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Tonight I'm taking my ol' '86 5.0 T-5 to Atlanta Dragway for my first ever pass down the strip. It has a Ram clutch and Flowmasters but the shocks are completely shot and the engine is running pretty rough. I'm praying to get into the 15's without having to have the car towed back to Jefferson. Any advice? Prayers?
1988 mustang 5.0 LX, Edelbrock performer manifold, mac headers, off road H with high flow cats welded in, AC/smog eliminator, frpp 9mm wires, bbk CAI, msd cap and rotor, Flowmasters dumped, steeda tri ax, 3.73 gears, and mickey thompson DR's 13.91@101
1983 pontiac grand prix, weekend car, 355sbc 11.5.1, world heads, forged internals, th-400 with transgo shift kit, 8.5 rear with 4.56's and auburn posi unit, 11.96@115 on et streets. (SOLD)
Advice? Have fun that's why you're going right? Everybody has a first time and any practice you get now will help you later when you might have a faster setup.
Watch out though because I'm warning you, drag racing, especially with a stick car, can be very addicting. There is no known cure for the addiction either.
Good luck. If you can bring the car home without any breakage that alone should make it a good night. Let us know how it goes.
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OFR - old fart racing
We're not the fastest car at the track but we might be having the most fun.
If you're not having fun, then you're taking this stuff too seriously!
Advice? Have fun that's why you're going right? Everybody has a first time and any practice you get now will help you later when you might have a faster setup.
Watch out though because I'm warning you, drag racing, especially with a stick car, can be very addicting. There is no known cure for the addiction either.
Good luck. If you can bring the car home without any breakage that alone should make it a good night. Let us know how it goes.
what he said.....^^^^^^^^
just be safe.... you have nothing to prove to anyone
Well, as it turns out, the night got rained out. I made it all the way to the tech shed, then they stopped to let the rain pass and after about 20 minutes, they called it. Dag! It was a let down but I have a rain check for the first Fast Friday next Spring. I had to settle for a Starbucks and some good conversation about what might have been. Well, maybe by March, I'll have my new shocks and a 5.0 Power Tower if Santa's good to me. Then we'll see what she'll do. Thanks, Guys!
thats so true!!!! i ran a acura integra, this guy was eyeing me the whole time in the staging lanes, we pulled up and staged, and the last i saw was him crossing the finish line while i was on my way to pick up my slip, poor guy never had a chance, now everytime i see him on the street he just stares.
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1993 LX 5.0 stock long block, 1.7 crane roller rockers, cobra valve springs, explorer intake upgrade, 65mm throttle body, 80mm maf ,Moroso CAI,Shorty BBK headers,BBK Adj fuel reg, BBK underdrive pulleys, electric fan, B303 cam, off-road Hpipe, 40series flowmasters, 3:73 gears, Alum drive shaft, King Cobra clutch, Pro 5.0 shifter, BBK gripp LCA,190lph fuelpump,Moates Burn2 Chip Programmer, with EEC-IV bank reader
'86 "beater" to the strip for the first time 
while i was on my way to pick up my slip, poor guy never had a chance
, now everytime i see him on the street he just stares.
