My new drag toy. 93 lx coupe carbed LS1/th400. (pics) by JRracing

5 minute(s) of a 190 minute read

Here's a pic from the track photo vendor.

The Shootout was a roller coaster ride of events for me.
It started off with my fuel guy putting methanol in my fuel can and I could not figure out why it was running all crazy.
Got that handled and my father left two plug wires off and that took a hour to find cause they were slid on but not snapped.
Then the car ran great. I made a motor pass and it went 9.86.
The next day was true street and we did good on the drive. No issues. The first pass was 9.04@150 on the spray(.082 jet) the next was 8.97@150.
On the return road while waiting to make the third pass I was messin with the trans brake the wires to the brake shorted out against a metal plate I had them run under. The car about caught fire from the deal. It was not pretty.
This put me out of the race. And I had a 9.01 avg at that point!
I was pissed. But that's racing.

8.97 run

12-7-2013

Well my car is just sittin pretty in my garage just beggin for me to start on the winter maintenance. My work is slow so I can't afford to buy new parts yet but there is lots of cleaning and servicing I want to do. And the wiring problem on the trans break needs redone.

The upgrades I want to do are Strange front brakes and new Afco double adjustable front struts.

My goals for this year are as close to 8.50 as she will go and 155 mph plus.

12-28-2013

Well I finally got the mustang on jack stands and planning what is going to get done first. And that has come down to what is the cheapest to do right now. Being that it is only a few days after Christmas and that breaks me for a min lol.

Here is what I'm planning now! And the list has grown since last month.
1. put my motor on a front/mid plate.
2. strange front brakes. My stock sn95 calipers drag.
3. New front struts. Maybe the new double adj afco struts custom setup by Menser Motorsports.
4. fix wiring issue for trans brake and auto shifter.
5. stripped and re cote Kooks headers. They look really bad now after 4 years.
6. need a new set of 275 radial pro's.
7. possible gear change to a 3.73 from 4.10.

I think these items will help make the car safer, be consistent and look good!!
I hope to push this to 8.50 this next season.

1-17-2014

Some pics with a 15x10 Cap 5 DBL and a 28x12.5 ET street.

Strange shocks off the car and found one was bent. And the fluid leaked out around the ****.

Dig my travel limiters.

Motor is ready to come out and put mock up block in there.

Got one piece ebay head lights and smoked them.

I got new front brakes and shocks ordered and Race Craft motor plates on the way. I will post up as I make progress.
I also decided to rewire all the nitrous kit with a slick relay board from leashelectronics.com It should clean up some wiring I'm not happy with and make for a fool proof fast installation.

With snow like this on the ground, I find it easy to work on my car lol..