Made my first 1/4 mile pass in the evo last night. I've had the car since december, so not much experience behind the wheel. Came from a 500rwhp mustang before the evo, so im not stranger to drag racing. I made a 12.664 @ 109.50 mph with a 1.8 60ft my very first time. Any critiques from more experienced evo drag racers? Anything is appreciated

 

^mods in signature.

 

What tires are you on

 

tires from previous owner are still on there. Goodyear Eagle GT 235/45/17 i believe? i'll have to double check when i get home. Tire pressure should be around 30psi

 

is your 8 tuned with 2-step? and what rpm is it set to? not bad for a first pass Gotta start somewhere!!

 

Yes it is. Its set at 5,000 rpms. I also tried to get the NLTS tuned in, but my tuner couldn't get it to work :/ but thats an issue for a different thread.

 

If you have Tephra V7 set up NLTS is very easy to work. However, learning to drive with it is another story! haha

 

And nice run btw! much better time than i made on my first run with an 8 turbo

 

Yeah NLTS would be awesome, but with a stock turbo it'll help a little bit.... with a bigger turbo thats when you start seeing a noticeable difference, Mine is set to 5500, just preference lol. Your sig doesn't show what type of clutch you're using, also if you have a short shifter, or wighted shift knob... other than that, it pretty much comes down to the driver...maybe invest like $30 into some shifter base bushings, and underhood shifter bushings, I have TWM and its a huge improvement...I also just swapped to the Redline Tranny Fluid Cocktail (2 x MT-90, 1 x MTL), and again amazing shifts...


theres my 2 cents

 

This is definitely coming next.

Also, the car is running stock clutch, stock tranny, stock block, stock head. Not an 8 turbo though, it has an evo 9 turbo. Not a huge difference, but from what i've been able to research, makes a little more horsepower.

 

This is also stuff i like to hear. Just curious as to how people are launching, if a few hundred rpms could make the difference between a 1.8 60ft or a 1.7. I've always believed for every tenth you drop a 60ft, the ET will drop 2 tenths.

 

+1 on the shifter bushings, big difference in shifting, pair that with a short shifter, and maybe a front engine mount, shifting will be smoooooth. great times man!

 

Thank you everyone for the love. I appreciate everyone's input and welcome any more or any critiques! (Polite critiques of course )

 

Not bad at all for your first pass man. My first was around your numbers as well with similar mods. I'd add some tips but it looks like the people above got it covered. Just work on launching and getting your 60' better.

One thing actually, is when you launch, make sure you are not slipping the clutch then dumping it. When you do this, you are tripping the lights- then launching like you would which really hurts your 60'. Get your clutch out as fast as possible from the line. I was doing the same thing before I had a lot of expierence, and couldn't figure out why my 60 foots sucked. I looked at a video of my car and noticed it then went instantly from a low 1.7 to a low 1.6 to high 1.5 60'.

Scott

 

Lower your tire psi. 30 is way too high. You'll get more traction and it's safer for your drivetrain.