18 passes in my first boosted car

[12secondv6]

Yes.... the nitrous guy drove one of the most mysterious type of power adder cars out there..... it had one of those new fangled TURBO chargers!!!!

The maf on the bird crapped out for some unknown reason just a couple days before running.... I didn't have the spare $$$$ for a replacement so I snagged my buddies car.

2004 Dodge Neon SRT4
Mods:
stage 2
3 inch down pipe
No cat
Side exhaust
Continental lame @ss tires in front.

I lowered the front to 27 psi
Raised the rear to 42.

My only experience with a manual car at the track is my 2004 neon SXT.... which runs a blistering 15.7 seconds!

So here are the results:

I had serious wheel spin/ wheel hop in first gear, top of first gear, second gear.... the shifter knob popped off on three seperate runs.... if the wheel hop/ wheel spin was bad I gave up.

Run 1

60......2.434
330....6.275
1/8....9.352
mph...81.30
1000..11.951
1/4....14.185
mph...102.22

Run 2

60......2.503
330....7.019
1/8....10.336
mph...76.77
1000..13.027
1/4....15.447
mph...90.48

Run 3

60......2.386
330....6.170
1/8....9.235
mph...81.72
1000..11.841
1/4....14.086
mph...101.71

Run 4

60......3.438
330....7.208
1/8....10.268
mph...81.83
1000..12.872
1/4....15.120
mph...101.30

Run 5

60......2.367
330....6.126
1/8....9.159
mph...82.49
1000..11.742
1/4....13.967
mph...102.53

Run 6

60......2.298
330....6.068
1/8....9.133
mph...81.64
1000..11.739
1/4....13.984
mph...101.67

Run 7

60......2.339
330....6.068
1/8....9.141
mph...81.92
1000..11.730
1/4....13.967
mph...102.66

Run 8

60......2.324
330....6.539
1/8....10.912
mph...55.45
1000..14.940
1/4....18.810
mph...56.89

Run 9

60......2.317
330....6.102
1/8....9.148
mph...82.33
1000..11.737
1/4....13.961
mph...102.60

Run 10

60......2.246
330....7.401
1/8....12.760
mph...46.60
1000..17.059
1/4....20.545
mph...64.69

Run 11

60......2.271
330....6.043
1/8....9.118
mph...81.68
1000..11.729
1/4....13.988
mph...100.79

Run 12

60......2.269
330....6.052
1/8....9.130
mph...81.50
1000..11.745
1/4....13.997
mph...101.94

Run 13

60......2.257
330....7.377
1/8....12.909
mph...44.91
1000..17.444
1/4....20.851
mph...68.89

Run 14

60......2.416
330....6.213
1/8....9.311
mph...81.04
1000..11.957
1/4....14.490
mph...84.48

Run 15

60......2.279
330....6.110
1/8....9.207
mph...81.29
1000..11.825
1/4....14.304
mph...88.22

Run 16

60......2.408
330....6.408
1/8....9.381
mph...80.60
1000..12.017
1/4....14.292
mph...100.40

Run 17

60......2.339
330....6.191
1/8....9.298
mph...80.67
1000..11.929
1/4....14.186
mph...99.97


Run 18

60......2.238
330....6.043
1/8....9.121
mph...81.73
1000..11.725
1/4....13.972
mph...101.15




All in all, it was a good day.

I spoke with the owner of the car and he told me my mph was low and ET wasn't the best... I was asked if I power shifted, I said no, I am not fast enouigh for it....I was told that is key for great times in this car.

The turbo was relatively easy to figure out. 17 punds of boost.

The horrible continental tires (bought used) that are on the car is what really held me back.

I am used to drag racing a RWD car.... with some type of drag radial or slick on it..... so this was interesting.



So... the nitrous guy drove a turbo car at the track.... it took a couple rounds but I became DAMN consistent.... on a 17 psi FWD manual street tire car.

[UDLOSE98]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

gotta know what happened on that 20 sec pass.

[12secondv6]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

Anything within a 14.1 to mid 15 sec pass I was spinning/ wheel hopping.

Anything slower and the shifter knob came off in my hand and I gave up :)

[UDLOSE98]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

ahhh, I hear the removable shifter knob is a performance upgrade and weight reduction, guess you must not have used it acordingly, lol.

[12secondv6]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

He wants a T handle replacement

[UDLOSE98]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

Ah well, either way 18 passes is nice. My car spun a bearing on its first pass ever....exactly 2 weeks to the day my turbo kit is do to arrive. : (

[skorpion317]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

18 passes? that's a lot. I think the most I ever made in one day was 8.

[SilverRS96]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

haha my buddy test drove 1 of those things and had the same problem...he was kinda impressed with it but then the knob came off and he hated it after that

[vanbibber]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

from what ive read the knob coming off is pretty common on those srts.

not bad times. no lsd on 04s if i remember correctly so if so those 60s arent bad at all.

[Fbody3400]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

haha ****in SRT-4s and their shifter knobs
thats so rediculously ****ty

[12secondv6]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

Yup, seems like it is typical on SRT4's

03's had no LSD
04's and 05's have LSD.

[vanbibber]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

well then those are pretty much on par with what ive seen locally out of the srt 4 guys with lsd on street tires. :tup:

[Matt G]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

lol @ the shifter knob.. happens all the time when you try to throw a shift hard.. to fix it you need to buy a mopar or viper shifter knob

those times are pretty bad for a stage 2 w/ a turbo back..
i am running stage 0 @ 13.2

my car has a little more done to it then that car though.. direct port nitrous kit is coming in the mail :) lets see if i can blow up my SRT too lol

[12secondv6]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

Well considering I can't power shift.... and I lose boost in between shifts.... and this is the fifth time driving the car..... I think I did all right.

The owner of the car goes much quicker than my times.... oh well :)

[Camarorulz]

Re: 18 passes in my first boosted car

What kind of ETs does your friend consistently pull in it?

18...that's a LOT of passes for one night!!