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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
Anybody end up racing? [Confused]
 
Posted by eljefe (Member # 1753) on :
 
i did, i could only pull off a 13.849@103.45
but i got my best mph yesterday 104.289
 
Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by eljefe:
i did, i could only pull off a 13.849@103.45
but i got my best mph yesterday 104.289
Tail wind? [Wink]
 
Posted by Daniel50 (Member # 5629) on :
 
yeah i saw your cobra out there. is it all stock?
 
Posted by 88GtHatchback (Member # 4778) on :
 
I was out there. Ran my best of 13.052 @ 108 with a 1.94 60'. My brother ran his best of 12.7 @ 111 in his 69 Mach1. I was running a lot better towards the end of the day. About .3 and 2 mph better at the end compared to the begining. Dont know why.

Clay
 
Posted by eljefe (Member # 1753) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Daniel50:
yeah i saw your cobra out there. is it all stock?
pretty much, just a h pipe and shifter. it seriously needs gears and drag radials.
 
Posted by FasterDamnit (Member # 442) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by eljefe:
quote:
Originally posted by Daniel50:
yeah i saw your cobra out there. is it all stock?
pretty much, just a h pipe and shifter. it seriously needs gears and drag radials.
104? Hell yes, gears and traction means solid 12's!!
 
Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by FasterDamnit:
quote:
Originally posted by eljefe:
quote:
Originally posted by Daniel50:
yeah i saw your cobra out there. is it all stock?
pretty much, just a h pipe and shifter. it seriously needs gears and drag radials.
104? Hell yes, gears and traction means solid 12's!!
I have been telling him this ever since he bought it from me [Wink] [Big Grin]
 
Posted by 1fast281 (Member # 4670) on :
 
Get 4.30 gears for your 96 Cobra, my friend had a 97 Cobra with 4.10's and he was shifting into 4th right near the end of the 1/4 mile.
 
Posted by Daniel50 (Member # 5629) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 88GtHatchback:
I was out there. Ran my best of 13.052 @ 108 with a 1.94 60'. My brother ran his best of 12.7 @ 111 in his 69 Mach1. I was running a lot better towards the end of the day. About .3 and 2 mph better at the end compared to the begining. Dont know why.

Clay
was your car the red gt with the black hood? the car looked good. when i saw the full cage and everything i thought 11's for sure. are you having issues with the motor? 347 stroker with afr 185 heads only trapping 108?
 
Posted by a50sn95 (Member # 527) on :
 
I went. Not sure if I'm happy, but I sure had fun. Got 9 good runs in. I went a best of 13.03 at 112 on street tires. I had hoped for a little more. Maybe the 2.73's need to be the next item to go. It's a full weight '95 with H/C/I Vortech'ed 8.5 to 1 302. Best 60 ft was 2.1, but most were 2.3's. Only seeing 8 lbs of boost right now, so that needs to be addressed too.
Really had fun, was happy to meet Twisted5.0, wondered why he was done early? Hope it wasn't anything serious.
Really had fun though, and am tempted to sell my Cobra R's for some Welds....
(Glad I didn't break anything...)

[ November 20, 2005, 10:08 PM: Message edited by: a50sn95 ]
 
Posted by a50sn95 (Member # 527) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 88GtHatchback:
I was out there. Ran my best of 13.052 @ 108 with a 1.94 60'. My brother ran his best of 12.7 @ 111 in his 69 Mach1. I was running a lot better towards the end of the day. About .3 and 2 mph better at the end compared to the begining. Dont know why.

Clay
I had a run with your brother. He got me off the line and just ever so slightly just kept pulling ahead of me. He was about 1-1/2 car lengths ahead of me through the traps. Cool run, I love the 69-70's (I've had 3 70 Mach1's..)
Dennis
 
Posted by twisted54 (Member # 1981) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by a50sn95:
I went. Not sure if I'm happy, but I sure had fun. Got 9 good runs in. I went a best of 13.03 at 112 on street tires. I had hoped for a little more. Maybe the 2.73's need to be the next item to go. It's a full weight '95 with H/C/I Vortech'ed 8.5 to 1 302. Best 60 ft was 2.1, but most were 2.3's. Only seeing 8 lbs of boost right now, so that needs to be addressed too.
Really had fun, was happy to meet Twisted5.0, wondered why he was done early? Hope it wasn't anything serious.
Really had fun though, and am tempted to sell my Cobra R's for some Welds....
(Glad I didn't break anything...)
Hey Dennis...nice meeting you as well. You're car was running really good for street tires. [patriot]

I left early because something wasn't right with my car. I upped my shot to the 150 but my best ET of the day was 1/10th slower then my previous best of 11.56 with a 100 shot. I usually 60' in the low 1.6 range but the best I dould do was 1.78. [Confused] My best mph was down by 2 as well. I checked the plugs and I had oil on the plug in the #5 hole... [Frown] I figured I'd call it a day at that point before what ever was wrong became even worse.

[ November 21, 2005, 11:53 AM: Message edited by: twisted54 ]
 
Posted by eljefe (Member # 1753) on :
 
anyone see the dumbass in a 03 cobra with 28in slicks and what looked like nothing else blow the rear end? (shocking i know) but WTF were they thinking???
 
Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by eljefe:
anyone see the dumbass in a 03 cobra with 28in slicks and what looked like nothing else blow the rear end? (shocking i know) but WTF were they thinking???
Did he even get one pass? lol

I wouldn't be suprised if he didn't [Wink]

[ November 21, 2005, 09:37 AM: Message edited by: Yellow94GT ]
 
Posted by Jeff S (Member # 371) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by eljefe:
anyone see the dumbass in a 03 cobra with 28in slicks and what looked like nothing else blow the rear end? (shocking i know) but WTF were they thinking???
And explain why he would be a dumbass?
 
Posted by 18x10roushes (Member # 5269) on :
 
yea so why would he ba dumbass ?????
 
Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
28 inch slick
horrible 1st gear ratio in the T56
3600lbs +
stock gears
stock half shafts
dead hook, something is bound to give sooner or later.

JeffS was just lucky [Wink] ...and was also on a 26 inch slick I believe.
 
Posted by Jeff S (Member # 371) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Yellow94GT:
28 inch slick
horrible 1st gear ratio in the T56
3600lbs +
stock gears
stock half shafts
dead hook, something is bound to give sooner or later.

JeffS was just lucky [Wink] ...and was also on a 26 inch slick I believe.
He had 4.10 gears FWIW but shit man I thought that's what racing was all about.

Also, I had aftermarket halfshafts and a brace on my rear end when I raced with ET Streets. [Razz]
 
Posted by twisted54 (Member # 1981) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Yellow94GT:
quote:
Originally posted by eljefe:
anyone see the dumbass in a 03 cobra with 28in slicks and what looked like nothing else blow the rear end? (shocking i know) but WTF were they thinking???
Did he even get one pass? lol

I wouldn't be suprised if he didn't [Wink]
I was at the line against him when he blew his rear end... [dance]

And that was his only time at the line...If fact he had just pulled up to get his car tech'd in 5 minutes earlier... [Frown]

[ November 21, 2005, 11:04 AM: Message edited by: twisted54 ]
 
Posted by 88GtHatchback (Member # 4778) on :
 
Daniel50:

Yep, that was my car. I dont know why its so slow. Im going to get it dynoed soon to see whats up. It should be in the low 12's. The only thing I can think of is the cam and intake. Im going to switch out the Performer for a Victor 5.0. Maybe get a new cam sometime. Any ideas?

Clay

[ November 21, 2005, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: 88GtHatchback ]
 
Posted by The Punisher (Member # 4333) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by eljefe:
anyone see the dumbass in a 03 cobra with 28in slicks and what looked like nothing else blow the rear end? (shocking i know) but WTF were they thinking???
Why dont you race him with your car next time he goes out there and see how badly you get smoked, you dumbass. [Roll Eyes]
 
Posted by eljefe (Member # 1753) on :
 
[Roll Eyes]
seriously did you guys think it wouldnt break??
ps, like i give a shit if he can smoke me..how about lineing up for some braket racing action and we'll see who takes the trophy.

[ November 22, 2005, 12:16 AM: Message edited by: eljefe ]
 
Posted by The Punisher (Member # 4333) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by eljefe:
[Roll Eyes]
seriously did you guys think it wouldnt break??
ps, like i give a shit if he can smoke me..how about lineing up for some braket racing action and we'll see who takes the trophy.
Why not heads up, and you can take my money?
 
Posted by eljefe (Member # 1753) on :
 
[Roll Eyes] why not heads up? because I'm not dumb enough to put 28in slicks on my stock rear end car and try to launch it without breaking it.
 




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