BOOSTED98GT

Finally got some slicks and made it to the track. Hit my goal for this year, now it's time to go faster. Lol.



Some info on my car:

Year of Car: 1998 GT
Power Adder: S-Trim (11# @ 6100)
Auto/Stick: TKO 600 w/ Tri-ax
Weight w/ driver: 3350 w/ full tank and driver (3130 car only)
RWHP/RWTQ: 433/411
Mods: PI HeadSwap, Cometic .078 Head Gaskets, Procharger 3 core intercooler w/ mondo bypass and PC bypass, Anderson Ford Power Pipe, BBK 75mm TB, Accufab Plenum, Pro-M blow through MAS, JDM Mikronite polished 3.73's, Steeda LCA's and dbl adj uppers, QA1 175-14 Springs w/ Steeda Coilovers and Tokico 5-ways up front, Bullitt Rear springs with QA1 12 way Shocks in rear. 31 Spline built rear end.....The only things that I have changed since my 11.9 run are:

UPR K Member and Chromoly A Arms
26x10x15" ET Drag slicks and skinnies
Trick Flow Diff Brace
Oddyssey Lightweight battery (stock location)
Mikronite polished JDM gears (picked up 5HP and 10TQ)
Cobra front brake swap w/ crossdrilled cadmium plated rotors

Other info: Stock internals shifting and launching at 6k w 5k burnout for about 8 seconds (not TOO smoky)...going through the traps around 5600. No front swaybar, passenger or rear seats.

Front tire pressure =45psi cold
Rear tire pressure = 12psi cold
Front shock settings = 2
Rear shock settings= LR5 RR6
Ambient temp=70*
DA= 902 ft


RT.......... .064
60'......... 1.552
1/8........ 7.325
1/8mph.. 95.07
1/4........ 11.449
1/4mph.. 120.00

I could tell this was going to be a good run because the launch felt like it pulled the blood out of my face. Lol. I feel there is still more left in the car as my datalogger data shows that I am lifting on the 1-2 shift and the 2-3 shift.


Here's the vid:

http://media.putfile.com/1144-HighQuality


If you watch the rear passenger tire at launch you can see it actually spins just slightly before I make any forward progress. There may have been something on the track, they were mopping the starting line while I sat in the burnout box...It looks like I could use an airbag in the passenger side rear too. Also, I just discovered that one of my rear LCA bushings was blown, which would explain why the car would occasionally launch sideways (and still pull 1.5x 60's.) The car will be @ Charlie Booze's shop this week to get new heim jointed control arms installed and a roll bar welded in.


-Boosted

unit213

Very respectable! Nice job.

Troy Carter

WOW, not bad for a 98!

So, what is your new goal for the year?

Larry

Little more weight reduction and you will see a 10 second pass. Don't know how easy the 98 is to lighten but I had my 88 race weight down to 2430 or so. Dynoed 360 hp with 530# torque through a C4 with a PI 3200 stall.

BOOSTED98GT

Thanks!

Well anything faster than 11.44 would make me happy. Lol. I would like to see 11.2's, but I think that will take a perfect pass for me. I think if I were to swap to aftermarket heads and cams I could see 10's. But if I pull these heads the SB will be built to.

BOOSTED98GT

Well it's a street car so I don't want to rip too much out. I can have the passenger and rear seats out in 10 minutes, so I take them out. I still have A/C, heat, wipers, full radio/amps and all those other creature comforts I have come to love. I should probably lose the Amp rack in the rear deck, that Mach 460 stuff is heavy. As it is, I like being able to drive to the track while jamming to my tunes, slap on the slicks, make my runs then drive home. Someday I'll probably go crazy and trailer it, but that won't be for awhile. (Crossing fingers) Lol.

Larry

Don't blame you at all for wanting those creature comforts. My 88 was a trailer car so didn't matter. Sure don't plan to eliminate any of my 06's creature comforts. And you don't have to run 10s to have fun. I'm having fun running low 13s in my 06.

BOOSTED98GT

I'm definitely having fun. But I get the most enjoyment out of setting new PB's for myself. So that only leaves me with heading towards the 10's.

Gold Z

Sounds like you've done your homework and have a great running car to show for it.......I'll bet you surprise a lot of LS1s on the street.

BOOSTED98GT

Thank you. Amazingly enough there aren't too many LS1's around here. Every now and then I'll see one but no one has tried to race me. There aren't too many "fast" street driven mustangs either for that matter either.

I was at the strip again today and ran 11.47, 11.48, and 11.49, but no faster than 11.44. It ended up getting pretty hot after a passing shower, needless to say it wasn't an ideal day for racing. Maybe next time. It was my first time with my new UPR weld-in antiroll bar and spherical control arms so it was nice to get some seat time with them. I only had one 1.555 60'. The rest were all low 1.6's. Not too bad but nothing spectacular.


Thanks again.