Friday Night Drags
07-19-2003, 07:02 AM
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Friday Night Drags
<FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=blue size=5>JUST GOT BACK FROM MY FIRST TRY AT THE RACES AT FIREBIRD RACEWAY IN AZ. I HAVE A STOCK 98 MUSTANG V6 AUTOMATIC WITH A FEW MODS, NOTHING BIG. RAN 17.407 AND IT MAKES ME DEPRESSED. I EVEN DID REALLY WELL WITH THE R/T HAVING A .436. ITS STILL DEPRESSING WHEN I SEE ALL THE OTHER CARS RUNNING 12'S, 13'S, AND 14'S. I THINK THE ONLY OTHER CAR THAT RAN OVER 16 WAS AN OLDER MINI COOPER THAT RAN 20'S. I NEED TO GET ME A DIFFERENT CAR. I HEAR DODGE HAS A 13.9 NEON THEY MAKE NOW FOR 20K.</FONT></P>
07-19-2003, 07:55 PM
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Hi, </P>
well, you should probably buy a GT if not a cobra. Dont go dodge though. They do put out an SVT neon which is called the Neon SRT. 290 hp at the fly and it runs 13.9s in the quarter. Lookin at the mag right now actually. If yer gonna get that car, make sure its for your daughter. A great gift for a girls 16th b-day. reaction time of .436? Isnt that a red light? I know I get perfect lights at .502. Are they on a .25 light system where yer at?</P>
07-20-2003, 07:57 AM
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hey, where we run its .400 for heads up style racing. a .401 aint a redlight round here. just depends on the track. read a magazine, some of the faster classes (pro 5.0 for example) run .400 lights in a heads up format. if your bracket racing, yes, a .436 is a redlight, but in SOME places they run .400 for heads up. some places run .500 for heads up. just depends on the track. my dad (damn oldschool) still refuses to believe .001 is a redlight. but he hasn't dragged in 20 years. things change dude. some tracks are different than others.
