Pics from my first track visit!

[Rice_slayer]

First race ever(I dont street race). I did decent but my car didnt. Best run was a 16.2@85mph. Car was sputtering and not accelerating cleanly at all. My cousin drove it(drives the 83' Stroker as seen in one of these pics) and got a 16.1! He said my MAF is probably screwed...

Just for kicks, my cousin wanted to try it . He actually just bought a wrecked 94 gt, turning it into a full blown strip car(will get pics when he's done)

 

[BruhBrahBrad]

Well it looks the part now you gotta get the MAF together and try again. When you goin next?

 

[Rice_slayer]

haha I know, I was like "It looks fast!" but isnt. We won't be going for awhile, my mom is a you know what when it comes to letting me and my dad go up for a race. :sad5:

 

[Win]

Damn i was way off on my guess

 

[eliyarbrough]

Hope it is just your MAF!! That had my car running like crap!! I spent a lot on a tune-up, wasn't it. It wasn't $ lost. A guy mentioned the MAF, that was it. I wasn't racing, though.

 

[BruhBrahBrad]

Yeah When I cleaned my MAF it seemed as if I gained like 100hp, Accidentally burnt out goin up my hill lol.

 

[19mustang95]

what was your 60' and 1/8 mile times/mph?

 

[Rice_slayer]

We don't do 1/8 mile. My best 60' was 2.3, cousin's was 2.1 i think. He shifts WAY too high though, the engine is stock and he shifts at 5.5K, I shift at 4.5K.

 

[US Soldier(stang 98)]

a 16.2?? wow my gt when it was bone stock was a 15.1 car i should be in the 12's this year. well i hope its you MAF if its not try you fuel filter and good luck man

 

[Petek]

We don't do 1/8 mile. My best 60' was 2.3, cousin's was 2.1 i think. He shifts WAY too high though, the engine is stock and he shifts at 5.5K, I shift at 4.5K.

i dunno about the 5.0's but 4.5 seems a bit low to be shifting at.

 

[Rice_slayer]

We don't do 1/8 mile. My best 60' was 2.3, cousin's was 2.1 i think. He shifts WAY too high though, the engine is stock and he shifts at 5.5K, I shift at 4.5K.

It's a stock engine, look at the power curves. It makes no more power after 4500rpm, no point in beating a dead horse!

i dunno about the 5.0's but 4.5 seems a bit low to be shifting at.

 

[LaserRed5.0]

Dude 4,500? Don't look at RPM's, and shift when you feel the car cannot make any more power, trust me, you can feel it. He shifted higher, and obviously made better time, so it was better. I would have babied it out of the hole and then wouldn't shift it till you can feel it drop down power a bit. That car should make low 15's and good driver possibly a really high 14. Honestly dude if your taking your car to the track to race it don't baby it, drive it like you stole it. You have 2 issues a driving issue as well as some type of mechanical issue. No offense just a few tips.

 

[Rice_slayer]

Dude 4,500? Don't look at RPM's, and shift when you feel the car cannot make any more power, trust me, you can feel it. He shifted higher, and obviously made better time, so it was better. I would have babied it out of the hole and then wouldn't shift it till you can feel it drop down power a bit. That car should make low 15's and good driver possibly a really high 14. Honestly dude if your taking your car to the track to race it don't baby it, drive it like you stole it. You have 2 issues a driving issue as well as some type of mechanical issue. No offense just a few tips.

Haha, we weren't babying it, I was going hard and he was going all out. As I said, my Mass air was completely messed, as I changed it out for a new one yesterday and it made a HUGE difference in acceleration/engine idle/smooth and just runs alot cleaner.

 

[US Soldier(stang 98)]

thats good man now hit the track and tell us the new times

 

[Rice_slayer]

Wish I could, a certain female in the house doesnt like it when me and the father go to the strip to race(its 2 hours away). I have opened it up on the dead street behind the street I live on(it's basically the edge of the city no one goes to) and wow, everything is cleaner, plus it feels alot faster now. The new exhaust system is really loud but I like that . My cousin has a video of my 16.3 pass I think, she said she would send it to me sometime...

 

[US Soldier(stang 98)]

yeah with the car all right it should run like a 15.5 - 15.0 my best in my 98gt when it was all stck was a 14.9 but i had DR' s on the back that night. i cant wai tell i get back home from Afghanistan to see what i hit in the 1/4 mile i have 295HP and 336TQ so i should hit a very low 13 to a mid 12. well good luck with the car and cant wait to see you get some more done to that stang