I NEED slicks..... ran a bunch of 15.0's and a few 14.9's and a new best of 14.835@94.84MPH
update my spot P71, lol.. Thanks.
here is a quick video of one of my 15.1 passes. that was my first pass with the new motor...
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb170/1WLDBRD/88%20XR7%20Cougar/th_MOV05064.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb170/1WLDBRD/88%20XR7%20Cougar/?action=view¤t=MOV05064.flv)
Did you get your head swap done already???
If so you work FAST
Congrats on the track times
yep, changed the heads, cam, and made a proper baffle for the lower intake so I dont have an oil burning problem any more.... just tires.. LOL.
My goal is to get it into the low-mid 13's before the end of summer.
good shiznit!!
Low/mid 13s by summer's end? I officially hate you now :( . It's been a year long project for me!
Solid times though...looks like you gave that Focus some hell haha.
So what'd I tell ya???
Congrats on the improvement...
it will run faster with traction.... I ran the same MPH as Kingcars and he ran a 14.6, so I know there is more in it with slicks.... and thanks for the comments.
why do you think I didnt disagree with you? LOL... I know, you know your stuff. and actually I was impressed it ran that fast...
AND didnt blow up! lol
that stupid Ford Fungus was there all night, I beat him 2 out of 3 races... he won the won on tape by a tenth of a second... we had the EXACT MPH though. he got slower every lap.:flip:
You're gonna need the converter to get it off the line...The E-cam waits a little bit before they wake up...
60ft time?
Nice track times what mods where done to the focus?
8 different colours... like your cars...:flip: LOL other then that I dont give a rats ass... it was a ricer... and a shiznitty looking one at that... even the commentator was making fun of it.
here is my best time slip:
R/T............ 0.121
60'..............2.224
330'............6.347
1/8.............9.640
MPH............73.08
1000..........12.456
1/4............14.835
MPH...........94.84
A 2.22 short time ain't terrible for street tires...
Till you get a converter and gears, even with traction, don't expect better than maybe 2.10... With a converter you'll definatly need some stickys...
Sorry i know the focus needs some black paint and you had good times but it was sitting right next to you whole track and making you look bad. Also sorry i can't make a single color car Unless i make a Bullit foxbody stang or crown vic p71 in that nice classic green color.
how did it make me look bad? I ran in the 14's, where is your car? oh yeah 16's.....
well, as odd as it feels, i can kinda understand where carpimp is comin from on this one. you called the focus "ricer." when i hear the term ricer i think of a car with mods that give the illusion of performance w/o actually having any. if a ricer hangs even with your car, and can even manage to beat you 1 of 3 times down the track, i would infer that your car is also lackin in performance....again this is based on
your classification of the focus.
if you had stated that although it was ugly, it did seem to run well for what it was, then the inference about your cars performance would be more positive.
that aside, congrats on the improvement over your SO times! if you dont mind, how much money do you have in this combo?
I class ANY car with dual fart cannons a ricer, I dont give a how fast it is....
well $100 american... ($15cdn :p) in gakets from summit... I had everything laying around already... altogether I might have $1500 into it...
How bad are ya spinning? Mine should be running what you are if I can get it to hook before the 60 foot mark. I can get the same mph (93-94 easy) but I can't get lower than a 15.0. I will run the same mph all night but vary from a 15.0-15.6 because I really need to learn how to launch the car. BTW how hot was it the night you made your pass? I haven't been able to run when it's not over 80-82 degrees out (the last time I went it was 85* :punchballs: ).
BTW the stock AOD sucks for racing doesn't it? ;)
Yup, best I ran with 3.73s & the stock tight as Hell SC converter(did have the shift kit), was 14.08@101... With a change to the 2600 stall, it went 13.56 again at 101... With the full 2.5" exhaust system(had the remains of the stock TC and a 5.0 Stang prior), a fresh tune up and 50* weather, she fired off a 13.11 @ 105.3(without the tune up, during True Street had run 13.65@102 in 98* heat with a hot engine)... Will run 13.3s @ 104 all day long in 75* weather...
So basiaclly with what I'm doing now I could shave off .5 second with a converter, shift kit and rebuild on the AOD. Yeah the stock trans sucks, especially when it's in a nearly 3700 lb T-bird :hick:
You sure get allot better traction than I do in my yellow 86'. I keep spinning until after it fish tails in 2nd on the track. I will never use slicks personaly. It always sounded like cheating to me, kinda like having nitrous kit. but thats just me.
And while you're waggin' your ass back and forth, the rest of us on Drag Radials are long gone...
I've been seriously considering drag radials. They are street legal and I don't think I drive the car enough to worry about how long they will last. Point taken :D
Congratulations on making the swap and improving your times...come down to Atco raceway...that's an honest low-14 second car with good air and a little traction.
yeah I just picked up a set of Gt40 heads for it and a set of 1.7 roller rockers, so now I am going to build a new motor with fly cut pistons and swap them on....
I will hit the track again this weekend and see if I can shave off some more time... maybe this time I will remember to remove the front swaybar....:hick:
Pulling the sway bar is 25 lbs off the nose (if it's a Turbo Coupe/Mustang V8 bar). You may get a little better weight transfer to minimize some of the spin. Are you doing the balance of the old "10 minute tune up"? Putting on a short belt to by-pass the p/s and bumping the timing to 16*?
You may not need flycut pistons...if it's not your daily driver, take the time and get yourself a little clay...check PTV clearance...if you got those heads off of an Explorer, you may want to mill them about .030" so you're not dropping compression.
FWIW, don't drop your rear tire pressure...I see so many people do it with street tires and it only makes matters worse 99% of the time. Use enough air to make a good balanced patch...light asphalt or concrete is the best test area...and air up those front tires to 45psi.
Good luck,
Don
yep I have the ten minute tune, minus the gears.... actually I am still running the powersteering too... though I do have a REALLY short belt laying around someplace to bypass it...
the heads are from a '93 Cobra....
drag radial are the only way to go if you want to drive it on the streat and strip with out having to change wheels when you go from strip to the street driving.
personally i use nitto nt555 drag radial to give me the best ET plus drive ablety on the street.
NEW best time!
14.345 @ 97.88MPH
time slip reads:
R/T........... 0.190
60'............ 2.172
330'........... 6.061
1/8............ 9.263
MPH........... 77.07
1000'.......... 12.016
1/4............ 14.345
MPH........... 97.88
uploading the videos now...
EDIT:
K here are the videos:
first pass was against a firebird with HUGE slicks and wheelie bars = WIN for me
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb170/1WLDBRD/88%20XR7%20Cougar/th_MOV05485.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb170/1WLDBRD/88%20XR7%20Cougar/?action=view¤t=MOV05485.flv)
Next pass was a solo run...
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb170/1WLDBRD/88%20XR7%20Cougar/th_MOV05487.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb170/1WLDBRD/88%20XR7%20Cougar/?action=view¤t=MOV05487.flv)
this pass (best of the night) was against a supercharged Cobalt SS.... = WIN for ME, (which I was shocked at)
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb170/1WLDBRD/88%20XR7%20Cougar/th_MOV05488.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb170/1WLDBRD/88%20XR7%20Cougar/?action=view¤t=MOV05488.flv)
ENJOY GUYS!!
I gotta get back to the track...
Congrats on the new time...
.5 second and 3 mph ain't bad for a trans swap. :D
I really need to rebuild my AOD with a wide ratio gear set and a 2600 stall. I would now but I just had a roof put on the house so I have no "expendable" money for the car right now.
k guys went to the track again tonight... got a new best again....
R/T........... 0.737
60'............ 2.015
330'........... 5.883
1/8............ 9.108
MPH........... 76.03
1000'.......... 11.888
1/4............ 14.219
MPH........... 97.11
handed a buddy with an '04 GT his ass on that run, LOL... was a good night...
did your et streets help? good times:)
oh yeah... on that run I launched at 3000rpm with a dead hook... was affraid to rev any higher as I didnt want to break anything. felt like it lifted the front tires LOL... I wish I had it on video...
Not bad ron,that elusive 13.9's still hiding from ya eh.
if you ran it down here, you'd be guaranteed a 13!
Congrats... If you could have carried the gain you made at the 330 to the end you'd have run 14.16... For what ever reason it wasn't pulling as good past the 330, lost .77 mph as well...
yeah still working on the 13's... the slicks are a taller tire and killing some of my gear.... with 3.08's... they are tall enough.... I am going to swap the TC diff into in this weekend and try it again with the 3.55's and 5 bolt conversion....
I won all four races that night...
first was an old camaro, then a Hemi magnum, then an '03 Mustang GT with 4.10's and exhaust, then I spanked a twin turbo AWD audi S4.. man did he scoot off the line though... even beat me to the 60' mark...
I got to get mine to the track, tires are a must, otherwise I'm smoking them down the track. Sorry for the hijack.
went to the track again tonight.... Good news bad news though....
Good news....:
All runs were hot off the highway, and hot lapping, no cool downs at all....
first run was a 14.198 @ 96.51MPH
2nd run:
NEW best time!
R/T........... 0.775
60'............ 1.978
330'........... 5.806
1/8............ 9.005
MPH........... 76.44
1000'.......... 11.777
1/4............ 14.107
MPH........... 97.02
my opponent was a 69 Dodge Super Bee with a 440, and 4.56 gears... his time was a 14.109!!!! at 98.69MPH... doesnt get much closer then that.... LOL....
now for the bad news.... blew 3rd gear on the third run... got videos of al three passes that I will post tomorrow....
here are the videos....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RIfBU7pVzQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtm0Vp21kCM&feature=user
See what happens when you power shift 3rd on a T5??? :nono:
Been there and have the T-shirt, I'll stay with my AOD...
Congrats on the new time, running strong for a fairly stock HO...
hahah the worst part was that I missed 2nd right before that... and the shifter felt funny comming up to the burnout box... that should have been my sign to call it a night... I missed 2nd, REEFed it in to hit it.... went for third and BANG!! *** Ah !!!***... LOL you wanna play race, you gotta Pay race...
I hope to get it fixed and back to the track one more time before it closes this year... I WANT A 13 PASS!!! LOL.
what no vid of the 3rd run? did you have a stock shifter on there? nice runs though. looked like fun. prety clean shifting. do yourself a fav. save your pennies and get a tko and a shifter mang...
haha I do have a video of it, but I had a buddy tape it from outside. there was a stupid idiot in the burnout box revving it so you cant hear anything though... and yeah for now it is the stock shifter... cant save my pennies for that... this is my daily driver and have to get it up and going now.... if I buy an after market tranny I am going T56:D
try to pick up a used pro 5.0 or the like when you put it back together. its supriding the differance it makes and will help stretch out the life of the next t5.
eh...6 speed is cool but id probably go with a G force t5 or more likely tko600 if i had to do it again. if you can help it get the 00' cobra R trans. better gearing. otherwise its either the viper or 03-04 cobra version like i have. if you can, get the viper version. if you are going to get stuck with the suck 2.66 1st gear, might as well bennefit from the .50 6th the viper tranny has. both cobra versions are .62 6th.
i certainly cant complain aboout how nice the T56 shifts and with an aftermarket shifter (i have a PHP on mine) it feels awesome to shift that sucker. very rugged but smooth like butter.
No shifter is going to save 3rd in a T5 from continual power shifts...
Plain and simple, it's the T5's Achilles Heal... Busts when you make the gear at full throttle, not when you miss it...
funny... thast the first T5 that I have blown 3rd on... I use to race my '87 and '88 coupes everyweekend and never had an issue.... the '88 had 325kms on it, and the '87 had 165kms.. must have been good T5's...
thanks for the advise and comments guys...
Not double clutch'n like you should.......
Not granny shift'n......
Lucky you didn't blow the welds off the intake!!!!
I killed my first T5 also. Installed a 2001 V6 tranny with my 93 tailshaft. Had to machine a slot in the main shaft for the speedo gear. The new/used tranny has a real low first, works really well with the 3.73 rear.
You possibly "bent" the teeth on third or cluster on that second run... Run three finished it off...
Short shifting at about 4500 RPMs(peak torque) will kill one quicker than winding it to 6000 and banging the gear...