Tonight I went to the strip, and it wasn't what I expected. I averaged about the 18.70's for about 4 races before I was elliminated. Three of those were just time trials. I wasn't even dreaming of beating my competition though. The first race I went against a healthy running chevy half ton that was running low 15's, that was the closest compared to the rest. Then I had the privalage to race a stock Dodge SRT-8 Magnum that had the 425hp 6.1L HEMI, (nice guy I was talking to him for most of the night). I didn't stand a chance. He ran low 13's, Then I raced two other camaros that were somewhere in the 14', and 15's. There was a Roush F150 there that had to have been supercharged because he ran low 14's. I didn't get to race him, but I am sure I know the outcome. I know my truck was also probabley the heviest, I had a full tank of gas and me at 260lbs. I am sure I was close to 5000lbs. I am now wanting a mustang.

 

when you buy a mustang, you learn that all camaros run 12.8s bone stock from the factory. You'll never see them but they all run that, there's no arguing. so enjoy the 14-15 second camaros while you have a truck

 

my truck with a few mods made 15.4 at the track, not too shabby. What mods did you have when you ran?

We loaded some bamachips tunes on our 05 superduty and ran consistant 14.5s all night, so that was a lot of fun beating other cars with a 7000lb truck, in 4wd, with a ladder rack

 

OK. How do you race? Leaving off idle? Any tire spin? Tailgate up or down?

My 98 F150 ext cab 2wd ran 16.0 with a little power braking and the tailgate down. I wasnt ******* it, just getting the revs up. That was the non-pi heads.

You should have done better than that. No offense, but it was probably the driver.

BTW in handicap racing like you should have been running, its not how fast you go, its how consistent you are. I have seen people win big local races with a crown vic and a 4 cyl mustang two that was so slow you wanted to run out there and push it.

 

All of my reactions were less than a second. And with the throttle lag on these trucks thats not bad. I was launching it at about 3500rpm. I have a manual so I just get the rpm's to about 2500 and at green floor it and drop the clutch. The track was very sticky and my Toyos hooked every time except for one run I suspect there was some water because I did spin, but that was only one run. The truck is mostly stock except for a K&N drop in filter and a flowmaster 50 series siso. I had the mirrors folded in and the tailgate down, and that helped alot. All the launchs were good its just when I am going it just doesn't want to accelerate fast. At the end I am still in 3rd gear at 4000rpm and about to shift to fourth, adn that was my best run at 79mph. Its just to much weight and to little power. Alot of the V8 trucks were running good.

 

I didnt reallize you were stick shifting. You gotta find that sweet spot when to shift. High enough that it will fall back to the torque peak, low enough so that it doesnt fall on its face before you shift.

What were your 60fts and what was a reaction time?

 

My reactions are about .939, and my first line times are about 2.65 seconds. I was shifting at about 4000rpm maybe a couple hundred to soon. I will try it at 4250 or 4500. It seems to make peak torque at 3500rpm. Im used to a big block and need to take into account that it is a V6, but it is still prety new and I don't rev it high.

 

cool thats the way to do it go to the track and then you know what you got not what you think you got. congrats on your times.

http://media.putfile.com/my91s14mi-runs

 

All of the sudden the time makes sense to me...

 

I meant that my 460 won't rev as high as the 4.2. My 460 redlines at 75mph. 4.10's, 33" tires, and no OD. I always say it only does 60mph on the freeway but it will do it pulling a freight train.

 

I meant the fact that you have a V-6 makes the time seem reasonable. I don't know about the others, but I was assuming you had a 4.6 or a 5.4...

 

I thought you were saying I wasn't driving it right. Misunderstanding. I raced the pi$$ out of that truck. I am almost sure that a couple of times I was trying to shift so fast I didn't know if the clutch was all the way in and I was dropping it back out.


I am probably going to get a 99-04 mustang sometime and that will be alot better. I have only used the truck bed once, and I still have my 79, so why pay for the gas if your not going to get the power. I have had my eye on an 01 Cobra.

 

I'm taking mine out soon...I know it feels like it falls flat after 4 grand so that is where I'll probably shift. Might be slow but I need to feed my race jones since my Mustang has been layed up with a blown clutch.