Went to 1320 tonight. I had to leave early,.. I couldnt stop laughing at some of the cars people were taking down the track. I figured I should go before I insulted anyone. Was a couple quick cars,.. but nothing to really brag about.
I have a long way to go with my ride. There was no track prep,.. and they had no water for the burn out boxes. Trying to do dry burnouts was fun,.. I tried to hit it the first time in 2nd like I would in a normal 'wet' box,.. that didnt go over so well. So I tried first,.. and it literally pushed the skinnies. They would not hold back the ET Streets,.. so I couldnt really get them warmed up.
My first pass I bogged like a mofo off the line,.. then missed 3rd. Still managed a 13.72@108. Then on my second run,.. I didnt even bother trying to do a burn out. Lanched at 4500 to try to avoid bogging and spun half way through first. Felt good once it hooked,.. hit 2nd and 3rd great,.. then dont ask me how,.. but I missed 4th gear. Almost dropped it back down into 2nd. This is my 5th time ever driving the car and 1st time at the track. Still getting a feel for it. Managed a 13.79@96 on that one LoL.
I let the car cool down for 45 mins. Went over to the bleachers and watched a few runs. The bikes were running pretty good. Was a psycho guy on some kind of 2 stroke 4 wheeler with a wheelie bar. He was letting off at the 1/8 and still made a low 11 second pass,.. I was like holy moly thats nuts.
I wanted to get in at least 2 clean runs before I left. So my 3rd run was the best of the night. Rowed all 4 gears good and did a 13.09@109, Shitty 2.0 60's all night and 8.28@86 at the 1/8.
The MPH says this car should be in the 12's. I need to get the car dialed in real bad. Not the ET's I was looking for,.. but the MPH is there so I know the motor is making pretty good power for a little NA 306. My guess is its putting down 335 - 345 at the wheels right now. Pulled hard to about 6000,.. then started to fall off. I think thats the carb doing that. I still have the 600 DP carb on there. I need to get the 650 HP on there and it should pick up a little more and give me 500 more usable RPM.
I think I can get some 11's out of this motor once I get done. The exhaust is wrong,.. no cross over pipe and just tiny little 2.5" straight pipes into 3" bullet mufflers with turn downs. Sounds like a harley when I'm decellerating. Doesnt sound like a Mustang at all,.. LoL. There is at least another 30 - 40 hp to be had in this motor with just minor tweaks and bolt ons here and there.
Here's some video's of the night.
YouTube - Firstpass.AVI
First pass, ran against a Mach1. Here you can see where the skinnies would not hold it to heat up the tires. Bogged like a mofo off the line and then missed 3rd gear. Still got the win light but didnt deserve it with that kind of driving.
YouTube - Secondpass.AVI
Second pass was solo. Spun like hell off the line,.. no track prep at all. Didnt even bother to heat up the tires. Then missed 4th gear,. (Hangs head low).
YouTube - Thirdpass.AVI
3rd pass was against a low 13 second Neon. Was my first clean pass of the night. Still spun like crazy off the line,.. just couldnt get it to hook. Was either bog or spin all night.
YouTube - Fourthpass.AVI
Last pass was against a 350z. Clean pass,.. but still spun half way through 1st.
YouTube - Maniac.AVI
Here is the maniac on the 2 stroke 4 wheeler.
And I'm sorry for the shitty video quality. It was done with our digital camera. It has no zoom in video mode and doesnt do night shots too well. We are going to try to get a video camera for us as a Christmas gift to each other. Should be able to get some better video then.
Going to head out to Lakeland tomorrow and see if I can do any better there. Hopefully there will be better track prep and at least I'll have a wet burn out box there LoL.
See ya's,..
Hurst