I know what STR is, kid. You're right, I do have a manual transmission, and that requires more skill than an A4... it's a lot more easy for me to blast the tires off at the line. You have an A4 with convertor which should do nothing but help you. Look at Jesse... he pulled 1.6 60' times on RSA's, and all he had was a convertor, shorties, cutout, and a lid, and he was deep in the 12's. Oh, and that was on a "regular Z28", not even a B4C with the 'special B4C mods'.