Went back to the track tonight to try to get another pass or two in.
Very first pass of the night (pay not attention to the dragster next to me):
Very anemic 1.59 60'.
Car went perfectly straight. No drama as you can see.
Let the car cool off and went back and tried it again. I knew I could get the car to leave harder.
On this pass, the car went a 1.47 60', and then the car spun at the top of 1st and got a little out of shape. Had to lift a little.
Below is the result.
Crap! If I could have stayed in it and kept it in the groove, that should have been a 9.80 or better. Oh well. After that, enough people started asking questions about the car that I figured it was time to go before I wore out my welcome.
Car still has factory suspension, factory transmission and factory halfshafts.
This car is an absolute blast to drive. I've honestly never had so much fun driving a car.
It's amazing the reaction you get from people when you pull off some passes like that in a Viper. After that 9 second pass, people kept coming up and asking me if it was true that I drove the car there. I said, "Of course, and I'm going to drive it back home, too." Trailered race cars parked on both sides of me were running mid to high 10's. They couldn't believe that a street driven, pump gas car could run like this.
Thanks again to Underground Racing for building such a bad ass car.
A few more passes and it should be quite a bit deeper in the 9's.