Now it may drive the wrong wheels and be set up for road racing and autocross but the 4 door family car can bring a little something to the straight line show.
Enough to embarass a fair number of folks and catch a lot more off guard.
I caught a perfect day at our local POS track and ripped off a serious personal best.
I had the car field stripped and was running Nitto DRs. The latter of which helped me shear an axle on run 3. (damn POS FWD! :burn: )
R/T: .124
60' : 2.057
330 : 5.786
1/8 : 8.789 @ 82.23
1000': 11.371
1/4: 13.476 @ 101.96
Needless to say I was beyond estatic ripping that off in the family mobile.
The C5 Corvette in the lane next to me was probably thinking he had a couple cylinders removed because after I treed the hell out of him it took him nearly the entire track to catch me. He did run a 13.2 but only had maybe 1-2 car lengths on me at the finish.
My next run was a hot lap as I went directly back onto the burnout pad. I bogged the launch (nearly 2 tenths slower 60' :sleeping: ) and still mustered a 13.7 including to sloppy 1-2 shift.
Then came run 3. I had some cool down time and iced the intake for good measure. (you can normally cook off our intake manifold)
I did a hellacious burnout and loaded the tires with rubber (I know I picked it all off latter ;-) )
I did a nice launch from 4500 rpm and the car hooked like nothing else and then the old FWD thing bit my ass because as I rolled to full thottle the rpms pegged but the car slowed down. YEAH. Sheared the driver's side axle right at the transmission. :bash:
So the moral of the story is 4 doors can be quick and definitely are fun but FWD always will suck for drag racing.
The car's already back on the road with a new axle but I doubt I'll be pushing to break the 2.0 60' barrier like I was thinking about before.
Hurray for wrong wheel drive!!! :rolling: :coolman:
Enough to embarass a fair number of folks and catch a lot more off guard.
I caught a perfect day at our local POS track and ripped off a serious personal best.
I had the car field stripped and was running Nitto DRs. The latter of which helped me shear an axle on run 3. (damn POS FWD! :burn: )
R/T: .124
60' : 2.057
330 : 5.786
1/8 : 8.789 @ 82.23
1000': 11.371
1/4: 13.476 @ 101.96
Needless to say I was beyond estatic ripping that off in the family mobile.
The C5 Corvette in the lane next to me was probably thinking he had a couple cylinders removed because after I treed the hell out of him it took him nearly the entire track to catch me. He did run a 13.2 but only had maybe 1-2 car lengths on me at the finish.
My next run was a hot lap as I went directly back onto the burnout pad. I bogged the launch (nearly 2 tenths slower 60' :sleeping: ) and still mustered a 13.7 including to sloppy 1-2 shift.
Then came run 3. I had some cool down time and iced the intake for good measure. (you can normally cook off our intake manifold)
I did a hellacious burnout and loaded the tires with rubber (I know I picked it all off latter ;-) )
I did a nice launch from 4500 rpm and the car hooked like nothing else and then the old FWD thing bit my ass because as I rolled to full thottle the rpms pegged but the car slowed down. YEAH. Sheared the driver's side axle right at the transmission. :bash:
So the moral of the story is 4 doors can be quick and definitely are fun but FWD always will suck for drag racing.
The car's already back on the road with a new axle but I doubt I'll be pushing to break the 2.0 60' barrier like I was thinking about before.
Hurray for wrong wheel drive!!! :rolling: :coolman:
