I was doing some "spring cleaning" today and I found a stack of about 11 Time Slips (1/4 Mile) that were over 10 years old...
Until about 7 years ago, those of us on Long Island had a great 1/4 mile + drag strip in West Hampton that was open 7 days a week during the summer, 12hrs a day (If I remember correctly)...
Entry was about $10 a car for drivers, $5 for spectators, and rules were INCREDIBLY LAX. I ran my first car there at 16 years old, having only a Class CDJ (Juniors Drivers License) with no Helmet, roll cage, or any other safety precautions.
That being said, having "Long Island Motorsports Park" less than a 25 minute drive from my house, I considered myself extremely lucky, and took every one of my cars there on numerous occasions, and used the track to tune the cars and really get them pumping the most power possible...
So anyway, I figured I'd post the slips I found and talk about past cars I've taken down the track..
I'd encourage anyone else (I'm assuming many of you) to post some past cars, along with the slips, a mod list, and maybe even share some funny or crazy drag strip moments...
I guess I'll go first....
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1) CAR: 1991 Honda Accord EX
ENGINE: JDM H22A 2.2L DOHC VTEC approx 220HP @ 8000 RPMS
MODS: INTAKE, GREDDY EXHAUST
TIRES: CRAP
BEST TIME: 14.9 @ 92MPH
2) CAR: 1991 CRX Si
ENGINE: JDM B16A 1.6L DOHC VTEC
MODS: INTAKE, 4-1 HEADER, MSD IGNITION, 150 DRY SHOT NOS BRAND
TIRES: FALKEN AZENIS ( FORGET WHICH)
BEST TIME: (NO NOS) 13.8 @ 105
**With NOS I expect it to have easily been in the 12's as it was pushing
about 330HP in a car that weighed 1800lbs including driver and a 1/2 tank
of gas...
3) CAR: 2003 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION VIII (8,000 miles)
ENGINE: 2.0L Inline 4cyl. w/ Twin Scroll "Big 16G Turbo" @ 19psi (tapered
to 14psi stock)
MODS: ACT STAGE II DISC CLUTCH, HKS 2.75" DOWN PIPE, TIAL Recircul-
ting BOV, Greddy Profec B Spec II Boost Controller holding approx 21psi.
BEST TIME: 13.321 @ 103.64 (1.899 60 ft time) **Ran EXTREMELY
CONSISTENTLY (See Photos) 13.3XX almost every time, 13.4 x's 2, 13.5 x's
and WORST RUN OF 12 RUNS WAS 13.5 @ 104.63
In pics of the slips, my car is #44 and my best friends car is #52
CAR: 2004 SUBARU WRX STi (6,000+ miles)
MODS: axle back 3" SLP Exhaust and the same Electric Boost Cont. as I did.
it seems he may have been the better driver with slightly better 60 ft times,
His ET's and traps were much worse than we expected running a best
time of 13.46 @ under 105 ampjnd under
100MPH traps.
**AS i said this was a base run...The EVO eventually got equipped with a 10.5 Hotside, HKS Camshafts 272* Intake / 268* Exhaust, a 3" Test-pipe welded to a 3" QTP or " Quicktime Performance Electronic Exhaust Dump", Suspension, An Injen FMIC with a much more efficient flow rate and hard i/c piping... I took it down the 1/4 @ Englishtown and ran a 12.5 @ 109mph before my shift linkage decided to come lose at the end of the track, but est. I could've gotten a low 12 sec pas out of her...(Pic of silver EVO VIII is mine at "E-Town")
Anyway after 11 years the slips were a tad faded so i did my best to make them legible...
And If you have old slips, track stories, 1/4 mile beasts, let's get a thread goin...Looking forward to the times....