Whelp, the results are in. I'm a tad bit depressed over them. I did, however, beat a trailer-queen Mustang of about the same year ... though only by, like, a bumper. It also happened to be my best run of the night (the rest were against imports, won 4 outta 6 total). Best run was as follows:
R/T: .097
60': 2.283 (helloooooo, wheelspin!)
330: 6.418
1/8th: 9.750 @ 74.16 MPH
1000': 12.633
1/4: 15.052 @ 93.82 (grrrrr, so close to 14's!)
As expected, my stock rear
suspension and stock-sized street radials were my biggest problem of all ... aside from the fact that it's been years since I've hit the track and it took me three runs just to get used to it again. My first run was a horrible 15.858 @ 87.38 MPH ... missed/ground second and overspun the holy hell out of 1st because I was fighting my stupid handbrake to get it back down (some dumb idea I tried, hoping to avoid the chance that I'd roll backward at the line and redlight the tree).
Assuming I could get this thing to squat right and stick, I know 14's are easily within my reach. I'm just bummed that I couldn't manage to do it on the stock garbage and pull it off with my driving skills, alone. Heck, I was hoping the 4.10's would've given me a better advantage over my previous '89 notch with its 3.08's, but I only bettered that one by about two tenths.
So, I'm thinking (in the distant future, when I'm outta school and have money to blow again) I'll be needing the following:
245/50/R16 tires on pony rims OR a set of Nitto drag radials on my 15" rims
Maximum Motorsports (or some other brand)
lower control arms
UPR torque box reinforcements
Battery relocated back to trunk w/cutoff switch (hated to put it back up there, but had to do it to pass tech)
Practice more.
I have in-car video of a couple of the runs, but the battery was crapping out, so I dunno how much of it turned out just yet.