I feel dirty and wrong.
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I feel dirty and wrong.
I took my car to the drag strip Friday night and I promise I'll never do it again. I ran the car twice. The first run I either spun the tires through first or slipped the clutch. I'm not sure which, I don't even want to know. The second run I let the clutch out a little easier. The car bogged down a little then took off. It ran a 14.2 at 101mph and a 14.1 at 101mph. The car has a stock engine with a chip and runs great. The weight is certainly under 2800# I'm sure the car is capable of faster runs but it just sems too abusive to me.
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under 2800 lbs? What have you done to it? I just weighed mine with 1/2 tank of gas. Most of my interior is ripped out of the car, and I have Corbeau racing seats (17 lbs each), no carpets, no spare, no rear seats, etc. Just curious.
The car wasn't made for it : )
The car wasn't made for it : )
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The car is an R S America. I weighed it last year at Road America on the PCA scale. It came in at 2854 with and 1/2 tank of gas spare tire, old fly wheel, carpet, floor mats and stock seats. The car now has a light weight flywheel, Recaro's and the spare was removed along with the carpet and mats.
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It's certainly quicker than mine. We compared each other's car when I was grabbing the old springs & dampers. Nice meeting you! I will concurr that slipping the clutch is a seriously stinky affair.
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An RSAmerica....on a drag strip.....seems so wrong on so many levels.......
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Let's see here.....
If we drive our cars fast on the street, we are unsafe hooligans.
If we drive our cars on the strip we are untouchable heathens.
I, for one, bought my car to be driven and that I do. I drive the &%$# out of it every day. I'm trying my best to wear this thing out so that I can rebuild it and have another go at the process.
Hope this helps.
If we drive our cars fast on the street, we are unsafe hooligans.
If we drive our cars on the strip we are untouchable heathens.
I, for one, bought my car to be driven and that I do. I drive the &%$# out of it every day. I'm trying my best to wear this thing out so that I can rebuild it and have another go at the process.
Hope this helps.
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One nice thing about the drag strip is you get a 1/4 mile trap speed.From the trap speed and the weight of the car you can get a fairly good hp rating.Its the poor mans dyno.
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Originally Posted by ltc
An RSAmerica....on a drag strip.....seems so wrong on so many levels.......