I was the slowest car at the drag strip last night, and my once formally red paint has faded to a delightful shade of pink but I still had a good time. Sucks though when you try to shift fast from 2nd to 3rd and get 5th instead. Geez, that puts a real damper on things...
Need more practice on light tree, launching and shifting
Oh, you must have seen me lol...actually I was trying to figure out a way to blame the car....
In reply to plance1:
New motor mounts and poly diff bushings go a LONG want to helping stop missing shifts under hard acceleration
So it IS the car's fault!!!! I knew it.
Rooting for you! Practice....
plance1 wrote: I was the slowest car at the drag strip last night
care to define "slowest"??
plance1 wrote: I was the slowest car at the drag strip last night, and my once formally red paint has faded to a delightful shade of pink but I still had a good time. Sucks though when you try to shift fast from 2nd to 3rd and get 5th instead. Geez, that puts a real damper on things...
The 2-5 powershift is the funniest E36 M3 ever. Except when it happens to yourself.
oldeskewltoy wrote:plance1 wrote: I was the slowest car at the drag strip last nightcare to define "slowest"??
Too embarrassed to do so
I once saw a Jeep Cherokee run in the 20s at Edgewater on a test and tune night. Were you slower than that?
My stock '90 laid down a 17 sec run. I was lined up against an NB that appeared to have large tires. When things went green it became obvious that he had more than that.
14 seconds and a 5.0!
The only car I've ever drag raced was a classic Mini. 18 something. I had a headlight failure partway down the track. It was dark out there.
After we launched, I realized I had no idea what to do. Like, what did the finish line look like? Luckily, I was not the first one to get there. The 1.8 Miata in the next lane led the way nicely.
Its been about 5 years now.... For my custom lower control arms to be built... part of the deal was Surreptitious was to go to the drags.....
3rd run isn't that bad.... but I'd bet someone with a lot more expereince then I might just break her into the 14's..... 
13.2 in mine with the original 1.6L, but I've never pulled the trigger on the nitrous. 
edit: That stock engine has over 200K on it. 
In reply to eastsidemav:
No but it was at edgewater !
SVreX wrote: 13.2 in mine with the original 1.6L, but I've never pulled the trigger on the nitrous.
Not believing you.
Atco NJ, 70s, 69 MGB, took a trophy in my class, only other car in my class (Pinto) went home.
In reply to SVreX:
1/8th mile?
In reply to outasite:
Just a lot of added boost and lightness.
Ill be drag racing my Z and miata at the end of the month. Hoping for 17s
plance1 wrote:SVreX wrote: 13.2 in mine with the original 1.6L, but I've never pulled the trigger on the nitrous.Not believing you.
You don't have to. That's my Challenge car, so I have plenty of witnesses on this site. Posted a 13.8 in the 1/4 mile at the $2015 Challenge, but I've done a little better since.
Full disclosure... It's thoroughly stripped, has a turbo, MS, drag slicks, and nitrous, but it is still a Miata, and still has it's original engine and drivetrain.
BTW, mine was not the fastest Miata at the $2015 Challenge, but the Texa A&M car had a 1.8L with a turbo running E85. They posted a 13.5 IIRC.
SVreX wrote: ... That's my Challenge car, so I have plenty of witnesses on this site. Posted a 13.8 in the 1/4 mile at the $2015 Challenge, but I've done a little better since. Full disclosure... It's thoroughly stripped, has a turbo, MS, drag slicks, and nitrous, but it is still a Miata, and still has it's original engine and drivetrain.
So I am guessing it is a few hundred pounds light than a stock one? That does make it seem more plausible.
In reply to Type Q:
You must not follow the Challenge results.
Both Texas A&M and I were running stock motors. They won 2nd overall, I won 3rd.
My car weighs 1785# without the driver.
Can't find the slips, but in 2005/2006 my '95 R did a 15.4@90mph with a 2.2 60ft, crappy launch or slippy clutch, had 205/50/15 Kumho 712's. Made 120whp on Pure-Tuning's mustang dyno with my custom cold air intake and a borla exhaust.
A VVT swapped 1.6l car that could get out of the hole good would be a mid-high 13 Car and be an absolute riot to rip around in chasing K series Hondas.
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