YACT: Lets see some 1/8th mile times (Pacfanweb Leads)

[jteef]

This was my first real run which followed my first true run where I murdered the clutch.

r/t: 1.2387
60': 2.1787
330': 5.9865
1/8: 9.1654
MPH: 77.78

This on a slipping clutch, all season tires, 3/4 tank of gas, no weight reduction, and me babying the launch & shifts. I have a 97 m3 with cai, ecu & ltw flywheel.

After I fix the clutch & get some summer tires, take out the spare, etc I think I am in the 8.8 range.

 

[LAUST]

Exhaust mods made for HP always rob from low end and milage, it's why my truck has such a crappy MPH cause it's built to pull houses off their foundation instead of racing... but it can still do it in a timely fashion

 

[geno]

Give me until this summer, I'll resurrect this thread with a winning time

 

[Mill]

I'm shocked I'm still in second when my car only had gears and exhaust.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: Mill
I'm shocked I'm still in second when my car only had gears and exhaust.

Well there's honestly not many people who drag here often from what I've seen.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

<--- Twelve Second Civic

... in the 1/8 mile, biznatch!

- M4H

 

[JackDawkins]

Can I ask what the interest is in taking basically a manufacturer's stock run-of-the-mill model and running 1/8 and 1/4 mile times?

I'm not trying to be derogatory, I'm really just curious. When my older bro was into 1/4 mile, he'd run high 10's in his 427 Nova SS (if you liked the muscle car in Fast and Furious, you would have loved his Nova). Now I realize it's probably illegal to build a street car these days like he had done in the 70's, but there must be a similar street scene these days. I can understand taking a Viper if I owned one, or something like that, to the track, but anything less than that, what's the point?

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: JackDawkins
Can I ask what the interest is in taking basically a manufacturer's stock run-of-the-mill model and running 1/8 and 1/4 mile times?

I'm not trying to be derogatory, I'm really just curious. When my older bro was into 1/4 mile, he'd run high 10's in his 427 Nova SS (if you liked the muscle car in Fast and Furious, you would have loved his Nova). Now I realize it's probably illegal to build a street car these days like he had done in the 70's, but there must be a similar street scene these days. I can understand taking a Viper if I owned one, or something like that, to the track, but anything less than that, what's the point?

LOL, he didn't run 10's without serious fvcking wordk That'd require about 650-750 RWHP depending upon weight. And there are plenty of fast domestic cars. I plan to be in the 11's or 10's myself when I get mine back.

 

[jteef]

Originally posted by: JackDawkins
Can I ask what the interest is in taking basically a manufacturer's stock run-of-the-mill model and running 1/8 and 1/4 mile times?

I'm not trying to be derogatory, I'm really just curious. When my older bro was into 1/4 mile, he'd run high 10's in his 427 Nova SS (if you liked the muscle car in Fast and Furious, you would have loved his Nova). Now I realize it's probably illegal to build a street car these days like he had done in the 70's, but there must be a similar street scene these days. I can understand taking a Viper if I owned one, or something like that, to the track, but anything less than that, what's the point?

its still alive and well. Both cars I lined up against last weds were low 10 second american hot rods. There were about 10-15 such cars running mid 8s to high 10s. they outnumbered the imports by a huge margin.

 

[Kadarin]

My best 1/4 mile time in my old (83) Mustang was 12.8@109.. Somewhere I have this on video, but it would take significant effort to vidcap it.

 

[JackDawkins]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: JackDawkins
Can I ask what the interest is in taking basically a manufacturer's stock run-of-the-mill model and running 1/8 and 1/4 mile times?

I'm not trying to be derogatory, I'm really just curious. When my older bro was into 1/4 mile, he'd run high 10's in his 427 Nova SS (if you liked the muscle car in Fast and Furious, you would have loved his Nova). Now I realize it's probably illegal to build a street car these days like he had done in the 70's, but there must be a similar street scene these days. I can understand taking a Viper if I owned one, or something like that, to the track, but anything less than that, what's the point?

LOL, he didn't run 10's without serious fvcking wordk That'd require about 650-750 RWHP depending upon weight. And there are plenty of fast domestic cars. I plan to be in the 11's or 10's myself when I get mine back.

He did do lots of serious work. He'd work construction all day and then work on his car at least 3 or 4 hours every single night of the week to race on the weekends. I'm really out of the loop but some of the things I remember about that car: It was a Chevy big block 427 with an Edelbrock highrise and dual Holley 650's; 4/11 rear end; all the rods, valves, lifters, camshaft were high performance. Basically, everything in the car was high performance; manifold ported and polished, etc.

That car was awesome and he was running Cherry Bomb glass-packs on it; you could hear it about a mile away. And I remember we used to have burn marks on the ceiling of the garage because when he was fvcking around with the timing or whatever and it would back-fire, it would shoot towers of flames out of the carbs. I love those old muscle car days and I guess I've always related the 1/4 track to those days when my bro was running his Nova and some of the really incredible street cars that were around then. I'm really not trying to dis anybody here; I was just curious.

 

[JackDawkins]

Originally posted by: jteef

Originally posted by: JackDawkins
Can I ask what the interest is in taking basically a manufacturer's stock run-of-the-mill model and running 1/8 and 1/4 mile times?

I'm not trying to be derogatory, I'm really just curious. When my older bro was into 1/4 mile, he'd run high 10's in his 427 Nova SS (if you liked the muscle car in Fast and Furious, you would have loved his Nova). Now I realize it's probably illegal to build a street car these days like he had done in the 70's, but there must be a similar street scene these days. I can understand taking a Viper if I owned one, or something like that, to the track, but anything less than that, what's the point?

its still alive and well. Both cars I lined up against last weds were low 10 second american hot rods. There were about 10-15 such cars running mid 8s to high 10s. they outnumbered the imports by a huge margin.

Damn, they're running mid 8's these days? That blows my mind. Back in the heyday of the street muscle cars, high tens was the best anybody was doing.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
Found my timeslip:

For my best run it's:

Reaction - 1.074
60ft - 2.433
330 ft - 6.843
1/8 - 10.448
1/8 mph - ?? <nothing there>
1/4 - 16.106
1/4 MPH - 84.74

Interesting fact about this particular run: I went against my friend who has an identical car (99 Maxima GLE) except he has horsepower mods (y-pipe, and intake). Now he had a crappier 60ft time (2.518) and consequently his 1/8 ET was slightly longer (10.545), but ended up beating me by 0.659 seconds and his ET at teh end was 86mph. Guess those intake/exhaust mods really make a difference eh.

I thought maximas were faster than that. Is yours manual or stick? My 4 banger auto accord is that fast. Yes, it is stock.

 

[Valhalla1]

havent run my '00 SVT Lightning out at the 1/4 mi dragway yet... plan to this summer

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
Found my timeslip:

For my best run it's:

Reaction - 1.074
60ft - 2.433
330 ft - 6.843
1/8 - 10.448
1/8 mph - ?? <nothing there>
1/4 - 16.106
1/4 MPH - 84.74

Interesting fact about this particular run: I went against my friend who has an identical car (99 Maxima GLE) except he has horsepower mods (y-pipe, and intake). Now he had a crappier 60ft time (2.518) and consequently his 1/8 ET was slightly longer (10.545), but ended up beating me by 0.659 seconds and his ET at teh end was 86mph. Guess those intake/exhaust mods really make a difference eh.

I thought maximas were faster than that. Is yours manual or stick? My 4 banger auto accord is that fast. Yes, it is stock.

Auto unfortuantely, and yes that is a crappy time. Don't let that time represent all auto maximas though, it was my first time at teh track.

My other friend in a similar car (96 auto Maxima) ran 15.6s stock on another day at teh same strip.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: Valhalla1
havent run my '00 SVT Lightning out at the 1/4 mi dragway yet... plan to this summer

Man I haven't seen you on the board for a looooooong time! You used to have the F-Body V6 right? I remember getting into debates with you back in the day...all in good fun.

Did you ever that Vette?

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Auto unfortuantely, and yes that is a crappy time. Don't let that time represent all auto maximas though, it was my first time at teh track.

My other friend in a similar car (96 auto Maxima) ran 15.6s stock on another day at teh same strip.

Well, the thing is other years have different gearing, curb weight, wheel weights. Supposedly the earlier ones are a bit faster because the wheels weigh less and the total curb weight is lower. The max might have gotten bloated over the years while at the same time HP didn't go up that much. :\

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Auto unfortuantely, and yes that is a crappy time. Don't let that time represent all auto maximas though, it was my first time at teh track.

My other friend in a similar car (96 auto Maxima) ran 15.6s stock on another day at teh same strip.

Well, the thing is other years have different gearing, curb weight, wheel weights. Supposedly the earlier ones are a bit faster because the wheels weigh less and the total curb weight is lower. The max might have gotten bloated over the years while at the same time HP didn't go up that much. :\

Gearings the same I believe.

But your right on the weights. The 95 is the lightest of them all. But generall they all run similar times (from 95 to 99). Autos go anywhere from 15.5 to 15.8 on avg..while manuals go from 14.7 to 15.1. The lowest is 13.8 N/A on a 96 5-spd.

EDIT: look at first page of thread...I'm the slowest here..dammn...that will change this summer when I get another chance

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Valhalla1
havent run my '00 SVT Lightning out at the 1/4 mi dragway yet... plan to this summer

Woah, weren't you a big GM fanboy back in the day? Thought you had a SS or a WS6.....I guess you saw the light like John did

 

[LAUST]

What is the car anyway?

 

[LAUST]

Bracket racing, anyone can win

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

So Mill, you think I ought to race these guys?

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: LAUST

Originally posted by: Mill
I'm shocked I'm still in second when my car only had gears and exhaust.

What is the car anyway?

It was a '00 Mustang GT (auto)

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
So Mill, you think I ought to race these guys?

On what, your superbike? Do you like taking candy away from babies?

 

[sparkyclarky]

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
So Mill, you think I ought to race these guys?

On what, your superbike? Do you like taking candy away from babies?

Not if he was up against a 900HP blown Viper