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Old 06-30-2012, 01:34 PM   #15
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Dang you guys sure do get a lot of runs in for one visit. I'm guessing it isn't that busy there.
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Old 06-30-2012, 10:00 PM   #16
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I was getting aggressive on the launches near the end, so I think I was just spinning my tires because I was holding the RPM's higher. I'll try to keep the RPM's lower. My wife got better times by holding the RPM's higher though, so a difference in live axle vs IRS I guess.

The track wasn't too busy, think because of the temps. We would run a few times, sit in the stands and watch, then repeat. Its fun watching the stronger cars run and we can't wait till we get better then get V8's of our cars.
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Old 07-05-2012, 11:18 AM   #17
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I was getting aggressive on the launches near the end, so I think I was just spinning my tires because I was holding the RPM's higher. I'll try to keep the RPM's lower. My wife got better times by holding the RPM's higher though, so a difference in live axle vs IRS I guess.

The track wasn't too busy, think because of the temps. We would run a few times, sit in the stands and watch, then repeat. Its fun watching the stronger cars run and we can't wait till we get better then get V8's of our cars.
Whoa!!!! I just realized you were in Oklahoma. And actually very close to me! I live practically on the edge of moore. 104th and western. Been wanting to take mine to thunder valley for the first time but haven't had the time. Would love to meet up with you sometime. My wife is actually in love with my Camaro but will always be a truck person at heart lo
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Old 07-06-2012, 11:34 AM   #18
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Whoa!!!! I just realized you were in Oklahoma. And actually very close to me! I live practically on the edge of moore. 104th and western. Been wanting to take mine to thunder valley for the first time but haven't had the time. Would love to meet up with you sometime. My wife is actually in love with my Camaro but will always be a truck person at heart lo
I'm only a few blocks away from you actually. If you want, we are probably going to go back out on the 13th or 20th. We can at least show you where to go. The track guys are laid back and will help you if you need it.
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Old 07-11-2012, 04:57 PM   #19
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My wife and I finally took our cars to the drag strip and raced them head to head. We both had a full tank of gas and tire pressures were high (40 psi on mine). It was our first time ever racing, so we went to have fun and see if we like it. We loved it, talking about going again real soon. No videos or pictures, hopefully next time we can get some.

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I know I need to remove my subwoofer box and spare tire. Also, lower our rear air pressure.

Any suggestions? Also Mustang guys, anything I can do to my wife's car to help her out? Think the gear ratio is really hurting hers.

Here are our time slips, left to right is the order we ran, I was always the right lane. The DA was 3743. On the 4th run, the track guys said I need to stop beating on her. Then the 5th they said I should give her a head start or else I wouldn't be getting any tonight.

I've ran mine at the local 1/8th mile strip and was wondering about some of the times you were hitting at the 1/8th mark. My average is about 9.6 but my best has been a 9.55 on a hot afternoon.

I have a bone stock 2012 V6 and with the mods you have done I expected to see higher numbers.

Am I missing something other than the HP difference in the 2010 to 2012?

If not, good things to come when I add some performance mods.
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Old 07-11-2012, 08:04 PM   #20
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I've ran mine at the local 1/8th mile strip and was wondering about some of the times you were hitting at the 1/8th mark. My average is about 9.6 but my best has been a 9.55 on a hot afternoon.

I have a bone stock 2012 V6 and with the mods you have done I expected to see higher numbers.

Am I missing something other than the HP difference in the 2010 to 2012?

If not, good things to come when I add some performance mods.
I mostly can't launch for crap right now and the DA here has been very high. I changed out my K&N for a CAI Inc brand CAI so I will see this Friday if that makes a difference. Probably will see my best times in November.

Also Mustang guys, what brand of 3.73 gears should I get? Richmond or Ford Racing?
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Old 07-13-2012, 10:26 AM   #21
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Sounds like fun!

Words of advice: Work on your 60' times. (both of you)



With the Camaro you should be able to be 2.0x pretty easily with the correct tire pressure (~28 psi).

DA is a killer though and I know how you feel, it's usually a couple thousand where I live
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Old 07-14-2012, 08:11 AM   #22
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We went last night and ran, but it wasn't very good. It had rained a few minutes before we got to the track. My second run was my hero run with 14.529 @ 98.06 mph. So maybe switching to the CAI Inc shaved 0.1 seconds off. My wife is right there on breaking into the 14 second range. I'm going to buy her a tuner soon, hopefully that will shave some time off her run.

At the end we would run, go back in line for another run and wait for 30 minutes. There was quite a few track problems. I don't know why but waiting there just completely screwed up my reaction time and launching.

We'll see what happens when we go next time. Really wasn't any change in times or 60' ft times. Just not a good night for us. But we did have fun.
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We went last night and ran, but it wasn't very good. It had rained a few minutes before we got to the track. My second run was my hero run with 14.529 @ 98.06 mph. So maybe switching to the CAI Inc shaved 0.1 seconds off. My wife is right there on breaking into the 14 second range. I'm going to buy her a tuner soon, hopefully that will shave some time off her run.

At the end we would run, go back in line for another run and wait for 30 minutes. There was quite a few track problems. I don't know why but waiting there just completely screwed up my reaction time and launching.

We'll see what happens when we go next time. Really wasn't any change in times or 60' ft times. Just not a good night for us. But we did have fun.
Hey an improvement is something to be happy about!

You should be much lower into the 14s later this year in cooler weather.
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Old 07-14-2012, 05:32 PM   #24
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My wife and I finally took our cars to the drag strip and raced them head to head. We both had a full tank of gas and tire pressures were high (40 psi on mine). It was our first time ever racing, so we went to have fun and see if we like it. We loved it, talking about going again real soon. No videos or pictures, hopefully next time we can get some.

Here are our specs:
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ADM Race Scoop
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Auto w/ 3.27

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BBK Intake
Borla ATAK
Auto w/ 2.73

I know I need to remove my subwoofer box and spare tire. Also, lower our rear air pressure.

Any suggestions? Also Mustang guys, anything I can do to my wife's car to help her out? Think the gear ratio is really hurting hers.

Here are our time slips, left to right is the order we ran, I was always the right lane. The DA was 3743. On the 4th run, the track guys said I need to stop beating on her. Then the 5th they said I should give her a head start or else I wouldn't be getting any tonight.
Wait Thunder Valley ? I live in moore too... Well used too, i live off of sw 134 now. Everyone seems to run much better times up in tulsa where the track prep is supposedly better, never been there myself....
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Old 07-15-2012, 10:37 AM   #25
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I'm off of 104th. May try to run Tulsa once, but its a long drive for both cars. I'm also wondering about my tires, 21k miles on my original all-season tires probably isn't helping. When we move into a bigger house, we may get some drag only tires that we can change out when we go to the track.
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Old 07-15-2012, 11:07 PM   #26
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Richmond doesnt make bad gears, but usually requiring more shiming to get them exact and are more prone to gear whine. I have always used Ford Racing gears in my cars with good results
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Old 07-16-2012, 12:14 PM   #27
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are you guys completely avoiding the water box?
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Old 07-16-2012, 01:06 PM   #28
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We try to right now, but I think my right tires are hitting it. I plan on trying to do an awesome 1 wheel burnout when I go to the track next time and see if that helps.
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