future9er24

I actually have a set of slicks up in my loft.. unfortunately they are 27.5" Nascar slicks meant for a 15" wheel. wish I could use em..

conv_stang

I believe the 15's will clear the rear brakes. They clear on my 98 cobra
And I also have a set of R's I use for the drag strip lol

Evil_Capri

Popular wheel choice it seems!

conv_stang

Yep....I have dr's on all 4. Use them on the cobra and the 2012 lol

future9er24

Everyone knows Rs make you go faster

GrnT

I wish I had a set to just burn them to the ground. Legally and in the appropriate setting of course.

StangMahn

those BBS RK's

Wish I could find a reasonable set for my Sonic Blue!

future9er24

Arin has magnificent news today. As some of you know, my car has been making unholy noise from the front end for the last few months (and then some). I tried replacing just about everything in my quest to eliminate the aural abominations and have had my front end apart who knows how many times. I finally caved in and took it to a shop last week and everything is fixed

The car is just as quiet as I remember it being when I got it now. Turns out the brake pad retainers had fallen off at some point and all that noise was the pads shifting back and forth when I used the brake or momentum switched direction on them.

As an added bonus I had them look into my turn signal issue, and even though they said they couldn't fix it, somehow, they work again. Not that I'm complaining.. I did see that two of the bulbs on one tailight have burned out though. They said it may have been bec of my spliced in sequential kit. anyone have any issues with those aside from me?

But wait, theres more! I know Peter has been talking about it for a while, but I've lately been fantasizing about finding an old fairmont someday and putting modern things in it. It was a pipe dream at best, but my friend Dan decided to fuel that fire this week. We had to go on a booze run yesterday, and I got to drive his 1987 Lincoln Continental. Their family was given it by a relative who could no longer drive and its only got 23k on it The whole dash is digital and and it has some pretty excellent and advanced (for the timme) features I didn't even know existed back then. So maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday there will be a fox platform wagon parked in my driveway

also, some pics of its glorious brown paint

Evil_Capri

Nice!! And . . . Hot Rod Lincoln!

future9er24

Went out to Infineon Raceway today to get some runs in. Still can't hit what I want to hit, but its getting there. Most of my launches were all pretty rough. On my 14.8/14.5 there was wheelspin all the way into second, in the 15 it lasted almost until my 2-3 shift. Best of the night was a 14.29 but hopefully next week will yield better results

Otherwise, just lots of cool cars and delicious smells.

aaaand pics

witwicky01

Your bullitt is stock right?

future9er24

I wish my times could be justified by stockness, but alas, this is not the case. Powerwise, I only have my JLT CAI and a 91 race tune from Bama.

Otherwise I have a triax, KW V3 coilovers (set to full soft everywhere), Steeda front sway bar/CC plates/balljoints/bumpsteer/rear shock tower brace, terminator A arms, rear seat delete and corbeau CR1s and staggered wheels and tires. The rears are some kind of 275 that I got with the wheels.

after my traction issues of the day, I think better rubber is in order. I also have a steeda adjustable rear bar I need to install. IIRC one of the adjustment settings is for launching/drag racing, so I'll definitely be trying it out.

I just want to break into the 13s lol

Also my best time was with a "launch" at 2Kish. Over the course of the night I tried as high as 2800, but started to lower it again when I realized I was having such a hard time stopping my wheelspin. I also think I could have slipped the clutch a bit more, but either cowardice, panic or lead foot syndrome always led me to dump it rather quickly. I think if I focused on slipping it and not just letting her rip I could drop the ET by a bit. At least on the whole my actions and results all made sense to me, so I could see a little of where I was causing myself to lose traction. Unfortunately theres only two more days this season to practice up there, but I'm gonna try and make em.

laserred38

I'm the same way. Only been to Infineon once and I sucked. I need to practice not dumping the clutch. On the street I can launch perfectly. At the track, not so much lol

Evil_Capri

Not too darn bad! As you indicated . . . your 60' is where your issues seem to be located.

edumspeed

Cool! I've never taken mine to the track, because it sucks lol. Still debating if I put that n2o kit I've been drooling over @ summit racing for quite some time since I put the forged trws inside the 302 lol.

future9er24

why does your track suck?

I'm always afraid of n2o because I know I'd abuse it but thats just me

I'm headed up to Sonoma again today, lets hope I can get that 60' down.

edumspeed

Not the track, my car
:rotfl2:

future9er24

you should run it anyway

Last time I saw a bone stock chrysler lebaron and a whole host of cars that you wouldnt expect to see (and were slow) but its still hella fun

edumspeed

I shall try it then someday. Heck, when the sentra get's boosted it will be there

future9er24

so mild disappointment with my runs today. Best of only 14.33 at 98.9. Looks like the dead weight stole a percentage from both my ET and mph, but oh well. I got more runs in today than ever before (5) and had a blast. Loaned my spare helmet to an older gentleman in a Chevelle. Lucky for me we both redlighted at the same round, so I didn't have to wait around, but overall another awesome day

also noticed that its getting a little tough to get it into 2nd at full throttle. Also, even when I didnt burn much in 1st, I routinely broke traction again on the 1-2 shift.

And to everyone else with a 2v... whats a good rpm to shift at? I was running it right up to 6k when I shifted. I really should dyno sometime and find out where my power starts to drop off.

Now... time to find some drag radials...