Took the D to the drag strip
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Took the D to the drag strip
So last night I went with a buddy of mine to the local drag strip...we are lucky enough in Long Valley to live about 10 minutes away from Island Dragway in Great Meadows. The real purpose of the trip was for my bud to check out the results of his new intake/exhaust/tune on his 2013 Mustang GT. That being said I thought it would be fun to see what the D could do.
It was about 83 degrees out last night, but incredibly humid. Not ideal for a naturally aspirated motor, but again I figured what the hell.
I ran two runs, one against a 2009-ish Mustang GT and another against a 2007-ish Chrysler 300 SRT8. I managed to squeak out a 16.5 at 89 mph and 16.6 at 88 mph. One run was with the truck in drive and no power-brake, the other run was with the truck in manumatic mode, with a power brake up to 2,000 rpm as the tree lit up.
Surprisingly, the faster of the two runs was in Drive, with no powerbrake. The STRANGEST observation about the truck is that I really never noticed how tall first and second gear are. In my "manual shifting" attempt, I shifted from SECOND into third just as I crossed the finish line at about 85 mph. Holy crap! I bet the truck would run in the mid-to-high 14's if it had better gearing.
I'm contemplating looking at different ratios for the rear diff as one of my future mods. My 60 foot time was 2.4 seconds in both cases, so I think we need much shorter 1st and 2nd gears.
The best part was that even though I wasn't posting impressive 1/4 mile times, the D got lots of attention and tons of great comments. I just wish it pulled as sick as it looks!
Thought you guys might enjoy...have a great day!
Frank
It was about 83 degrees out last night, but incredibly humid. Not ideal for a naturally aspirated motor, but again I figured what the hell.
I ran two runs, one against a 2009-ish Mustang GT and another against a 2007-ish Chrysler 300 SRT8. I managed to squeak out a 16.5 at 89 mph and 16.6 at 88 mph. One run was with the truck in drive and no power-brake, the other run was with the truck in manumatic mode, with a power brake up to 2,000 rpm as the tree lit up.
Surprisingly, the faster of the two runs was in Drive, with no powerbrake. The STRANGEST observation about the truck is that I really never noticed how tall first and second gear are. In my "manual shifting" attempt, I shifted from SECOND into third just as I crossed the finish line at about 85 mph. Holy crap! I bet the truck would run in the mid-to-high 14's if it had better gearing.
I'm contemplating looking at different ratios for the rear diff as one of my future mods. My 60 foot time was 2.4 seconds in both cases, so I think we need much shorter 1st and 2nd gears.
The best part was that even though I wasn't posting impressive 1/4 mile times, the D got lots of attention and tons of great comments. I just wish it pulled as sick as it looks!
Thought you guys might enjoy...have a great day!
Frank
Last edited by FrankADavisJr; 08-09-2012 at 04:40 PM.
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