Newish 2013 at the dragstrip yesterday...

fiveoboy01

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Stone stock other than Magnaflow axleback and RTR wheels with 275 Hankook Ventus tires. About 2,500 miles on the car.

12.993/109.7 with a 2.15 60.

I did manage a 2.04 60 on a different pass, but missed 3rd gear, well that or it locked it out on me. I don't know if it's me, or the trans. A different shifter is in order as out of 8 passes I only had 3 clean ones due to that issue. The last pass was the quickest of the day, I was quitting at that point so it was nice to take home a 12 second slip.

The car acted weird, as if the throttle closed for a split second just as the clutch pedal was all the way out on the launch, and it seemed like there was a very short interruption in power at each shift(I powershifted it). Shrug. I had the traction control and advancetrac off though, I know that much.

Just wanted to share. It's been about 10 years since I last strapped in at a track anywhere(on 4 wheels anyhow) and I did have a good time. I'm sure I could drop 3-4 tenths easily with a pair of drag radials.
 

tuffluvcapo

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Your powershifting may have to do with your transmission problem. I'm not saying that it is damaging it, but I have found in my experience that our clutches/shifters are finnicky and require virtually no wheelspin or excess revving in order to accept the gear.
 

Nasty5ohhh

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Could also be the drivetrain shock from powershifting making the motor pull timing for a second.
 

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