Thought Id give it a try tonight...I had tried a few months ago but my clutch went out on the second pass...Before that hadnt drag raced the srt in over two years...
First and foremost we no longer have a drag strip here in hawaii. But when we did I went all the time and would bring my FX2 timer and test it for acuracy against my actual time slips..The FX2 is amazingly accurate for a lil $300 unit..
So I went to the same spot Ive been going to for years...1000 feet elevation and 78 degree hawaiian night time air..
2003 srt10 viper with kn intake/titanium exhaust/no cats/arrow roller rockers/sct tune/findanza light weight fly wheel/under drive pulley....476 rwhp and 512 tqe on the dyno jet SAE
FIRST PASS WITH 30 PSI IN THE REARS RESULTED IN A 12.9 AT 119 MPH....
Second pass was a 13.4 at 116 mph
car was getting really sqireely so i said man screw this and let out a lot of tire pressure..I ment to get to around 20 psi but accidentally went all the way down to 17 psi in both rears.."DOH"
Third pass was a 12.8 at 117
Fourth pass was a 12.7 at 118
About this time I remembered how important it was to be fast on your shifts(like I said it had been over two years so cut me a lil slack)
Fith pass was a 12.5 at 120
Sixth pass was a 12.8 at 118
Seventh pass was a 12.6 at 119
Then I started getting the shifts down a lil better
Eighth pass was a 12.3 at 120
Ninth pass was a 12.3 at 120
Tenth pass was a 12.3 at 120
OK my shifts were getting pretty good..By why in the heck was I only running 12.3's at only 120????Over two years ago i was running 11.8-12.2 at 119-122 mph with far less mods..
I reviewed my log and saw that my 60 foots on all these runs were 2.3-2.5 seconds and my best 0-60 mph of the night was a horrible 4.6......I used to run 3.9-4.2 0-60 mph every time a few years ago!!!!
So I figured what I needed to do was stop baby footing first gear and bogging and let her spin a lil and hook and go..
Elleventh and final pass was a 12.2 at 121 mph....60 foot was a 2.2 and 0-60 mph was a 4.3
Had a smile on my face as it was all starting to come back to me..That run literally brought back all my memories..In these srt10's you gotta launch hard with a lil spin and go!!!!!
So I was now ready and felt for sure with a 2.1 60 foot I was gonna do a 12.0 at 122 mph and work her from there...
But it started raining hard!!!!! And I called it a night..Guess Ill have to wait another week before I can try again..
I know that before the sct tune and titanium exhaust and findanza light weight fly wheel and underdrive pulley when she was 460 rwhp with the roller rockers/kn filters/no cats she could run pretty consistent 11.9-12.1 at 119-121 mph..
Hopefully with the new mods I can get a consistent 11.7-11.9 at 121-123 mph with some more seat time
First and foremost we no longer have a drag strip here in hawaii. But when we did I went all the time and would bring my FX2 timer and test it for acuracy against my actual time slips..The FX2 is amazingly accurate for a lil $300 unit..
So I went to the same spot Ive been going to for years...1000 feet elevation and 78 degree hawaiian night time air..
2003 srt10 viper with kn intake/titanium exhaust/no cats/arrow roller rockers/sct tune/findanza light weight fly wheel/under drive pulley....476 rwhp and 512 tqe on the dyno jet SAE
FIRST PASS WITH 30 PSI IN THE REARS RESULTED IN A 12.9 AT 119 MPH....
Second pass was a 13.4 at 116 mph
car was getting really sqireely so i said man screw this and let out a lot of tire pressure..I ment to get to around 20 psi but accidentally went all the way down to 17 psi in both rears.."DOH"
Third pass was a 12.8 at 117
Fourth pass was a 12.7 at 118
About this time I remembered how important it was to be fast on your shifts(like I said it had been over two years so cut me a lil slack)
Fith pass was a 12.5 at 120
Sixth pass was a 12.8 at 118
Seventh pass was a 12.6 at 119
Then I started getting the shifts down a lil better
Eighth pass was a 12.3 at 120
Ninth pass was a 12.3 at 120
Tenth pass was a 12.3 at 120
OK my shifts were getting pretty good..By why in the heck was I only running 12.3's at only 120????Over two years ago i was running 11.8-12.2 at 119-122 mph with far less mods..
I reviewed my log and saw that my 60 foots on all these runs were 2.3-2.5 seconds and my best 0-60 mph of the night was a horrible 4.6......I used to run 3.9-4.2 0-60 mph every time a few years ago!!!!
So I figured what I needed to do was stop baby footing first gear and bogging and let her spin a lil and hook and go..
Elleventh and final pass was a 12.2 at 121 mph....60 foot was a 2.2 and 0-60 mph was a 4.3
Had a smile on my face as it was all starting to come back to me..That run literally brought back all my memories..In these srt10's you gotta launch hard with a lil spin and go!!!!!
So I was now ready and felt for sure with a 2.1 60 foot I was gonna do a 12.0 at 122 mph and work her from there...
But it started raining hard!!!!! And I called it a night..Guess Ill have to wait another week before I can try again..
I know that before the sct tune and titanium exhaust and findanza light weight fly wheel and underdrive pulley when she was 460 rwhp with the roller rockers/kn filters/no cats she could run pretty consistent 11.9-12.1 at 119-121 mph..
Hopefully with the new mods I can get a consistent 11.7-11.9 at 121-123 mph with some more seat time
