[brentmcq]

Originally Posted by brentmcq

Last night I took my stang to the drags. It's in Phoenix so the weather conditions pretty much sucked (102-105 degrees with some monsoon humidity). This was my first run in my car and needless to say I was disappointed in my ET. The good news is out of 4 passes I beat everyone (3 imports with noise makers + 1 Mustang GT). All cars were running pretty slow in the heat, a 2003 Corvette ran it's best at 14.13.

1. My best ET was 14.69 (RT = .568 (bad), 60 ft = 2.504, MPH = 98.26)
This was with no passenger.

2. Lost my slip (2nd best ET 14.7? no passengers)

3. ET 14.91 with 200 lb passenger (RT = .581 (bad), 60 ft = 2.347 (best of all passes), MPH = 97.12)

4. ET 14.82 with 200 lb passenger (RT = .193, 60 ft = 2.518, MPH = 96.71) At this point I think the heat was becoming too much a factor. You could fry an egg on my "cold air" pipe.

See my signature line for mods. Currently I am running stock 16 X 7 wheels with 225/55/16 Gforce TA's. Due to lack of traction I was in line with the imports the first 40-50 ft. If I ran with slicks or a wider more sticky tire I wonder how much my ET would improve? From a skill standpoint I felt I hit all the gears just right and stayed off the throttle just enough to avoid too much spin. I would like to be well into the 13's so Any suggestion to improve these times are welcome.

(forgot to post ET's on 3 and 4 see above)