Woot! Woot! Ran the track at Mason Dixon DragWay near Hagerstown, MD today.
The '93 pig of a Lincoln ran its best. The first run was still at full tire pressure, hot off the street, with a respectable 14.516 seconds at 95.39 mph.
The second run was with the DRs at 20 psi. I figured what the hell and experimented with manually shifting. That was a mistake. Even though I stayed right with the pro challenger, I flubbed the 2-3 shift and cursed as I left off the throttle at the end admitting defeat. Still the slip showed a 14.717 ET with a paltry 80.44 mph.
Third run - a riced Honda Civic fails to keep up with the Hot Rod Lincoln. With a best run of 14.460 ET at a low 94.8 mph, I was pumped. Another run followed with a nearly identical 14.463 ET at 94.71 mph. A friend convinced me to empty all the stuff from the trunk, so off to the pits we go. After chucking everything out, I trek back to the long lines while he sits out one.
With the long wait in the staging lanes, the car was at its coolest and I thought perhaps the Lincoln had a 14.3 in her. I tweaked the tire pressures just a bit - one last time. Finally, lined up at the tree against some ricer Acura, I lauched hard, hooked well and smoked that run at a stinging 14.310 ET at 95.01 mph!! Holy crap! Not only a 14.3 but damn near 14.2s?! }( }(
I finished the day with one last run, the same as I started. Without nearly the cool down time, I ran a final run of 14.516 ET at 94.95 mph.
The '93 pig of a Lincoln ran its best. The first run was still at full tire pressure, hot off the street, with a respectable 14.516 seconds at 95.39 mph.
The second run was with the DRs at 20 psi. I figured what the hell and experimented with manually shifting. That was a mistake. Even though I stayed right with the pro challenger, I flubbed the 2-3 shift and cursed as I left off the throttle at the end admitting defeat. Still the slip showed a 14.717 ET with a paltry 80.44 mph.
Third run - a riced Honda Civic fails to keep up with the Hot Rod Lincoln. With a best run of 14.460 ET at a low 94.8 mph, I was pumped. Another run followed with a nearly identical 14.463 ET at 94.71 mph. A friend convinced me to empty all the stuff from the trunk, so off to the pits we go. After chucking everything out, I trek back to the long lines while he sits out one.
With the long wait in the staging lanes, the car was at its coolest and I thought perhaps the Lincoln had a 14.3 in her. I tweaked the tire pressures just a bit - one last time. Finally, lined up at the tree against some ricer Acura, I lauched hard, hooked well and smoked that run at a stinging 14.310 ET at 95.01 mph!! Holy crap! Not only a 14.3 but damn near 14.2s?! }( }(
I finished the day with one last run, the same as I started. Without nearly the cool down time, I ran a final run of 14.516 ET at 94.95 mph.
