What does it take to run a 10? 500whp@DB, practice, or both? Neither?

[Goat Blower]

1. set 2 step.
2. floor accelerator and clutch pedal
3. put in 1st gear
4. 3rd yellow/green sidestep clutch pedal
5. Enjoy 1.7-1.8 60' Fts all day
6. Enjoy the ride its awesome

You forgot a couple.

7. Have your car tuned beforehand, have a spare laptop battery for track tuning.
8. Don't forget your race gas.
9. Bring extra axles.
10. Fix boost leak.
11. Put IC couplings back on, again, and again.
12. Replace blown clutch in the pits that puked on the line.
13. Pick pieces of xfer case off the starting line.
14. Apologize to the track guys for picking up your xfer case parts off the starting line.


Just a few I could think of off the top of my head. Running 12's is a piece of cake, running faster than that gets increasingly harder.

You guys wouldn't be the first ones here to brag about theoretically running 10's right off the trailer. Hell, Swifty does it every spring. :lol:

[cmspaz]

^ LOL.

[TalonFiero]

I'll run a ten before both of you fools, hahahahahahaha cough cough! ;)

I am up near 460hp levels now and I bet I will still only run 11.1s. I hate my 6 speed I am sure it also hates me. :(

Still on a single walbro on stock fuel wiring, 60K miles of straight E85 and still ticking. Take that all you dual/triple/special pump fools!

BTW, 8500rpm is the new safe rev limit for stock motor evos.

Sorry, I wanted to talk some smack too.

-Stuck in the 11s

[mlomker]

Take that all you dual/triple/special pump fools!


lol

[Murlo26]

I'll run a ten before both of you fools, hahahahahahaha cough cough! ;)

I am up near 460hp levels now and I bet I will still only run 11.1s. I hate my 6 speed I am sure it also hates me. :(

Still on a single walbro on stock fuel wiring, 60K miles of straight E85 and still ticking. Take that all you dual/triple/special pump fools!

BTW, 8500rpm is the new safe rev limit for stock motor evos.

Sorry, I wanted to talk some smack too.

-Stuck in the 11s

I will not be surprised if you beat me to 10 at all, you can drive and your setup is extremely strong, im routing for you! Go Jim :)

[turbotalon1g]

Jim is weaksauce. I'll be back in teh 11s before he gets to the 10s. lol

Pump comment is awesome.

[Murlo26]

So I spoke with Shane today, the guru of drag and evo's, when I dropped my intake off and he said something kind of funny that I think is totally true.

His words were, a good run is luck, lol. He said it has to all fall into place to get a great run.

I think its totally true, unless you are a baller driver, it will take a lucky run to get what you want. Obviously you need the power/weight ratio at a minimum, but beyond that it's luck, the launch and 1-2 shift and still hitting the others. It all has to fall into place. So like I said, i will just be happy to get my car to the strip in one piece, i will worry about times after. But i almost laughed when he said this, because it is so true.

He also said some people, like i guess this curt brown guy in DSM's, are just so awesome, they can jump in your car and drive it 1/2 second faster than you ever possibly could and that is how most of these shops like AWD motorsports run their cars, with super crazy tunes and professional drivers...

So basically, just focus on getting better and worry about you vs yourself, ignore what other people can do. Something I will try to focus on, since a 10 will not happen anytime soon as this thread indicates, lol. All along I was simply trying to say the car will be 10 capable, for a pro driver, maybe i got a little carried away.

Shane always puts stuff into perspective...man i want a car, lol.

[turbotalon1g]

You guys crack me up.

[Murlo26]

You guys crack me up.

I'm practicing to become a comdeian:woohoo1:

[scheides]

So basically, just focus on getting better and worry about you vs yourself, ignore what other people can do.


This is pretty much my motto. If I compare myself to others I just get depressed, there's always someone making more power with less mods or going faster with some POS. Focus on having fun with it, that's all that matters!