So my buddy and I went down to Island Dragway in Great Meadows, NJ today for what we thought was going to be just a regular test and tune day. We were wrong. They were running an event with tons of race cars. I got only two runs.
After icing the car down for a good 2+ hours in the staging lanes and getting restless, I decided to hook up the Predator. I went through all the settings just out of sheer boredom and then thought to myself, "what the hell," and advanced the timing in the mid range and top end by 1.5 degrees. I figured since it was a cool day (low 60's with not much humidity) and I was icing the thing down good, an extra 1 1/2 degrees over what the timing is in the performance CAI tune might be good for a couple more horsepower.
By the time it was our turn to run, my engine's water temperature was under 100 degrees. As I approached the tree, it crept up to 150. I thought this was going to be my only pass, so I just left off idle and eased into the throttle off the line for fear of boiling the 245 all seasons. The 0-60 time on this pass according to the EVIC was a 4.16. When I got the slip it was a 12.623 @ 111.25. I was pretty happy.
For the second run, I put the ice back on the intake manifold but I only had about 10 minutes to cool it down. By the time I was at the line, the water temps were in the 175-185 range. This time I came out just a little bit harder and this resulted in a 4.14 0-60 on the EVIC. I thought this would probably be another 12.6x, but surprise surprise, it was a 12.562 @ 113.47! I read on one of these forums that if your engine's water temp is TOO low, you'll lose power. I forget who said that, but from the looks of it, they were definitely right.
After I ran the 12.56, a bunch of guys came over to me asking if I had a supercharger. Haha. I told them it was stock. And this one dude was saying there's no way, that I must have at least a computer chip?!? I was like WTF?!? So I confessed that all I had was a measly tune and I showed him the Predator. Sorry guys, but I'm a bit old skool and in my book this car is still stock. It turns out that all those guys were friends with a dude who had a supercharged Mach 1 and I had just beaten him by 4 thousandths of a second.
That's probably why they thought I had a supercharger. Haha. He ran 12.566 @ 115.09 to my 12.562 @ 113.47.
So... how many of you still don't think I'll run at least an 11.999 after I put in the Airhammer CAI, JBA 3" exhaust, high flow cats, 17's with 275/40/17 BFG Drag Radials (effectively having 3.42 gears), 2800 converter, and a little street tuning for ~100 octane? At this point, I don't think it's gonna be tough at all. ****, I think JUST the drag radials will get me a 12.3!
12.562 video:
http://titsup-racing.com/video/maggie/maggie_12.56.wmv
12.562 timeslip:
http://titsup-racing.com/video/maggie/12_56_slip.jpg