I should've had a 13's in the SSEi!!! ARGH!!!

[GoldmemberBonneville]

Got rained out too.
But not before I got two runs in along with a buddy in a 00 GTP Daytona that he had me setup for him (3.4", FWI, tune by a local guy, 3" dp to Y, 180*).
We pretty much ran idential E.T.'s the first runs, with him running a 14.344@ 94.xx MPH (I suspect he needs PEM's noting his MPH) to my 14.331@ 97.06 MPH (2.296 60' -ack).
What was INSANE was it was his first time down a drag strip and had a 1.46x RT but still pulled a 2.125 60' on Mastercraft 225/55/17's in some heavy 17" rims.

My next run was after a 40 minute rain delay and I made it to the line with my engine just getting back up to 190'ish.
My second run started off with a slightly improved 60' (2.222), but only got better from there. The pics tell the story -I'm car # 654.
For those who don't know this car has the stock original valvetrain (ok, so the engine has 37k out of a 2001 SSEi), with the only mods being:

AFPR with fp dropping in to the 30's in high rpms -dying FP.
3.5" FWI
3.5" MPS
UD WP pulley
3" DP to just forward of the rear wheels -stock OEM after that
180*
104's @ .054"
Ceramic Coated front PEM
ZZP cookiecutter PCM


For track prep I only removed the lower rear seat cushion (10 lbs), ADDED a rear spoiler (negates weight lost from removal of seat cushion), removed spare wheel, jack (not the box), and trunk floor carpet. Front seats were moved all the way forward.
NO ELC trick as I have a bad airline at the compressor so air is not getting to the struts.

[GoldmemberBonneville]

Here are a couple pics -one of my car and one of my buddies 00 Daytona in the staging lanes.
Yes, there was a LOT of belt-driven-boost (at least 15 Shelby/Roush/Cobra Mustangs).
The grey 2003 M112 boosted Cobra behind my SSEi was running consistant 13.4's with only a CAI -on the last Street night a couple weeks ago at the same track he was running the same 60' time but his overall E.T's were .3 slower this week. All the big racers there were complaining about how the barometric pressure was too low (28.3 vs typical street legal nights being 28.6-28.8) as well as extreme humidity -did I say it was raining off and on and very low clouds overhead at all times that looked like they had a lake inside -makes me wonder if I should have maybe run a 3.4" pulley.

[mcgrath]

Is this your same Bonne that pulled an 16.X:1 WOT AFR on the dyno? With FP droping into the 30s at WOT in the upper revs your begging for trouble.

Knock sensors can only do so much.

Ed

[CJEGtp]

What were those shelbys running?

[GoldmemberBonneville]

Yeah, the same Bonne -the reason it was dropping into the 30's at the track was because the nut that locks the set screw on the AFPR wasn't tightened enough before I left for the track and the screw backed itself out -I found this while showing the grey Cobra owner my engine just before the rain the cut the night short. It now only drops down into the 47-48 range.
Also, I had about 4-5 gallons of 92 non-ethanol and mixed in 1.5 gallons of 111 octane.
When I had it on the dyno I was running a 3.35" SC pulley on 92 octane and now I'm running a 3.5 MPS.

As for the Shelbys and Roush's -sorry, I can't say I remember. IIRC I believe I saw one pull a 12.6, but I'm not sure if it was a Shelby or a Roush.

[CJEGtp]

Just curious thats what my dad drives. And although I know I cant afford anything that nice I would love to be faster.

[seguin22]

I see your at BIR.... I go thier a few times a year.

[GoldmemberBonneville]

Crap!!! I had the time slips in the car, ran into a buddy and was showing him the time slips in the parking lot at the grocery store. Put them on my lap and drove home. Got out of the car and grabbed the groceries from the back seat.
Half hour later I realized I let them blow away in the wind in the dark!