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Racing => At The Track => Topic started by: Sancho on November 14, 2004, 04:10:51 PM

Title: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: Sancho on November 14, 2004, 04:10:51 PM
I finally ran a 16  :) ,  my first time slip ever read 17.963 my last slip of the day today reads 16.942.  I could not be more pleased.  I was doing test and tune, running along side a 03 cobra.  As a bonus I took him out of the hole every time, then I was watching his rear bumper from about a 1000 feet away.

Anyway heres the slip:
RT:.794
60':2.461
1/4 ET:16.942
1/4 MPH:81.53
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: 1986Tbird on November 14, 2004, 06:16:38 PM
And this is with a 3.8,  thats fast for a 3.8! So you go to Kettering University? I got accepted there and thats where i want to go next fall. Maybe I'll see you there.
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: Sancho on November 14, 2004, 07:24:54 PM
Im actually in the summer/winter term at Kettering.  Yeah its a 3.8 :)
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: Haystack on November 15, 2004, 03:11:15 AM
what kinda mods do you have?
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: Sancho on November 15, 2004, 05:39:22 PM
k&n, ported lower,  cut and weld upper, Ported TB, intake spacer,  Ported heads with a 3 angle, Cat-less y-pipe, Aluminium Driveshaft, TC rear with 3.73's
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: black ct on November 16, 2004, 01:45:50 PM
Where did you get the aluminum driveshaft?
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: TurboCoupe50 on November 16, 2004, 06:45:57 PM
Quote from: Sancho
I finally ran a 16  :) ,  my first time slip ever read 17.963 my last slip of the day today reads 16.942.  I could not be more pleased.  I was doing test and tune, running along side a 03 cobra.  As a bonus I took him out of the hole every time, then I was watching his rear bumper from about a 1000 feet away.

Anyway heres the slip:
RT:.794
60':2.461
1/4 ET:16.492
1/4 MPH:81.53



So was it a 16.942 or a 16.492 ???
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: Sancho on November 16, 2004, 09:41:55 PM
woops 16.942, my bad 16.4 woulda been cool.... :(
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: TurboCoupe50 on November 16, 2004, 10:21:32 PM
Quote from: Sancho
woops 16.942, my bad 16.4 woulda been cool.... :(

I already knew the answer, as with a 2.46 short time you would have needed 85 mph or so to hit a 16.5.

Pop in a 2400 stall converter and with traction you can run mid 16s easy.

Oh yea, where did you get the aluminum D/S ????
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: Sancho on November 16, 2004, 10:30:36 PM
Girlfriend's Old Man :) I gots another one on the way for the TC.  The driveshaft is pretty cool though, much lighter than steel
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: andy88tbird on November 17, 2004, 07:36:54 AM
I knew it was just a matter of time.
Looking at your list of mods that sounds about right.
With all the work you have done to the intake I would
recomend a bigger TB if your still running the 50mm dia.
 I would like to install an aluminum drive shaft also, do you
know what yours came off?
 What kind of ler do you have?  I have been considering
some aftermarket choices.
  I also have a list of web sites selling torque converters. That is
on my to do list.
 I have installed the B&M shift improver.
 What happened to your underdrive pulley?  I'm still running mine.
 

  I'm ready to head back to the track but this month is not a good month for street cars at moroso. It will have to wait until Dec.
 Hoping for mid 16's without the torque converter and high 15's
low 16's with.
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: Dookie86 on November 17, 2004, 11:47:43 AM
where at in michigan are you?  i wanna aluminum d/s SOOO bad!  i got a few buds that go to kettering
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: Sancho on November 17, 2004, 08:03:45 PM
Im in Rochester and work in Troy.  The throttle body has been bored to 54mm or so, but I could prolly go bigger... I tossed the underdrive pulley after it came apart on me, that was a bad day.  My driveshaft came right off the machine from a piece of 3.5" aluminium stock :) Its a totally custom one (soon two) off unit.  I think with the Turbocoupe wheels or maybe my friends cobras I could make a mid 16 second pass.  Traction is a bitch
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: im gay as hell on December 04, 2004, 09:53:07 PM
were did u buy the aluminum driveshaft at
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: Masejoer on December 04, 2004, 10:03:43 PM
Quote from: im gay as hell
were did u buy the aluminum driveshaft at


Quote from: Sancho
My driveshaft came right off the machine from a piece of 3.5" aluminium stock  Its a totally custom one (soon two) off unit.


he just said so in his last post, he either made it himself or had someone make it for him (using a machine), from a solid piece of aluminum
Title: Re: WooHoo! I ran a 16
Post by: 88KSXR7 on December 04, 2004, 11:28:33 PM
My guess is if you can get that 60ft down to about 2.0 youd be running some VERY VERY low 16's