1low03gt at the Drags
 

Here is a couple of pics from yesterday.
Didn't hit what i wanted, which was to at least match my 13.1's at 106/107mph.
I hit a 13.7 first shot out, then 13.4, then 13.3, then a bunch of 13.2's. Was averaging 1.7XX's sixty foots with the best of 1 single 1.70 sixty foot.
Depending on the run, i was launching 4000 rpm, 4500 rpm, and 5000 rpm.
MPH was pretty consistant with 102, which i don't understand where i have lost 4 to 5 mph. Will have to go back on a cooler day to play again, and see.
Was pretty muggy by mid day, so i knew it would not get better.
But all in all i got to dust the cobwebs off, relearn how to race lol, and had a blast hanging out with my friends.
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very nice and loving the 6er rims lol

Cool pics, I like how your spoilerless and the drags hooking up looks sweet!

^^^+1, love the spoiler delete. Car looks great.

Looks GREAT Jay. Wish I was out there with ya!

Great pics

looking really good jay,those sixty times are killer man.if i could get them i'd be running 12.40's-50's.

Nice wrinkle in those tires, what are they & what tire pressure are you runnin?:tup

looking good jay !

Looks mint. No races against the 13.3x all motor sunfire that was there?!?! lol

x2 on the crinkly tire

Thanks everyone. And no, didn't race any 13.3 Sunfire LOL!
The tires are M/T ET streets, and the tire pressure was at 13 psi. I think they might've been too soft since i was swaying side to side mid track on LOL!.... and possibly slowing me down a tad.
Next time i'm going to run them at a slightly higher psi.

Gary, you were the star that day. You were looking to get into the 12's, and you did, and it got better for you! Congrats again.
Myself i am haunted by my old times, and been having issues getting them back or improvong after i went to the Bullitt intake. I don't get it. It's been a few years for me since i raced, but still, and i have cleanned up some issues, got retuned, and make more power, but yet i struggle to hit 13.2's, and lost 4 to 5 mph. I don't get it. It's actually discouraging.
My GT would hit 13.1's at 106/107 mph with 1.77 to 1.80 sixty foots all the time on 17" drag radials with current cams, h pipe, and welded in mufflers, drop in K&N, with a modified cai, ported stock upper plenum, with spacer, 4.10's, and custom tune.
(in bold new parts added)
Now with same cams, x pipe, full cat back, JLT cai, Bullitt intake, Steeda underdrive pulleys , 4.10's , and new dyno custom tune, i can only squeeze out 13.2 at 102 mph with better sixty foots that were 1.70 to 1.74's with one being 1.76 on 15" ET Streets.
I don't get it. Been bugging ever since saturday really.
But i still had fun nonetheless.
Instead of going forward, i've been going backwards!!!:?
My set up is a mid 12's or better, that's where it doesn't make sence!?!

like you said maybe the tire pressure slowed you up

Gonna go back to give it another shot! It's got me thinking for sure!

So many different things to mess with, it'll keep you busy that's for sure. Nice runs dude, car looks awesome on the track.

jay you are swaying around because the tire pressure IS a wee bit low(about 2-3psi) but also because you have radials on the front and bias on the back.that's a no no.don't know what to say about the times slowing up for you,how's the clutch man?did you have the car lowered when you ran quicker?the new intake and changes might not like the lowered stance.if you wanta go dragracing successfully put v6 springs in the back and a set of drag shocks and ditch the front swaybar and lowering springs.lowered cars are for going around corners better and looking cool which your car does wonderfully but it is exactly what you DON'T want for drag racing jay.i hate to say but you may have to choose between the two.when was the last time you went circuit racing?when was the last time you went drag racing?how do you feel about the performance of the car? does it bother you?lowered drag cars are designed to be low and still have weight transfer with a proper soft drag suspension.you are low but stiff.the wrinklewalls help alot but something is amiss.it was a hot day that day.can your computer pull timing if it is too hot?you said you had 94 octane in it i think that day if i am not mistaken.do you NEED 94?if your motor doesn't need it to stop knocking then it is hurting the performance by slowing the flame propigation across the top of the piston.does it feel crisper with 91oct?if you want to run the 94 then by all means bump the timing a couple degrees.higher octane slows the burn process.any idea what your compression ratio is?not a guess but actual ratio?also thanks for the props jay ,i had a blast that day.

I know Gary that i can't have both worlds, and i chose the looks over the drag portion since i only race the odd weekend. I like the best of both worlds so to speak.
Those 13.1's at 106/107 mph were with the current suspension set up. I have had these springs in my GT since it was two weeks old in '03.
I am gonna try some different things next time out, like not so soft tire pressure, and launching a tad lower then i normally do.
I am so close wityh the E.T, but don't get why the mph is down, i can see the diffrerence in mph with street tire to sticky tire though.
Before i make the move to 4.30's, i would like to hit the 12's, i know it can be done as others have done it. I just need to figure my out i guess.

Oh, my GT is tuned to 91. :tup

mph is a function of hp.if your mph is down so is your hp for some reason.bad air or timing not quite what it should be.if you are not getting the mph now what do you hope to accomplish with the 4.30's?you will rev higher but it is not gauranteed you will go faster.quicker maybe but not faster.why is the hp down? that is the question...what did the tune say?was it dyno'd when it was tuned?do you have an air/fuel ratio gauge?if not get one!aem makes a nice one that is reasonable.i use one.

way to many variables for me and I would go over the deep edge trying to figure it out lol

With my cams my rpm range is a tad higher compared to stock. For a stock 4.6L engine, the 4.10's are "great", for a cammed 4.6L they are "good", the 4.30's will bring back that "great" with a cammed 4.6L, and would keep it in the proper rpm range to play or race.
I'm shifting into fourth not to far past the traps, and i would think that the 4.30's would bring my GT closer to the top of 3rd gear crossing the traps, which is ideal.
I had my GT dyno tune not to long ago, maybe a month ago.
She made hp. Previous was 286.XX,and now it's 298......buuuuut....
I was having some issues holding idle after the first initial start of every run threwout that saturday we were out racing, and it got worse threw the day. After i got home, and washed the GT, i went to start it to park it in the garage, and it would not hold idle at all unless i kept my foot on the pedal. So sunday morning i went to solve the issue, and with past expirience with inlet tubes coming loose, causing the vehicle to stall, (which happens to my F 150 a couple of times a year due to the clamps coming loose).... that is the first place i went to check. Sure enough my clamps on my JLT were loose at the throttle body, and at the mass air, and lightly snug at the other two clamps.
So i tighten them up, and it held idle again. Maybe this could have caused some issues with the air fuel that day..... Don't know?!
All i know is i will go back out there to give it another shot LOL.
I do plan on getting a wideband air fuel ratio gauge, it's almost a must these days. My only issue is that my money tree gave me all it had this summer ......:? but it will happen. Always seem to find the funds somewhere LOL.:rolleyes:

top of third ?at the strip with the 4.30's? somebody's math is wrong partner.i can't see it for the life of me.i am in 4th at the stripe at 5500rpm with 4.10's with about the same size tire.what rpm are you turning at the stripe?i'm confused.

My bad, more like crossing the traps at the top of fourth where as it is still climbing well after i cross the traps in fourth with 4.10's

that's better jay.had my brain goin gaga,lol.i wish i had gone 4.30's myself.i am in the same situation with regards to still climbing after the stripe.

Yeah, sorry, i had a brain fart LMAO!!
It's a never ending game i tell you.
I know myself, i would enjoy the 4.30's a tad more. My cams don't really start working til above 3000 rpm or so. She's got some bottom end, but not like i think it should, or want.
There is a few guys i have talked with that moved to the 4.30's with the cammed 4.6L's, and they have no regrets thus far. So that just proves to me that my feeling, and thinking is right.

well i don't think you will regret it going to the 4.30's.unless you decide to go on a long trip somewhere.lol

can you run 4.56's for the 1/4????

You can for sure, but your set must be able to run the kind've rpms Man could you imagine..... 1st, and 2nd gear would be useless LMAO!!
I think next year for sure Gary i will get the swap done. Spent way to much already this year!!!:banghead:

Start in 3rd, less shifting lol

Most likely LOL!

I have been known to start in second when lazy bwah

I do the same. The 4.10's allow that with ease.

If a guy, say you lol left in second with high rpm's how much time would you lose. Estimate of coarse

Not sure, never tried it. I imagine you wouldn't lose much E.T though.

someone needs to give it a try as I do not race, of coarse lol

Well, i was just going to say ...... give 'er a shot :D

yah you are to funny

I wasn't trying to be LOL! :LOL:

me race, not likely.

I know, but you got to get the full on expirience with your car. From playing to detailing. It brings the bond that much more closer .LOL! :D