Took the bird up for a track rental yesterday and had a great day. Other than some heat issues and belts slipping the car ran great.
This is my daily driver and its set up for long,fast expressway drives, not the track by any means! On the scales the car without me was 3288lbs and Im 300lbs. Car has a stock 97 Explorer gt40p motor with small cam, single 3" exhaust,vortech S trim making 8psi, runs on MS and only has 3.55 gears.
First pass off the trailer was on the 17s to check some data and get a feel if I got rid of a vibration.
Walked it off easy with a 2.08 60' 13.13@107 short shifting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhojBiOcvJE
I tried a few more runs on the 17s but it just got slower since I couldnt go full throttle in first gear without blowin the tires off. I thru on my little 26x8 ET Drags after that.
I raced my buddies 12 Mustang with a Roush blower and it was closer than I thought for a car rated at 600hp! I pulled a 1.65 12.50@110
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6RJLYn4K5g
My best pass was against his kids gutted Fairmont with a 347/c4. I ran a 1.65 12.42@110.7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLQ0ZWXFDtQ
Left there a happy guy! I think with some skinnies up front,cooler weather and more than a 3000rpm launch I might see a 11.99
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