Track last night

[Dern Humpus]

First run I had TC off, left car in drive, only good launch of the night.
60': 2.23
et: 15.404
mph: 92.7

Second run was the best of the night, worse traction but I manually shifted from 1-2 with TC off
60' 2.34
et: 15.37
mph: 92.9


They got lazy on the track prep and I couldnt hook up at all, and the runs just went downhill from there. The car is a 97 base with the air resonator removed, and has 100k miles.

Also, I had my OD on all night, that shouldnt make a difference should it? I mean it never had a chance to shift into OD.

Now for my big question: This site has pointed me towards a dry kit, but always before I got my lincoln I've heard that wet is better. Another forum I frequent much more often than this told me to go with a wet kit. Now, I can get my hands on a wet NOS kit with a full bottle for around 300 bux, for a while I'll just run an 80 shot until I upgrade the rear end and get a better pump at the same time. Should I go with this or hold out for dry? Is the difference that much?

 

[Sergmark]

Thats Cool Wonder what mine would run at the track There is one near buy If I can find someone to go with me. LOL

 

[67Continental]

turning to od off will dramatically improve your times.

 

[Dern Humpus]

how will it make a difference? It never got a chance to shift into OD.

 

[MrWilson]

hmm, i should try again with my slippin trans....giggle!

speaking of which,....is there any way to do a quick bolt off removial of my mufflers or somthing that i can do while im at the track (ya know, so it atleast sounds mean)

 

[fossten]

how will it make a difference? It never got a chance to shift into OD.

From my limited understanding, the OD tries to shift to a higher gear sooner, so...

 

[67Continental]

how will it make a difference? It never got a chance to shift into OD.

it changes the shift points of the transmission. when OD is off my transmission shifts much more aggressively.

 

[scott9050]

I will have to fix mine then, when I went with the bad 1-2 accumulator piston and OD wire broken it still ran a 15.04 with mph up to 94.79 stock.

 

[Dern Humpus]

the thing is though, I shifted it manually from 1-2 and then left it in 2 and went through the traps in 2nd

 

[98LSC32V]

I was at the track the other day, I have stock 3.27 LSC gears. With the power I have, I have to shift into 3rd right before the traps at the end of the 1/4 mile which kills your time. Since I have my rev limiter set at 6600 rpm I thought I might be able to go to the end of the 1/4 mile if I held it in 2nd. So I shifted the 1-2 around 6500 and held it in 2nd and up to 6600rpm and I still hit the rev limiter before the end of the 1/4 mile. Ended up running a 14.7 at 98.4mph that run with a 2.3 60 foot.

 

[Dern Humpus]

yeah, my stock gears are 3.08s so thats where your problem comes from