Sounds like you need some practice. Go for some test and tune nights and get your launch and shifting a little more consistent. You'll never win bracket racing when all your runs are .5 thru 2 seconds apart.

 

what was ur 60fts? those traps are slow for a s-trimmed car!

 

yeah thats what i was thinkin...

 

do you PI heads? If not, that would explain the low mph. I would say you need practice. Hell, my best run is a 13.0 at 114.5 mph so don't feel bad.

 

you broke the handle or the knob?

my car is mostly stock and my worst pass ever is a 15.11 (only 15 second slip) and it was caused my a massive surrender of my stock clutch, no runs on the spec yet.

test and tune is your friend, no one runs thier best times thier first day out. Learn how to make consistant solid runs and you will be fine.

 

I think he meant the shifter itself, not the knob because he says he found his Hurst knob on his lap! You should be able to get steeda to replace that shifter because that is bull§hit!

Anyway, practice makes perfect!

 

Practice man! What were your 60 foot times?

 

Is that 98 mph on a full throttle pass? That seems extremely slow to me. Especially for a car with an S-trim.

My bone stock, 3750 lb, automatic, convertible 01 GT ran a 14.37 @ 96.10. I would hope a non-PI headed car with an S-trim would do much better than that.

I would run some codes on that thing and see what you come up with.


EDIT: As far as the shifter, Steeda should replace it free of charge. I had a friend have the same thing happen and they sent him a new shifter out the next day.

 

yeah i called steeda and told them what happened and they told me to send the busted on in and theyd give me a brand new one....right now i have to make due with a vice grip and yes that was a full throttle pass my numbers were....

reaction .545
60ft. 2.141
660ft. 9.213
e.t. 14.242
mph 98.769

 

a vice grip, that's great!

If people ask what that is tell them an ultra high flux capacitator high performance short shifter package with the extreme griping delux kit for optimum comfort and performance.

 

yea practice is the key, in my 01 v6 i ran a 15.4 my first trip with exhaust, cai, and gears with tlok. then with practice and a pulley i managed to get it down to a 14.73 @ 93 with a 2.14 60ft. the key to the stang is getting off the line hard.

 

With the s/c and your other mods I sure as hell would be unhappy running 14.2 with a 2.1 60ft. So what on DR's and a decent 1.9ish youd go 13.9 or so, big woop. Did you ever get that thing on a dyno?

Only thing I can think of otherwise is:
1. 3.08's?
2. Are you a vert?
3. The 18's and susp. are hurtin ya for a tenth or .2?

 

Yeah if you are still running 3.27s get rid of them for some 4.10s or 3.73s.

 

where ever your located.. go find a a dyno, your times sound like my 96 GT with off road H and Gears ran.

Your running on 3 cyl's or something. You need a compression test, and need to double check your set up.

I can understand your shippy times but your mph should be in the mid/low 100's b/c of the blower..

 

Hocke0233, where is "O-town"?

 

orlando

 

not a vert, no dyno, there are no places to tune in wichita ks, gettin ready to put on a set of longtubes and msd dis-4......i think i shift better with the vice grip, maybe i should ditch the tri-ax handle

id like to get some gears but doesnt that jack up the speedometer?

 

?

 

a vice grip, that's great!

If people ask what that is tell them an ultra high flux capacitator high performance short shifter package with the extreme griping delux kit for optimum comfort and performance.

:lol:


If you get gears the speedo can be corrected. Personally, I would hold off on the mods until you get that thing tuned and looked at. With an S-Trim you are running way to slow of trap speeds. Something is not right....

 

what could be wrong? compression?

 

?

 

something just doesn't sound right...

what can be wrong... maybe your only running on 4 cylnds...

 

They're right. The ETs and speeds you're trapping are what I would expect your car to get WITHOUT the blower. You should be doing that naturally aspirated. With the blower, you should easily be down in the low 13's or even high 12's.