sailsmen
05-11-2005, 10:09 PM
10 days and 1,200 miles ago I S/C my Marauder. I have been having some serious traction problems on the street particularly with the temp in the 70*'s and the humidity in the 40% which is very cool and unusally dry for us.
The past couple of days the temps are in 88-93*'s and the humidity @85%. I figure it's time to see if she will stick at the track!
I head for the Test N' Tune at No Problem and call to make sure it is open. They advise it was raining, now down to a trickle but with the heat it should dry out in an hour, call back. I keep heading for the track and call an hour latter, they advise they are open.
I am dropping/adding air and this guy comes over asking what do I run. I said best N/A 13.7, but S/C last week and I have no idea if I will get any traction. He said can we line up and run each other. I don't answer because I can see it might start to rain again and I am in a rush to get thru tech and try to make a pass.
Well sure enough while I am in the staging lane it starts to drizzle. They let the street cars run. First run I slowly get into the throttle on launch. It spins so much I let off the throttle 4 times down the track. My R/T is .245, 60' 2.099, ET 13.402 @ 104.21. I get back in the staging lanes and it starts to rain, so I turn around and head for the pits. It's 6:30pm so maybe it will stop and dry out. I park across from an Impala, it was the guy who asked to line up with me. He asked a lot of questions about my MM and then shows me his Imapala. It's a '95, with 150 shot of wet Nitrous, Headers, Ported Heads, SLP T/C, Meziere Water Pump, Programmable Computer and 275 rear tires. He works at an auto dealer and used to race alot but hasn't in 8 months.
By 7:10pm it stops to rain and drys out. We both pull into the staging lanes and line up. I am determined to make a soft 1/3 throttle launch and slowly roll onto the throttle.
My R/T is .248 to his .376. I have some spin and slow how fast I roll the accelerator, I am ahead 1/2 a car length. At the 60' I am 1.5 car lengths ahead with my 2.085 to his 2.147. He starts to catch me at the 330' with a 5.648 to my 5.561. At the 1,000' I am 10.883 to his 10.899. I am now 1/2 car length ahead but he is going faster and catching me down to 1/3 a car length. I hit 3rd gear and start to pull out on him. My E/T is 12.978 @108 to his 12.957 @107.32! I beat him by .1077, all R/T! :banana:
My next run is againest a slick trailer car, who red lites. I run a R/T .280, 60' 1.932, E/T 12.947 @ 105.66.
Next run againest an '05 GT Mustang. R/T .191, 60' 1.881, ET 12.862 @106.71. Blow the doors off the GT.
I am happy in that the last 2 runs I did not spin out by launching soft and slowly rolling into the throttle. I pull into the pits to talk to my new friend the Impala owner. I advise the track is dry and sticking. I will now try a hard launch. He offers to watch in the stands to tell me if I spin.
I line up againest a GT. I launch the same way I did N/A but at 1,000 rpms. My R/T is .007, but before I let off the throttle it hits the rev limiter. I let off then hammer it again and they just spin up in smoke, my 60' was 2.661.
I pull in the pits and the Impala owner says you don't want me to tell you, I said not really but I need to hear it. He says I had white smoke pooring off the tires all the way down. He then says you still beat the Mustang GT! :D
I made a friend with the Impala owner and his friend who was running an 11 second trailer/slick Malibu.
I have so much power the tires are just being obliterated and thats with the KDW2 255's!
I will now have to save up for some drag tires, any suggestions?
The past couple of days the temps are in 88-93*'s and the humidity @85%. I figure it's time to see if she will stick at the track!
I head for the Test N' Tune at No Problem and call to make sure it is open. They advise it was raining, now down to a trickle but with the heat it should dry out in an hour, call back. I keep heading for the track and call an hour latter, they advise they are open.
I am dropping/adding air and this guy comes over asking what do I run. I said best N/A 13.7, but S/C last week and I have no idea if I will get any traction. He said can we line up and run each other. I don't answer because I can see it might start to rain again and I am in a rush to get thru tech and try to make a pass.
Well sure enough while I am in the staging lane it starts to drizzle. They let the street cars run. First run I slowly get into the throttle on launch. It spins so much I let off the throttle 4 times down the track. My R/T is .245, 60' 2.099, ET 13.402 @ 104.21. I get back in the staging lanes and it starts to rain, so I turn around and head for the pits. It's 6:30pm so maybe it will stop and dry out. I park across from an Impala, it was the guy who asked to line up with me. He asked a lot of questions about my MM and then shows me his Imapala. It's a '95, with 150 shot of wet Nitrous, Headers, Ported Heads, SLP T/C, Meziere Water Pump, Programmable Computer and 275 rear tires. He works at an auto dealer and used to race alot but hasn't in 8 months.
By 7:10pm it stops to rain and drys out. We both pull into the staging lanes and line up. I am determined to make a soft 1/3 throttle launch and slowly roll onto the throttle.
My R/T is .248 to his .376. I have some spin and slow how fast I roll the accelerator, I am ahead 1/2 a car length. At the 60' I am 1.5 car lengths ahead with my 2.085 to his 2.147. He starts to catch me at the 330' with a 5.648 to my 5.561. At the 1,000' I am 10.883 to his 10.899. I am now 1/2 car length ahead but he is going faster and catching me down to 1/3 a car length. I hit 3rd gear and start to pull out on him. My E/T is 12.978 @108 to his 12.957 @107.32! I beat him by .1077, all R/T! :banana:
My next run is againest a slick trailer car, who red lites. I run a R/T .280, 60' 1.932, E/T 12.947 @ 105.66.
Next run againest an '05 GT Mustang. R/T .191, 60' 1.881, ET 12.862 @106.71. Blow the doors off the GT.
I am happy in that the last 2 runs I did not spin out by launching soft and slowly rolling into the throttle. I pull into the pits to talk to my new friend the Impala owner. I advise the track is dry and sticking. I will now try a hard launch. He offers to watch in the stands to tell me if I spin.
I line up againest a GT. I launch the same way I did N/A but at 1,000 rpms. My R/T is .007, but before I let off the throttle it hits the rev limiter. I let off then hammer it again and they just spin up in smoke, my 60' was 2.661.
I pull in the pits and the Impala owner says you don't want me to tell you, I said not really but I need to hear it. He says I had white smoke pooring off the tires all the way down. He then says you still beat the Mustang GT! :D
I made a friend with the Impala owner and his friend who was running an 11 second trailer/slick Malibu.
I have so much power the tires are just being obliterated and thats with the KDW2 255's!
I will now have to save up for some drag tires, any suggestions?