Little disappointing update for you guys-
Got the car out to the track last night. I hate to make excuses, but somewhere on the hour drive through rush hour traffic to the track, something happened with my clutch. I'm not sure if the cable stretched or what, but by the time I rolled into tech inspection, the clutch was engaging half an inch off the carpet. Not only was it giving me a hard time shifting between gears, but it was difficult to even get it to go into gear whatsoever. But hell, I was already at the track, so I decided to run it anyway.
Here is the rundown. Keep in mind, this is on 17" street tires and a street-oriented
suspension. Launching the car is a joke.
Run 1:
Launched like a grandmother driving in a grocery store parking lot.
Grabbed 2nd OK, but completely whiffed 3rd. Didn't even get it to go into 3rd. Frustrated, I went straight to 4th and just finished it out. It's funny, even after completely skipping 3rd, I still ran a faster trap speed than my previous best with the stock heads.
2.206 60'
9.395 1/8
14.613 1/4 @ 98.5 mph
Run 2:
Launched a little harder, but not much, bogged a bit.
Completely trashed 2nd gear. Ground the hell out of it. Pushed the clutch back in, and yanked it hard to get the gear in. Frustrated and flustered, I missed my shift light and bounced off the stock limiter going from 2-3, but once I did finally shift, I did get it to go into 3rd on the first try.
2.117 60'
9.748 1/8
14.539 1/4 @ 104.31 mph < Starting to show some promise, haha.
Run 3:
Launched way too hard and spun. Didn't get a clean shift into 2nd OR 3rd. Hell, my hand completely came off the knob trying to jam it into 3rd.
2.266 60'
9.749 1/8
14.582 1/4 @ 103.67 mph
After missing 2nd AND 3rd on that last run, I knew it was time to quit and go home. That was just disheartening. The frustrating thing was, 2 of the three cars I was up against were WAY slower than mine, but I still got my ass handed to me. Bleh.
Anyway, I can say right now that once I get the clutch issue worked out, the next problem is going to be the factory rev limiter. The car is still pulling so hard at 6250, shifting before then is senseless. That just further justifies getting a tuner. Now if I can just get my wife on board with me spending more money.....