So, I went the Thompson Dragway today with Hemiwoman, Hemiman, and InferAl (from the LX forums).... to try out my new mods. The Hemi couple were out trying to get the feel of their new SRT 6 spd, InferAl has a mid 11 sec Charger RT. Oh, and I met Dynosteve.....sorry no 900 hp Challenger today.
I have two goals: mid 12's on the motor and mid 11's on nitrous. Well, we were fighting traction issues all morning so I never tried the nitrous. But I met my goal on the motor.
By the way....any auto RT owners that think they have posi are sadly mistaken. My car always leaves 2 black marks on the street....but at the track with drag radials...peg-leg all the way.
Anyhow, my RT flies! Here are the mods:
Shorty headers I port matched myself, ported throttle body (that I ported myself), a high flow stock air intake with a K&N drop in filter (that I mod'ed myself), cat-less mid pipes, Magnaflow Comp catback, 180 stat, Predator with a CMR from DXC (thanks Tim!!!! Their CMR really woke this thing up!!!).
Nitto drag radials on my stock plastic 20" rims. The car weighs 3960 with me in it.
I ran alot of 12.7's and 12.8's once I figured out how to launch on a cold track ( mid 40's).
My best time was acheived by footbraking the stock converter to almost 2000, then leaving part throttle until I felt it hooked....then pour it on.
I am attaching my fastes video and a timeslip from that run. NEXT WEEK COMES THE NITROUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't underestimate the RT's...with a few mod's and a driver, they flat out run!! I documented everything today too. This included having multiple witnesses see my nitrous bottle in my fiances Jeep.....just to make sure no one starts doubting the times.