Here's a picture of me at the starting line !!!

[JH23JOB]

Here\'s a picture of me at the starting line !!!

Here's a picture of me at the starting line at RockFalls raceway. This picture was taken a couple weeks ago, and I was racing a AAR 'Cuda.

My best time of the day was a 12.61 @ 117mph. I just recieved my slicks from the Tirerack on Tuesday, and I'm looking forward to using them, but first I think I might want to get HD half Shafts. I don't think it would be safe to run it with slicks without beefing those shafts up, do you ?? BTW.. My car is stock.

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'96 GTS

 

[JH23JOB]

Re: Here\'s a picture of me at the starting line !!!

As a matter of fact, I did !!

He was a very nice guy, and he said light heartedly, "Well, at least I know what the back end of a Viper looks like now".

I then complimented him on his really nice, all original AAR 'Cuda, it ran a low 14 second qtr mile time. Lots of Mopars showed up that day and some wanted to run against me for fun. One of'em was a 9 second 68 Charger..........That was awesome to see him launch in front of me to a 1.4sec 60 foot time while I sat and spun the ol' tires to a 2.2 / 60 ft time.

 

[Viablo]

Re: Here\'s a picture of me at the starting line !!!

117 mph trap speed is excellent. I would not even look at the elapsed time. The speed at the end tells all. What kind of shifting did you do (speed, power, off the throttle)? How did the car feel going down the track, did you lose traction in between gears?
Ecellent job!!


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Here's a picture of me at the starting line at RockFalls raceway. This picture was taken a couple weeks ago, and I was racing a AAR 'Cuda.

My best time of the day was a 12.61 @ 117mph. I just recieved my slicks from the Tirerack on Tuesday, and I'm looking forward to using them, but first I think I might want to get HD half Shafts. I don't think it would be safe to run it with slicks without beefing those shafts up, do you ?? BTW.. My car is stock.

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'96 GTS

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[JH23JOB]

Re: Here\'s a picture of me at the starting line !!!

I was shifting at about 5300 rpm, and letting off the gas mostly, but not all the way. The car felt really strong through all 4 gears pulling very hard each shift. I was losing traction slightly in second, and one time even into third gear, but on that run when I did lose it, I almost lost it 'cause the car started going sideways after third gear, and I was looking at a retaining wall..........Very scary !!

Do you think the slicks will make a significant improvement ??

 

[Viablo]

Re: Here\'s a picture of me at the starting line !!!

Slicks will definitely help. But you're doing the right thing to beef the rear suspension up. I have seen a half shaft on a corvette with slicks snap. It's not pretty.

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Do you think the slicks will make a significant improvement ??

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[treynor]

Re: Here\'s a picture of me at the starting line !!!

A stock car can absolutely break a half-shaft with slicks. The hardest stress on the driveline is during launch, and that's more a function of engine RPM and intertia (esp flywheel weight) than HP.

Buy the half-shafts; I've had good luck with UNITRAX.

 

[JH23JOB]

Re: Here\'s a picture of me at the starting line !!!

Even a stock car has the ability to break a stock half shaft while wearing slicks ?? Someone told me not to worry about it..... Any experiences in this from anyone here ??