Thanks Guys, I didn’t figure anyone would have a problem with the car at the track but you never know.
Our local 1/8 mile track (Chandler, IN) had its first test and tune night for street cars this past Friday. I usually don’t go out to this track because I am not a huge fan of 1/8 mile racing; I grew up believing drag racing was done on a 1/4 mile strip. Sorry tangent, anyway a few of the local car clubs went out to grudge race their street cars and I decided to take the AL car out just to see how it did. Out of all of the Mustangs I have owned I never ran one of my SSP’s down the track because I always had some type of race car and there was not much point in running a SSP. As soon as I showed up and uncovered the car people flocked to it. When I turned my tech card into the tower they requested me to run the lights and sirens, I told them I had planned to. I ended up running against 2 of my friends and they knew I was going to run the lights and sirens so it was not unexpected to them (last thing I want to do is scare someone when they are going 70-100mph)
I had a really good night and this was the first time a lot of my friends have actually seen the car move with everything on. The car put down a 9.50@75mph with a 2.18 60ft. This is on a 100% stock car down to the air filter with a full tank of gas, spare tire, and all equipment in the car and running, this should be about mid 14’s in the 1/4 probably right around 100mph. I can see why these were feared back in 1980’s. That was pretty fast for the day. This by no means is a drag car and I understand the risks of racing. I have done it for many years, this just happened to be the perfect night to take the car out and not have to line up with 5 sec. dragsters to just get an idea of what this cars actual performance is.
A video from one of my buddies:
http://youtu.be/-kioEjqgZAE
06-28-2011, 11:06 AM
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