Dead Hookers 12 race results
Well I didn't expect a new personal best cause the weather wasn't cold out. The DA was around 897ft after I calculated it when I made my best pass and mph. First pass off the trailer I hit 114.75. But with a lack luster 1.60 60ft. In summary, all my new suspesion parts installed I still couldn't get the car too hook like it used to. Total of 8 passes here are the best 4.
First pass off the trailer:
r/t .056
60ft 1.602
1/8th 7.60
mph 90.28
1/4 11.90
mph 114.75
Stiffen up the shocks 2 clicks and tried again but blew the tires cause my 2 step box is finicky when trying to quickly stage and set the 2 step. So it resulted in a 7200 rshared_pm dump. Third pass I got if figured out. Set the 2 step at 6200.
r/t .166
60ft 1.623
1/8th 7.61
mph 90.23
1/4 11.927
mph 114.67
I'm starting not to like this damn 2 step. I think with the clutch to the floor and dumping it, it shocks the tires. On a typical n/a 4v a 6200 launch would bog. So I said F it. Turned the damn box off and tried it old school. Preloaded the clutch and tried to eyeball the rpms and watch the tree.....
r/t -.088 lol. I guess thats why people use 2 steps.
60ft 1.574
1/8 7.683
mph 89.26
1/4 12.008
mph 114.62
On the launch I could tell it hooked harder but I guess I got antsy and didn't hit my shift points. But that was my best 60' all night.
I tried a few different shock settings and didn't get any better. a few 12.1's and one 20 sec pass cause it just spun through the 60ft and aborted the run. Well after a I ate a lunchable (I love those) I went back to the staging lanes and tried it again...without the 2 step....
r/t .041
60ft 1.659
1/8 7.592
mph 91.32
1/4 11.86
mph 115.80
Couldn't believe that mph. This run the DA was 897. The rest of the runs were probably a little higher. This is the first trip I've been to the track and every pass the car was trapping 114 or more. . But I'm staring to think that... A. my clutch is killing the initial hit, too much power going to the tires and B. my 2 step is great for bracket racing but not for trying to get a high rshared_pm car to launch hard. If I ease into it I don't shock the tires as hard.
So now I'm going to re plot my suspension. Going to get the IC farther out. This will also lower my AS below 100 but I think with the shocks I can stiffen them up to get rid of some of the squating. Not too shabby for a stock 4.6 thats never had the valve covers taken off.
Thanks for reading.
-Mark
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98' cobra
