Day at the strip

[Bob Mathis]

Well I'm going to the strip tomorrow to see if the nitto's will put me into the 12's. I have put on some nitto's and got some 9.5 rim's. They fit great and look even better.
All I want to due is 12.90or a little better. The weather should be great in the low 50's. I belive it can it can be done.

:) ::coolman:

[MM03MOK]

Go for it, Bob!! Good luck!!!

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[junehhan]

You guys are lucky, since all of the dragstrips that I know of around me are closed till March :(

Good luck at the dragstrip!!!

[JET]

Good luck Bob. The car way better with that setup. Warm those tires up real good & let her rip.

[Bob Mathis]

Well Jean and I just got back from the track.
You should have seen the smile on my face when she went 12.87 at 107.48. The track was slick but I finally got the nitto's to hook. I have posted all the infor on the timeslip forum. Man I love this car and the Trilogy S/C. We also got 21 MPG going and coming. No problems at all. I'm done now for awhile got my 12's.:) :)

[MI2QWK4U]

Congrats Bob! I told you that your car would do that well. I am chomping at the bit to get mine to a track.....

[jgc61sr2002]

Bob - Congrats. Nice Numbers.:D :up:

[bob35222]

Nice going Bob, If the weather was like it was in Birmingham, great day for it, cool and sunny. Still thinking about that S/C. Bob

[SergntMac]

OMG, I am so happy for you and Jean. Nice job, Bob!

[bigslim]

Hey Bob, Dave is having withdrawls. He needs a fix real bad. I don't know if he is going to make it spring. He may have to go to Betty Ford for his substance ("supercharged MM") abuse.

[martyo]

Cool, cool, cool!!

[Lidio]

Bob that's Awesome...

I live in the wrong state! Can't hit the local tracks here until well into April!!

Bob when you said "she" were you refering to the car or your wife driving the car?

Either way, congrats!!

[junehhan]

Congradulations Bob! It's truly awesome when you've finally reached the 12 second club. I hope to do that one day, but not while I have a warranty since I get very paranoid about it :(

[JET]

[i]she went 12.87 at 107.48. [/B]

she went she went she went she went she went she went

That's great but what did you do?

[TripleTransAm]

Fantastic results... I love that MPH!
That's like 420-440 hp at the crank!

[John F. Russo]

Bob Mathis
Congratulations on your successful performance run.

Comment
Are you going to use the "Nitto" tires on your car for everyday driving?

Who did your rim widening? What size tires?

Thanks for the info.
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[prchrman]

Originally posted by Bob Mathis
[BI'm done now for awhile got my 12's.:) :) [/B]

Congrats to a super nice couple...great #s Bob and Jean...what a great driveable 12 sec car with 21mpg...just plain awesome...I see you say you are done for a while but a stall, headers, X pipe and gears you could be looking in 11's... ;) :bows: :bows: :bows:

again congrats, willie

[Paul T. Casey]

Way to go!!! I'm on my way down to Huntsville on th 24th of this month, I look you up. Have a video of you at the Atlanta Shootout.

[kurly]

Originally posted by Bob Mathis
Well Jean and I just got back from the track.
You should have seen the smile on my face when she went 12.87 at 107.48. The track was slick but I finally got the nitto's to hook. I have posted all the infor on the timeslip forum. Man I love this car and the Trilogy S/C. We also got 21 MPG going and coming. No problems at all. I'm done now for awhile got my 12's.:) :)

Congratulations Bob! It's great to see our Marauders in the 12's!

I'm curious - What would Marauder's like yours be doing if they had a 5 or 6 speed manual shifter?