whats your 1/4 mile time?

[micrat]

just wondering who on here has taken their car on a dragstrip, and what they ran?!

reason i ask is since all the 'fast and furious' films people seem to think a 10 second car is just a diesel corsa with neons on, whereas in reality a ferrari f355 or a dodge viper sit at around the 13s!!!

i have ran 2 of my cars at santapod, the first was mostly for a laugh:

'draguar' xj6 3.2 auto stripped of most of its guts, managed a 17.2 ;D






then on a more serious note my civic, which was very prepped but still only had a 1.5 non vtec in it, so i was astonished to get a 15.9 even beat a brand new type r and a 2.0 zetec mk3 fiesta, bmw 325 and others!!! wasnt expecting it with the power, but the lack of weight and super-stiff adjustable rear shocks helped...






will be taking the rover as soon as i can floor it without something exploding!

so what have you guys got and what did you run?

[DarrenW]

I got a high 15 out of my Mk1 Golf when it was on the road. No pics of the run though...

But I did 18 runs in my Kangoo at Bug Jam last year and got a best of 22.89 ;D



Stock 1.9 N/A Diesel with 180,000 miles on the clock, and it wasn't the slowest car of the day ;D

[loudandproud205]

I'll take the Jag and Raise you.

2.2 Zafira - 16.9, York Dragway. Full fat only the seats tilted forward for extra aero dynamics

Never got the Saxo or 106 down the strip as they were always broke (hence the Zafira doing a run in the first place)

I'll be expecting the MR2 to hit around low 14s if not high 13s on semi slick track tires.

[micrat]

this is what i was hoping for from this thread, genuine quarter mile times from totally unsuitable cars legends

[Anglia68]

My best time in my old Anglia van,the grey one in the pic,fitted with a 1720 x-flow,was 14.7 at 96mph.Not too shabby if I do say so myself,certainly made a few people ask what was in it.

[MrSpeedy]

Ran a high 16 in the Vitesse . Totally standard and got caught napping at the tree.
Second run was going a lot quicker until I mashed the gearbox and got left with only 4th gear !

[Minikidx14]

About 19s at about 65mph in my riley elf 998, cooper head, exhaust ect full of camping gear and a slipping clutch.

[froggy]

i ran 13.2 at 119mph in my fully loaded saab 9000 last year at pod

[Frankenhealey]

12.91 at 121mph at SPod last year ;D

[micrat]

what engine spec is the healey?! awesome!

[harris66]

11.7 in our 1962 austin a40 ;D

in true fast n furious style hope to go 10s with a shot of nauze dawg ;D

[v8ian]

12,4,@ 110, in my old cortina

[micrat]

some good times just read the spec on that healey...oof!

11.7 in our 1962 austin a40
in true fast n furious style hope to go 10s with a shot of nauze dawg

hehe make sure you change down a gear to get some extra speed at the finish line too those films are ace! saw the vid of the a40 though, such a cool toy!!!

[akku]

I'm waiting for Andy Frost to pitch in about now, LOL.

I'll tell you what the Trans Am runs soonish, its not been to the track yet.

Slowest car I ever got a time for was 17.2 @ 72 MPH in a 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue.



Just thinking the last car I took to the track, and managed to run it, was my purple Lexus which got a best of 15.1 @ about 90 MPH.

No action shots but I still have this one, curiously.



That was all stock and with stuff in the boot and "Motorway" air in the tyres.

[griffindai]

The previous owner of my E55 AMG used to get low 13's in it. When I was selling it a potential buyer wanted some performance info & asked what's the 1/4 mile? told him just over 13 secs and he thought that was slow Been watching way too much fast & furious that bloke!!

Haven't a clue with this one? Would love to try it!!

[EmDee]

Jun 9, 2011 19:32:18 GMT froggy said:

I ran 13.2 at 119mph in my fully loaded saab 9000 last year at pod

when you say fully loaded do you mean with a LS1?

[stewartwarner]

11.53, but I take it much too seriously.

[petea]

51.1 in my old GTi6 at York raceway, Think the Nissans time will be about 3 days lol

[skinnylew]

16.7 in the AX GTi, hoping it'll be down in the low 14's with the blower strapped to it!!

[Deleted]

my van ran a 12.59@110 on 7.5 cylinders bogged badly off the line and i let off at the 1000ft as it was getting a bit smokey at the top end could have been much better if the motor held out

the piston that had ate itself