Paxton's little brother

[rainmaker]

First time at the track this year. Full weight MT82 PP car, DA unknown. Stock springs & shocks/struts, Vortech V3:

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[Burnin4]

Solid work! Wheels/tires?

 

[GHOSTRACER]

Nice. About to buy a V3 kit myself. What other mod's?

 

[rainmaker]

Solid work! Wheels/tires?

I'm running the Hoosier slicks, no tubes, unbalanced, 18 psi cold tire pressure. With a better 60' and quicker shifting, I think 10.5s are definitely doable

 

[rainmaker]

Nice. About to buy a V3 kit myself. What other mod's?

Pretty basic setup:
Beefcake Vortech V3 black with Lund tune
3.31 ring & pinion with PP Torsen
BMR cradle lockout
BMR solid diff mounts
BMR vertical links and toe rods
BMR engine mounts
Boomba Trans mount
MGW shifter
FR half shafts
Dynotech alum DS
McLeod twin disc
Roush axle back

 

[sonic]

Nice run! What RPM are you leaving at?

 

[caustin69]

18" fronts?? what tire are you running in front?

 

[rainmaker]

Nice run! What RPM are you leaving at?

I have my 2-step set for 5,000 RPM . Anything less and the car was hooking & bogging with the sticky hoosiers and good track prep. The track was crowded because it was opening day and an early accident created several hours of cleanup so I was only able to make a couple of passes:

4,300 RPM - car bogged and ran a 11.1126 @ 129 mph with 1.67 60'
4,600 RPM - car bogged and ran a 11.0890 @ 130 mph with 1.69 60'
5,000 RPM - clean pass and ran the 10.8713 @ 129 mph with 1.57 60'

I'm going to try going back to the track tonight and try 5,300 RPM or higher to improve my 60'. A saw a few other 11-14 mustangs with slicks and they were leaving at 5,500 RPM with their 2-step.

 

[whatsup62]

I have my 2-step set for 5,000 RPM . Anything less and the car was hooking & bogging with the sticky hoosiers and good track prep. The track was crowded because it was opening day and an early accident created several hours of cleanup so I was only able to make a couple of passes:

4,300 RPM - car bogged and ran a 11.1126 @ 129 mph with 1.67 60'
4,600 RPM - car bogged and ran a 11.0890 @ 130 mph with 1.69 60'
5,000 RPM - clean pass and ran the 10.8713 @ 129 mph with 1.57 60'

I'm going to try going back to the track tonight and try 5,300 RPM or higher to improve my 60'. A saw a few other 11-14 mustangs with slicks and they were leaving at 5,500 RPM with their 2-step.

Nice run!! Thanks for the info. PP car as well with the Dynotech driveshaft. I was curious how it would hold up with hard launches...you answered that!

 

[rainmaker]

18" fronts?? what tire are you running in front?

rear - Hoosier 28.00 x 10.00-17, Bias-Ply slicks
fronts - M&H 28.00 x 4.50-18 , Bias-Ply front runners

the front runners are actually DOT approved so you can legally run them on the street if you want. I drove around on them for a few days and the car feels great on the street (DRs in the rear). With the 3.31 rear gear, the 28" rear tire might be hurting my ET a little vs a 26" tire because I have the gearing / tire diameter now for 150 mph in 4th gear but not the PWR. I'll have to datalog next time but I should be around 6,600 - 6,700 RPM @ 129mph when I cross the finish line...

 

[caustin69]

rear - Hoosier 28.00 x 10.00-17, Bias-Ply slicks
fronts - M&H 28.00 x 4.50-18 , Bias-Ply front runners

the front runners are actually DOT approved so you can legally run them on the street if you want. I drove around on them for a few days and the car feels great on the street (DRs in the rear). With the 3.31 rear gear, the 28" rear tire might be hurting my ET a little vs a 26" tire because I have the gearing / tire diameter now for 150 mph in 4th gear but not the PWR. I'll have to datalog next time but I should be around 6,600 - 6,700 RPM @ 129mph when I cross the finish line...

Good stuff.....I am running the rear hoosiers as well with the 3.31. I haven't been to the 1/4, but in the 1/8 I'm running similar times @ 106mph on a no prep track. wot box set @ 5000 spinning a bit.

 

[PowerAdderGT]

Nice times!

 

[beefcake]

very nice, great driving!!!!

Nice. About to buy a V3 kit myself. What other mod's?

let me know when ready!!

 

[GSLSE20B]

I'm running the Hoosier slicks, no tubes, unbalanced, 18 psi cold tire pressure. With a better 60' and quicker shifting, I think 10.5s are definitely doable

good looking car , the tire choice is perfect ! 5500 will be the sweet spot ...

 

[GTBOB]

Nice! It's good to see stick motivation!

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