesn't do any more harm than normal driving. In which case, I will shut up and sit down so to speak.

 

[toph99]

was the civic running on slicks? if he was i bet he has a few extra axles with him at the strip, they don't like launching. And your accord will be fine, you only REALLY start breaking parts when you're making big power(especially out of small displacement) or if you're using really sticky DR's or slicks. Drivelines(usually) arent designed to take the full power of the engine and have all of it transferred to the ground, which is when you start breaking axles etc.

 

[OS]

oh yeah, I saw some ratty ass cars there too. A primer grey old bug and a mid 90s sentra with peeling paint. At first I was like wtf, but both went 14 something. :Q

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Running the car on the dragstrip is absolutely no different than flooring it from a stoplight, at least with a car that slow. You aren't saying that Toyota didn't build the car to withstand being floored, are you?
It is best to know what you are talking about before you offer advice.

Repeated, full-throttle runs are different from flooring it from a stoplight. Running any car hard like that at a track will increase the wear and tear on it. And yes, I have actually run my car at a dragstrip. I welcome any certified mechanic (or someone with extensive experience) to tell me that running a car at a strip doesn't do any more harm than normal driving. In which case, I will shut up and sit down so to speak.

Then shut up, and sit down. I am one. And I've been down the dragstrip more times than you've put gas in your car. So I think I am speaking from quite a bit of experience here.

If he was running a car that was pretty fast, you'd have a point. But he's running a freaking 20 second Corolla. That car doesn't have enough power to pull your dlck out of your pants, much less break something in the powertrain.
Absolutely no difference than nailing it from a stoplight.

 

[Rent]

The real question is for those 14/15 second imports - how much money did they spend to get them to that level whereas with a stock Mustang, you're already running better times and you have alot more potential.

I'm all for seeing imports at the dragstrip, but unfortunately, the majority of their drivers don't know their ass from the gas pedal. And that Supra knocking off 14s was probably turbo, the dude just didn't know how to drive it worth a sh!t.

My friends went to the track on Friday. One with a Maxima w/intake and SSR comps ran a 14.1 and the other with a stock Spec V ran a 15.09. Its all about the driver.