Went to the strip with the supercharger a few weeks ago for the first time, ran a best of 12.57 @ 110+ mph in the 1/4 mile with a full interior and full tank of gas (removed the jack and spare, though). Ran the car with 17" Bullitt wheels and drag radials instead of my heavier 18" fanblades. Car weighed 3,700 lbs with me in it, according to our local truck scales. Tomorrow will be my second day racing with the supercharger, so to I figured I could get rid of some more unnecessary weight to see how much difference it'll make at the track. In addition to switching wheels/tires and removing jack/spare, today I also removed the passenger (power/heated) seat, rear seat back/bottom, and will run just 1/4 tank of gas. This should be an additional 135 lbs gone from the car, bringing the race weight down to about 3,565 lbs with me in it. It's amazing how easily the seats come out (4 bolts, and one wire connector for the heat & power motor).... Charcoal Bullitts with stock Pirellis up front & BFG 275/40/17 drag radials out back.... Last time at the track, I had a lot of hood flutter, so I just installed Shelby billitt hood pins.... Weather is supposed to be dry, cool, and overcast. Temps in the mid 50's. Hoping to run 12.40's at 111 mph in the 1/4 mile. Would really love to run below 8 seconds at 87 + mph in the 1/8 mile in the process.
Spent 8 hours at the drag strip yesterday. It's the last weekend of the season at our local track, so it was packed with hundreds and hundreds of racers! Only got in 2 runs the entire day, but both were my best ever runs and exceeded my goals for the day! 1st run was better based on mph, while the 2nd run was better based on ET's. Spun a bit in 1st gear on the 1st run, so I lowered the drag radials to just 18 psi for the 2nd run (dead hooked with a 1.80 60' time). 1st run 12.345 @ 111.93 mph, 2nd run 12.338 @ 110.59 mph. Both runs were below 8 seconds (finally) in the 1/8 mile, and I even ran 90+ mph in the 1/8 mile on the 1st run! Here's the timeslips (I'm in the right lane, car #4164)...
nice runs, lol three hours between runs that sucks, but i guess it was worth it for ya, second race was dead even eh? what was in the left lane?
Yeah, the 2nd pass was the absolute closest race I've ever had! I crossed the finish line just 0.0003 seconds ahead of the other guy. He was in a rental car - no joke!!! It was one of those yellow '08 Corvette ZHZ's with the black hood stripe that Hertz Rental Cars has in their "Fun Collection." Kinda like the 2006 Shelby Mustang GT-H Hertz Rental Cars. Anyone, darn close race as we both ran 12.30's, but luckily I tree'd him by a small margin.
Very nice numbers good job Thats exactly where I want to be next month after my tune. I run the same MPH you did.
