slow/ fast / respectable?

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Went to the drag strip last night for a test and tune (Bandimere speedway).

Got 3 runs in, and honestly not sure what I should expect out of my car. What do you guys think (car 450 in time slips)?

Car as is in signature. Weighed in at 3500 lbs with me in it. I know the 3.23 gears didnt help as i never made it to 4 th gear by the end of the track.
 

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You're at Mile High... It's not too bad. You'd be faster at sea level, and you're rowing it yourself which in most cases (mine included) slow you down. For a 318 with 3.23s and a stick a mile up you're doing respectable.
 
With that mph and 60 you have more in it. But with a 318 and that high up you are doing well.
 
You should be bracket racing, look at those ETs for the first 2 slips,,,,wow, 1/1000 of a second difference between the 2.
Nail your reaction time and you'll be bringing home some wins. :)

For what you have at a mile high I would agree you're doing OK. Are you dumping the clutch and spinning on a street tire with those 60ft times?
 
Yep, slicks or sticky tires, a pinion snubber up near the floor, dump the clutch with the revs up near 3000 or higher and hang on. Oh, and shift it as hard as you can.
 

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Bad 60's

101 MPH is good for a 13.00 time slip. At that altitude, it's no slouch. Would be a 12.00/110 car or better at sea level. Does the slip have a DA number on it?
 
Rodzilla said:
You should be bracket racing, look at those ETs for the first 2 slips,,,,wow, 1/1000 of a second difference between the 2.
Nail your reaction time and you'll be bringing home some wins. :)

For what you have at a mile high I would agree you're doing OK. Are you dumping the clutch and spinning on a street tire with those 60ft times?
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Yeah, Grip was an issue. I was revving to ~3K and working off the clutch to try to avoid too much tire spin (open diff didnt help). My second pass had the most spin as I got a little to aggressive.
 
How about the guy on the first time slip running a 13.8 at 103 mph haha that is the one that really needs some slicks.
 
I don't know how much the elevation affects it. I'm not going to sugar coat it. 15's @ 93 mph is really slow. However, it seems to me that you could reasonably shave .5 second off your 60ft time which is worth about a second on the big end. So you could probably see 14's.

What's your HP? Mine makes 314 at the wheels and goes 11.70's in full street trim. And I don't make it into 4th gear either.
 
roccodart440 said:
I don't know how much the elevation affects it. I'm not going to sugar coat it. 15's @ 93 mph is really slow. However, it seems to me that you could reasonably shave .5 second off your 60ft time which is worth about a second on the big end. So you could probably see 14's.

What's your HP? Mine makes 314 at the wheels and goes 11.70's in full street trim. And I don't make it into 4th gear either.
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I have 0 clue what this thing is putting down. It has never been on a dyno.
 
roccodart440 said:
621hp and goes 13's barely over 100mph.

Maybe your car is fast as hell, just the elevation change?
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The guy had a 2 second 60 foot time. He was spinning bad. Plus with that mph he should be in the twelves at bandimere which would be 11s at sea level.

That car has a ten second run in it I bet.

Sorry to get off topic.
 
roccodart440 said:
621hp and goes 13's barely over 100mph.

Maybe your car is fast as hell, just the elevation change?
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He may have been sandbagging. Cars under 14 needed a helmet and a fire jacket. Lots of guys were coasting after the 1/8th. Two of the guys I went with were asked to leave after running mid 13's with no helmet.
 
zakimodo said:
He may have been sandbagging. Cars under 14 needed a helmet and a fire jacket. Lots of guys were coasting after the 1/8th. Two of the guys I went with were asked to leave after running mid 13's with no helmet.
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Just the helmet....quicker then 11.49 for the jacket, where you would need a rollbar as well.
 
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