1/8 mile

Well, I finally did it and run the 1/8 mile.
I went to Mobile dragway (http://www.mobiledragway.com) to do the 1/8 and they just became certified by the NHRA as a nationally sanctioned track. ;)
Chevy2000 and some others went, including a car club out of Mobile. They were the ChapterXIII car club and have some nice cars there.
Anyway, my very first pass was a 9.55 and I was immediately stoked about it.
From what Ive read on the web, 10.00 or so is what I should be running with the 15.6 1/4 times.
My r/t's were pretty consistent with some .55 and .52's with an occasional .42 and .47 along with the rest.
60 foot times were pretty consistent with most in the 2.240 times and 2.23 being my best. I was surprised at the slow 60 fioot times as I can usually run 2.19 to 2.20 times for most 60 foots.
Didnt matter though as I pulled off a best of 9.451 in the 1/8 and was really happy with my times. I never would have believed I would get that kind of time for sure.
I also ran a 9.49 and most were in the 9.5 or higher range.
Btw, I was the fastest sport compact at the track and not even a Probe GTS could keep up with me. We did go head to head once and stomped him. ;)
I now see that I have to improve my top end on the car. Most have said that with the 9.45 times, I should be in the 14's or low 15's. :( Im not. :(
I know what I need to do now to get that little better pull from the motor and will proceed to improve there. My launch is the best it will be for now as well as the 60 foot times.
Thought Id share my joy and joy it is. Ill be on cloud 9 for awhile with this one.
Misnblu
Oh, Ill have my timeslips posted soon.

Your not to far from whippin up on some slow.6 mustangs. My 01 GT only ran 9.33.

What kind of car are you rinning? You have a couple cars I am not sure witch one you are running.

Im running the '97 z24.
There were a couple of older gt Mustangs that were running in the 9.7 range and I was really impressed with my feat.
Ill have the slips scanned today and posted by tonight.
Thanks for the compliments
Misnblu

[quote:acb69bbb6c="Misnblu"]Im running the '97 z24.
There were a couple of older gt Mustangs that were running in the 9.7 range and I was really impressed with my feat.
Ill have the slips scanned today and posted by tonight.
Thanks for the compliments
Misnblu[/quote:acb69bbb6c]Very impressive times! it must have been pretty good weather huh? My old '90 Formula 350 (when bone stock) went 9.1's in the 1/8th and 14.2's in the 1/4 mile. 9.40's is really good! 8)

Thanks LS1. Yeah, the weather was in the high 60's and relatively dry for the season.
Its now time to change out the restrictive cat and change the exhaust to a 2.5 size, bigger throttlebody and some drag radials to boot. :)
This will help my top end to get into the low 15'2 if not the high 14's.
Misnblu

BTW, what was your MPH? I'll guess around 70ish? was I close? 8)

Just to update this thread, I recently ran a 9.325 in the 1/8 at the Mobile dragway.
It was my best times and ran consistent 9.39's to 9.4' with 2.20 60 foot times.
Id post the time slips but my home computer is down and cant scan the slips.
It was my best night at the 1/8 and will probably never get those times again until some other mods.
Oh, the temp was in the mid 50's with low humidity and my cai really likes that. ;)
Lastly, my mph in those runs were from 67-69 mph and yeah, kinda slow for such a good e.t.
Misnblu