First ever visit to the strip with the Cougar

[azbobbybooshay10]

I went out tonight to the "Imports vs. Domestics, 9/11 Tribute" races out at Speedworld Motorplex northwest of Phoenix. Sat in the lanes for 3 hours waiting to run. :mad: Got to see jet cars go thru twice, and a bunch of crotch rockets doing stunts for 10 minutes though. Oh well.

Finally got up to the line for my run. I cleaned the tires of a little (not a huge smoking burnout, just enough to scrub the crap off them) and got lined up. Kinda slow at the tree, with a .251 r/t. Got BAD wheel hop, and had to feather the gas to get my traction back (a lesson learned from that POS 240sx). Finally got into it, had a good clean run, clean shifts. Had to go to 4th gear just before the finish line. Times are as follows.

R/T: .251
60': 2.584
330': 6.916
1/8: 10.480 @ 69.326 mph
1000': 13.456
1/4: 16.138 @ 87.005 mph

I really feel with a better r/t and better launch, I may be able to put this thing in the high 15's. Only mod on the Cougar is an Injen short-ram. I know with a nice Flowmaster dual exhaust, I'll be there easy.

I got scared at the end of the run, because when I lifted off the gas, the car stalled. Start it back up, stalls right away. OK, now I'm freaking out, thinking I blew it up. I get pulled off to the side of the access road and popped the hood. First thing I looked at was the short-ram and the vaccuum lines. Sure enough, the big one closest to the firewall had slid off somehow. Popped the hatch, got out a screwdriver, and tightened the clamp back down and was on my way. I took a nice deep breath and thanked Melody for holding together, btu scaring the piss out of me. Not sure when the line came off, if it was before I passed thru the traps or not.

Go back around, and the staging lanes are CLOSED! Damnit! I was out there for 4 hours, only to get 1 run in. I'll have to go back when its not so busy and a big event like this one.

Oh, Melody passed 125k miles on the way out to the track. I think she gave me a nice gift for that with the run. I honestly went out with a goal of 16.5, with 16.3 being my "If all goes well" run. I wasn't expecting a 16.1!

Oh well, I had a great time, and hopefully I can go more often and get more practice.

[NorCalCoug]

Wrong forum, belongs in Drag.

[azbobbybooshay10]

I took a road to get there? :shrug:

IDK, no one ever posts here. its always over in Garage Talk or something. Oh well, my bad.

[Ness1216]

you know your reaction time has absolutely nothing to do with your et, so quit worrying about it. You can work on your 60 foot time and be in the 15s easily. In fact a stock cougar mtx goes 16.0 so id aim for that not 16.5, all in all for 1 run not bad actually

And YES I know what your talking about the damn fast cars and motorcyclyes go like 10 times for every one of your runs. its total bull[censored]!

Its cool for a little while to watch fast cars and then youre like enough already i wanna go!

[B3NN3TT]

First half of the track is killing you. Your 8th is quite high, and your 60-foot isn't stellar. But it's pulling on the top end quite well, it appears, and your trap speed is good. So getting a good hard launch with a little smooth spin and no hop is the number one challenge for you.

And yes, who cares about your R/T. You could sit there for a minute and a half, and still run the same ET. The R/T is the time from green light until you break the trap. Your ET is the time from breaking the trap to finish line.

[azbobbybooshay10]

The reason I say that about my R/T is I know I can cut better lights than that. I was cutting consistent .061-.100 lights when I took my 240 to the strip. I know it doesn't really affect E/T, but I like getting everything good.

I'm thinking about going out there again this Friday and get more runs in. This was a "special event" so there were more cars than usual. Now that I've gotten a good baseline, now I'm shooting for some upper 15's.

[carsnrockmusic]

your 60' sux....add that to your sig so people can see that your car is way capable of something better than 16.1....