Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) May 17, 2008, 09:35:11 PM A local forum was having a big event at Rockingham dragway, which is the nearest 1/4mi to me (2 hour drive). I decided to go down there and see what the Tbird would do; I expected to just barely squeeze into the 14s...First run: 14.786 @ 93.97Second run: 14.756 @ 94.85Third run: 14.662 @ 94.87The ol' Tbird was haulin pretty good. I also entered in the daily driver event, which was made for an 18sec bracket. I won that (and yes, every car entered was faster than 18s) and got a small trophy. I'll post time slip scans later...im wiped out from the drive. Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #1 – May 17, 2008, 09:57:35 PM Nice times! Must have been fun winning the event too. Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #2 – May 17, 2008, 10:39:18 PM Congrats!! Now, where are the trophy pictures? Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #3 – May 17, 2008, 10:59:59 PM I did get a trophy for winning the DD event...I'll have pics for you all tomorrow. However, it does seem like my rear main seal leak is gettin a bit worse :( . Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #4 – May 17, 2008, 11:14:28 PM Not bad. Makes me wanna try bracket racing in my gf's shadow. I think it would be pretty consistent with the auto.Now, I know you've talked about your (good) fuel economy and all. But does your speedo gear match your rear gears and such? Cause if your speedo is off, your odometer will be off too, and thus mileage calculations. Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #5 – May 17, 2008, 11:19:55 PM Most of my gas mileage calculations were done before I had the gears done, and for the few I have done afterwards, I took 10% off of the miles number. Mileage has stayed the same so I dont bother calculating much anymore. Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #6 – May 17, 2008, 11:27:31 PM WOW! Dude that's siiiiiick. Congrats! Yep these ol' barges can run alright. That settles it. Definitely gonna have to run mine after I get MY gears in. Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #7 – May 18, 2008, 01:15:02 AM that's smoking fast for how "stock" that car is (stock HO)!!! Impressive! What were the 60's? Of course we want pics and slips for the Top 25 (you moved up quite a few!). Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #8 – May 18, 2008, 07:44:43 AM Quote from: kingcars;219481A local forum was having a big event at Rockingham dragway, which is the nearest 1/4mi to me (2 hour drive). I decided to go down there and see what the Tbird would do; I expected to just barely squeeze into the 14s...First run: 14.786 @ 93.97Second run: 14.756 @ 94.85Third run: 14.662 @ 94.87The ol' Tbird was haulin pretty good. I also entered in the daily driver event, which was made for an 18sec bracket. I won that (and yes, every car entered was faster than 18s) and got a small trophy. I'll post time slip scans later...im wiped out from the drive.Sounds like you've got something good going on with that car. Must have done something right when you put it together, because I know a lot of mustangs with rather stock HO's and AOD's that don't run that quick. Good job man.[SIZE="1"]Bet you weren't expecting that from me [/SIZE] Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #9 – May 18, 2008, 09:56:46 AM Quote from: Tbird232ci;219529Sounds like you've got something good going on with that car. Must have done something right when you put it together, because I know a lot of mustangs with rather stock HO's and AOD's that don't run that quick. Good job man.[SIZE="1"]Bet you weren't expecting that from me [/SIZE]Haha well I'm sure I may have rubbed some people the wrong way when talkin about how my car runs, but now I've got the proof to back it up (expect pics/scan very soon). I appreciate the compliments. Going to the track, I decided I'd be happy just to break a 14.99. Now after those 3 runs, I'm convinced she'll do ~14.40s in perfect, cool weather (I gained a tenth just by letting the weather cool down just a tad). But yesterday was great; 75 degrees, not a cloud in sight, and lots of nice cars. A few suprises too, like a VW Golf that seemed stock until it bolted down the track to an 11.70 E/T.It's also worthy to note that I really think the 3.27 gears are great for 1/4mi runs with the AOD. Guys I were talkin to at the track say that you always want your car to be right in its power band at the end of the track, so I kept an eye on that for my last 2 runs. Right as I'm about to cross the line, she's spinnin ~4,000rpm in 3rd gear and pulling haaaaaard (I wish the track was a little longer :hick: ). Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #10 – May 18, 2008, 10:01:43 AM Very cool, and I agree, that motor is DEFINATLY solid and STRONG! hell you are running the same tims and MPH that my bird was, and I had a T5 and GT40 intakes and some other little tricks, mind you my HO had over 300kms on it and was tired. Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #11 – May 18, 2008, 10:12:12 AM :burnout: Good job. Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #12 – May 18, 2008, 10:22:30 AM What were you 60ft times? Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #13 – May 18, 2008, 10:28:49 AM I'll post all my slip numbers (except for R/T....you dont wanna see those haha)1st run: 60' ... 2.240 330 ... 6.295 1/8 ... 9.564 mph ... 75.45 1000 ... 12.395 1/4 ... 14.786 mph ... 93.97 2nd run:60' ... 2.289330 ... 6.3361/8 ... 9.584mph ... 76.171000 ... 12.3861/4 ... 14.756mph ... 94.853rd run:60' ... 2.235330 ... 6.2571/8 ... 9.500mph ... 76.251000 ... 12.2961/4 ... 14.662mph ... 94.87Its worthy to note that the 1/8th mi times shown match up exactly with what I ran at my local 1/8th.I'm still waiting for my sister to wake up so I can use her scanner and digi cam... Quote Selected
Went down the 1/4 for the first time today (scan and pic pg 2) Reply #14 – May 18, 2008, 11:17:56 AM Here it is, everyone...the timeslipAnd the trophy... Quote Selected
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