[lang williams]

I went to dragway 42 tonight. first time in the cobra. first time on the qtr with a stick an 1st time with dr's. best time was 14.21 an fastest trap was 100.66. best 60 was 2.21. i haven't had the car long, the PO said it had 410's. the speedo was off 10 mph when it got it i put a 23 tooth gear in an its right now. I was hitting the rev limiter right before the finish line in 3rd. so now i'm thinking the 410's may be 373's. i also found out the exhaust is hacked. it has a 2.5" 4 cat h pipe, 2.25 flow tubes, 2.5" flowmasters, an 2.25 tails. is this costing me anything? i have a bassani o/r x pipe, what kinda improvement should i look for after installing it? sorry the post is so long, thanks for any input.

[32ValveRom]

Assuming that you're referring to the 97 in your sig I think an o/r X-pipe should get you more top end power. Also, I have 3.73s in my 99 and I'm right before the rev-limiter in 3rd in the 1/4. You probably should focus on your launching with dr's and your shifting. I think you should be getting somewhere in the 13s. Btw, what kind of 60fts are you getting?

[lang williams]

60 ft times were in the 2.2's an 2.3's. i think next time i'll soften up the launch. I didn't power shift it. I have an occasional slight grind going into 5th so I wasn't going to blow the tranny an walk home.

[slayr281]

What were you leaving the line at? I think that combined with some practice, you could gain a lot of time back from the 2.2x 60s. Down those into the 1.9x and you've shaved .3 there and have yourself in the high 13s.

[jeremy canter]

my 98 is mostly stock with a o/r x-pipe and a mac cat back and a k&n drop in > I launch at 2700 > and pull a 2.4 60 foot with stock 3:27 gears and run 14.1 at 100 mph and only hit 4th gear once. and I run street tires>