I think you also need to look into lightening the car for the track. A good set of racing rims and stickies will do wonders as PL said. Rotational mass plays an important part in drag racing. A few more cheap tricks are unbolting your front sway bar for better weight transfer to the back and stripping your car of all excess weight, fuel at 1/4 tank, etc.......
Is that true what the post earlier said about raising your tire pressure in the front to 45 psi getting you a better ET? im running 35 in the front right now and 25 in the back.
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304 rwph, 322 rwtq
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Since i'm still playing with my old 21 year old car all this new cars stuff confuses my old @$$ .....
does the driveshaft change make that big of a difference on the S197.....
i have seen the prices....
It is about 2o lbs in rotational mass. It is also much safer than that 2 piece stocker. I have seen picks of that thing breaking and going into the tranny, and engine. That thing could come up into the drivers seat,not good. I would rather pay for that , than pay for it the hard way. OUCH! ... Metal Enema
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11:933 ET, 1.674 60`,111.877 MPH
First of all skip on the Steeda drag pack. Is your car lowered? If not then you don't need a panhard bar.
Get a good set of LCA's and adjustable upper would also be nice. Then get a set of control arm relocation brackets.
At the track set the LCA's at the lowest point in the relocation brackets. That may be too much for you on daily driving but at the track it will help. Try different settings to see what works best.
You need to transfer weight to the back tires and S197's don't do that well. we have 53% of our weight in the front. So you need those tires to hit as hard as possible without blowing them off.
The tip about stagging shallow will help you. You cheat the track a little. It gives you about 6" to get the car moving before you actually break the beams and start the run. That should give you more time to transfer the weight on the car.
You want to be able to cut a 1.7** 60'. You start getting around there and you'll have that car working!
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2007 Mustang GT Vista Blue 740RWHP/motor 904RWHP/spray 9.01 @ 152 mph 1/4 mile, 1.40 60' 2008 Clash of the Titans World Finals Champion 2009 Strictly Street Points leader/ET & MPH Record Holder
2009 GT500 Grabber Orange Vert 594 RWHP 11.5 @ 120mph it's my slow car!
It is about 2o lbs in rotational mass. It is also much safer than that 2 piece stocker. I have seen picks of that thing breaking and going into the tranny, and engine. That thing could come up into the drivers seat,not good. I would rather pay for that , than pay for it the hard way. OUCH! ... Metal Enema
Yep the 2 piece drive shaft.....great for NVH.....not so great for Drag racing!
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2007 Mustang GT Vista Blue 740RWHP/motor 904RWHP/spray 9.01 @ 152 mph 1/4 mile, 1.40 60' 2008 Clash of the Titans World Finals Champion 2009 Strictly Street Points leader/ET & MPH Record Holder
2009 GT500 Grabber Orange Vert 594 RWHP 11.5 @ 120mph it's my slow car!
raising the tire pressure will reduce the rolling resistance therefore in theory could lower you ET....
be sure not to exceed the manufacture recommended pressure ....
keep in mind you are working with a street tire.....
Reggie's dead on! we're talking about a little trick that might buy you a couple hundreds MAX maybe! Keeping them over inflated probably isn't the best idea!
I'll run my skinnies up when I'm trying to lay down a number. However, I don't do it on a regular basis.
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2007 Mustang GT Vista Blue 740RWHP/motor 904RWHP/spray 9.01 @ 152 mph 1/4 mile, 1.40 60' 2008 Clash of the Titans World Finals Champion 2009 Strictly Street Points leader/ET & MPH Record Holder
2009 GT500 Grabber Orange Vert 594 RWHP 11.5 @ 120mph it's my slow car!
I would rather pay for that , than pay for it the hard way. OUCH! ... Metal Enema
