I started drag racing in the spring of 2004 with my '93 which basically had a chip, cat-back exhaust and 4.10 gears with traction lock. My first trip to the track, I netted a quarter mile ET of 14.544 @ 96.25 mph. I had a total of 96 runs through all of 2004 and never bested my ET for the year.
At the end of the year I set a goal for my Mark VIII to achieve in 2005. I wanted to see a 13 second run and join the '100 MPH Club'. The goal was 13.999 @ 100 mph. I never got near the track time of the previous year, but 9 trips to the track proved enough to meet my goals. I found my first 13 second timeslip in the heat of August. But it took much cooler weather before I would would run the quarter mile with the trap speed at 100 plus mph. The best numbers for 2005 were 13.866 @ 100.36.
With the season ended, the question now becomes what goals to set for 2006. After much personal wrangling and an ever shorter to-do list on the car, I have resolved to set an ET goal of 13.599 seconds with the trap speed goal of 103 mph.
13.599 @ 103? ::wtf:: In a naturally aspirated 4000 pound Mark VIII? Am I crazy? It sure seems a long ways off.
So, what performance goals are you looking for? }(
At the end of the year I set a goal for my Mark VIII to achieve in 2005. I wanted to see a 13 second run and join the '100 MPH Club'. The goal was 13.999 @ 100 mph. I never got near the track time of the previous year, but 9 trips to the track proved enough to meet my goals. I found my first 13 second timeslip in the heat of August. But it took much cooler weather before I would would run the quarter mile with the trap speed at 100 plus mph. The best numbers for 2005 were 13.866 @ 100.36.
With the season ended, the question now becomes what goals to set for 2006. After much personal wrangling and an ever shorter to-do list on the car, I have resolved to set an ET goal of 13.599 seconds with the trap speed goal of 103 mph.
13.599 @ 103? ::wtf:: In a naturally aspirated 4000 pound Mark VIII? Am I crazy? It sure seems a long ways off.
So, what performance goals are you looking for? }(