comments: all runs made at cecil county dragway in maryland on 11/12/00 when Track Toys Car Club rented out the drag strip for a private test and tune session. Each gear was powershifted. All launches involved popping the clutch. BFG Drag radials were used in the rear; 275-40-17 on 17 x 9 inch SS rims. Front rims were stock 16 x 8 inch firebird rims with bald 245-45-16 BFG R1 autocross tires. my car: 1999 firebird formula, 15k miles, random tech catback, GMS MAF, direct-flo lid, removed EGR blockage, free ram air mod. stock clutch, stock gears (3.42). I posted the actual time of each run so that you can see how hotlapping did not effect my 1/4 mile times. as a matter of fact, my best run was the third run within 7 minutes. race weight (w/driver) aprrox 3525 lbs.

time

9:52

time

9:57

time

10:47

temp

humidty

barometer

31.59

barometer

31.57

barometer

30.39

60 ft.

2.01

60 ft.

1.987

60 ft.

1.944

1/8 mile

8.431

1/8 mile

8.276

1/8 mile

mph

87.05

mph

88.48

mph

1/4 mile

12.876

1/4 mile

12.671

1/4 mile

12.665

mph

111.78

mph

112.68

mph

notes

hit rev limiter in 1st

notes

I guess the free ram air mod works!

notes

no 1/8 mile et or mph; no 1/4 mph. But I was able to back up previous run.

time

11:52

time

12:01

time

12:16

temp

humidty

barometer

30.33

barometer

30.35

barometer

30.35

60 ft.

2.056

60 ft.

2.033

60 ft.

2.056

1/8 mile

8.401

1/8 mile

8.384

1/8 mile

8.46

mph

87.65

mph

87.86

mph

87.85

1/4 mile

12.825

1/4 mile

12.804

1/4 mile

12.879

mph

111.99

mph

112.09

mph

notes

no 1/4 mile mph

time

12:26

time

2:01

time

2:05

temp

humidty

barometer

30.35

barometer

30.49

barometer

30.47

60 ft.

2.032

60 ft.

1.976

60 ft.

1.993

1/8 mile

8.403

1/8 mile

8.283

1/8 mile

8.306

mph

87.87

mph

87.99

mph

88.3

1/4 mile

12.824

1/4 mile

12.702

1/4 mile

12.708

mph

112.13

mph

111.91

mph

112.44

notes

better 60 ft; dropped pressure to 15 lbs. Raced edgehawk (13.084)

notes

hot lapping! Raced edgehawk (13.001)

time

2:10

time

3:16

time

3:20

temp

humidty

barometer

30.47

barometer

31.25

barometer

31.27

60 ft.

2.008

60 ft.

2.029

60 ft.

2.054

1/8 mile

8.325

1/8 mile

8.374

1/8 mile

8.39

mph

88.32

mph

87.82

mph

88.19

1/4 mile

12.723

1/4 mile

12.803

1/4 mile

12.8

mph

112.62

mph

111.73

mph

112.25

notes

spun. Raced edgehawk (13.007)

notes

launched @ 2500. Big bog.

notes

launced @ 3000. Big bog.

time

3:23

temp

humidty

barometer

31.31

60 ft.

1.955

1/8 mile

8.2

mph

88.71

1/4 mile

12.591

mph

112.72

notes

launched @ 3500; bogged, but not too badly. Only run of the day which I smelled clutch. Gas is below "E". My day is over. New best ET and MPH.

you can see that there was a tailwind; the smoke is blowing towards the front of the car. i was number 100 for the day (see time slips below).

me vs. tom (before i grenaded his tranny; sorry dude.).

seth's red TA parked in the background. this shot shows my 17 inch SS rims w/drag radials and smaller 16 inch stock firebird rims with 245-45-16 BFG R1's. the difference in overall height between the front and rear tires did play havoc on the ABS computer.

two nice looking F bodies.

seth and tom getting it on.

tom redlighting vs. seth.

tom, you can beat this camaro, right?

clean cobra (before i got finished with it; sorry again).

sorry for the poor quality of these timeslips; i'll have better ones up soon. the left one is 12.671 and the right on is 12.665 (vs. Edgehawk whose time didn't register).

the slip on the left is my best: 12.591 @ 112.72. the middle slip is vs. edgehawk. the timeslip on the right is 12.702, also vs. edgehawk.