Huh, those like the numbers for my old beetle, only backwards, I think it was more like
132.18 seconds at 11.2mph.
weeks
2:22 am on Feb 20, 2011 (gmt 0)
That is not bad at all. Woo! A woman passed me on the interstate today in a minivan doing twice that, but good for you. Congrats.
tangor
3:38 am on Feb 20, 2011 (gmt 0)
Lawman, get a real car... personal best: 8.81 at 154 miles per hour
Admittedly, a different vehicle...
BillyS
3:40 am on Feb 20, 2011 (gmt 0)
Congratulations, hard work is paying off.
incrediBILL
6:33 am on Feb 20, 2011 (gmt 0)
quarter mile at the drag strip
how do you go so fast in spiked high heeled shoes and a wig?
wyweb
6:39 am on Feb 20, 2011 (gmt 0)
You rock lawman.
I've got a bored out 360 in a Dodge pick-up that will probably do that right now. She'll climb straight up a tree if I let her.
Maybe not quite that fast but I guarantee I'd be right on your ass.
lawman
10:09 am on Feb 20, 2011 (gmt 0)
Full disclosure:
This 2010 Shelby GT 500 is my daily driver. Took off factory tires, installed drag radials, drove to the track, raced, drove back home, put factory tires back on.
Modifications I can remember:
I replaced the oem supercharger with a Ford Racing TVS with ported plenum and bigger throttle body. Replaced the intake resonator with Ford Racing unit. The lower pulley is Innovator West 10% overdrive. I have high-flow xpipe and Magnaflow Magnapack mufflers.
When the clutch went bad, I replaced it with a McLeod RXT (ceramic dual plate) and lightened steel flywheel. I replaced the shifter with an MGW short throw. I'm also running an N2MB no lift shift box (shift under power without overrevving).
I replaced the two piece driveshaft with a Steeda one piece aluminum. I replaced the factory heat exchanger with a Shelby dual fan unit. Replaced the factory rear upper control arm with aftermarket unit to get rid of rear wheel hop. At the track I run Mickey Thompson ET Street Drag Radials.
The car was dynotuned last year and with 93 octane pump gas it puts down 638 horsepower and 620 ft/lbs of torque at the rear wheels. That translates into about 725 horsepower at the flywheel (assuming 12% drivetrain loss). However, yesterday I was using C16 race gas (116 octane) which allowed me to run a more aggressive tune which increased hp/torque (don’t know how much). The density altitude at the time I made the pass was 1332 feet and there was a slight headwind.
For those of you who keep up with drag racing, you know I'm putting down enough power to easily be in the 10s. The fact that I'm trapping 132 and only in the low 11s speaks to my lack of driving skills, launching skills in particular.
Next up is smaller supercharger pulley, larger injectors, replace MAF, and dynotune to extract max power. That should be it for awhile insofar as power modifications go. I'll be replacing the Mickey Thompson track tires with M&H Racemaster drag radials in the near future. .
wyweb
12:32 pm on Feb 20, 2011 (gmt 0)
speaks to my lack of driving skills, launching skills in particular.
I don't know about all that. I've never seen you punch it lawman. I'm guessing you can get on down the road in a hurry though. Us southern boys usually can. I'm from Texas, with stints in Alabama and Mississippi.
Your mechanical skill set is first rate though. I'd let you work on my stuff in a minute. I'd like nothing better than to sit there with a beer in my hand and watch you wrench. Not to micromanage but to learn.
I doubt I could afford you though.
wyweb
1:09 pm on Feb 20, 2011 (gmt 0)
I don't race my truck. I've blown motors before doing stupid stuff like that and they just cost too much to replace. If I was rich like you I guess I wouldn't have to worry about it. I have a small bass boat that I pull around a lot. It doesn't weigh squat and I've got it on a good trailer but I still worry about my tranny.
I've been a Dodge guy for years. I actually like that 318 motor better than the 360 though. The 360's a pig. I burn half a tank of gas just driving across town but if I wanna get around you I will. You won't even see me go by. She's that quick.
Are you just a certified Ford guy or are you capable of crossing over when the occasion calls for it? I know some guys in Huntsville, Alabama that I used to work with who were true 'stang cheerleaders. They had like this little cult going on and if you weren't driving a mustang, or at least some sort of Ford product, they basically ignored you.
I have to admit I like what what Ford has done with that car. Mustangs were always sharp anyway but these new ones they're putting out.... Man oh man they're nice. Performance too. Functionality combined with style. That works for me every time.
