I went out to Portland International Raceway today. I thought they were having the normal 1/4 mile drags, but it turns out they were having a high school drag night.... bracket racing in the 1/8 mile. So, I was put in the Alumni Fast category. This was my first bracket racing experience.

Qualifying runs:
R/T .202, 60' 2.159, 1/8 9.393 @ 74.78 MPH
R/T .163, 60' 2.169, 1/8 9.466 @ 74.17 MPH
R/T .081, 60' 2.188, 1/8 9.483 @ 74.20 MPH
R/T .002, 60' 2.140, 1/8 9.356 @ 74.98 MPH - fastest reaction time!
R/T .185, 60' 2.134, 1/8 9.351 @ 74.90 MPH

So, after a good discussion with a friendly lad at tech inspection, I dialed in a time of 9.34

Elimination runs:
R/T .353, 60' 2.173, 1/8 9.386 @ 74.92 MPH Win!
R/T .085, 60' 2.203, 1/8 9.503 @ 69.27 MPH Win! (Had to hit the brakes at the end of this run)
R/T .514, 60' 2.145, 1/8 9.349 @ 75.00 MPH Win!

Made it to the finals! Last elimination run and my best time of the night:
R/T .230, 60' 2.126, 1/8 9.335 @ 74.93 MPH Lost! Overshot my dial!

The car was running great and hooking up nicely. It feels much stronger with the new custom H-pipe. I can't wait to see what she'll do in the 1/4 mile!

Whatta blast!!

 

NICE RUNS. very impressive........well, i forgot your mod list. still a nice time, but, shouldnt u be faster than that ?? arent they like 215hp STOCK ? id think youd be faster..idk. nice runs tho.

 

Mods are in my signature. The 4.0L comes with 210 hp/ 240 tq stock at the flywheel.

There was a 95 Cobra running 10.1's, an 02 GT running 9.5's and a supercharged 98 GT running 9.3's... (all really nice guys, btw)

The fastest 1/8 time I know of for a manual naturally aspirated 4.0L (I'm an auto) is by Fazm, who's on these boards... 9.311@73.00 ... I'm just a hair off this...

 

i shouldve clarified that.....i forgot your mod list, as in i forgot you had 'em listed. im thinkin u should be @ 235-240hp, maybe a lil more. with those gears tho, i still think u should be faster.........

THOSE GUYS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE !!!!!!!!!

 

LOL.. those guys were all pretty young... I was thinking the same thing!

I think some lower/upper control arms would help my launch... but, I'm right in line with what other N/A 4.0's are doing. Keep in mind, I'm an auto on street radials. No worries... I'll get better... I've only been to the track a few times!

 

well, u seem to be on track to some pretty good times. best of luck.

 

bracket racing is a load of fun, i have won my class 3 times at my track so far, its my first season!

 

3 times! Fantastic!! Just out of curiosity... are they running the 1/8 mile? And, what have your times been?