Finally broke down and took the Shelby to the drag strip, had fun and even won a few bucks with a runner up finish in the e/t money bracket. Some of you may know or have seen my vid in my sig of my drag car that i race in a points series here in Alaska at Alaska raceway park. I won with that car last week but also had an issue with it in the final round and its time to freshen up the engine so i thought i would play with the Shelby yesterday. I am a IHRA licensed drag racer but not experienced in a manual transmission car that doesn't dead hook off the line, it was a little challenging but was happy with the results.
Mods are 13-6 with 10% on 93 tune, Vans BMR package kit with pro kit springs, widened Alcoas with toyo r888's.
Note the low mph on my best pass of 11.29 @ 122, that pass was in the finals of a bracket race and i caught and passed the slower car by over a car length and lifted well before the stripe (and still broke out). I scrubbed about 8mph off of my trap speed that pass so i am guessing if i didn't lift it was probably pretty close to getting in to the 10's?
Mods are 13-6 with 10% on 93 tune, Vans BMR package kit with pro kit springs, widened Alcoas with toyo r888's.
Note the low mph on my best pass of 11.29 @ 122, that pass was in the finals of a bracket race and i caught and passed the slower car by over a car length and lifted well before the stripe (and still broke out). I scrubbed about 8mph off of my trap speed that pass so i am guessing if i didn't lift it was probably pretty close to getting in to the 10's?
