[Nevin]

Well, Cordova dragway is the nearest dragstrip to me, and i decided to make the trip (80 miles or so) over last weekend and see if my car has made any improvements.

Sorry, I don't have videos up yet, but it's really not anything TOO impressive. Basically just a stock SVX. I'll see what I can do about videos though. (We also did some flyby ones which sound sweeeeeet.)

And yes, I know the SVX is not exactly a drag car, but I still like going there and just seeing if I can improve. I don't think I'm king of the streets or anything.

Anyway, I can't find last years slips but my best before was 16.1 @83.45 I THINK. It's been a while.

SO on to it, here are my new ones: I don't have a scanner, so I'll just type them.

R/T: .345
60' : 2.332
330: 6.652
1/8 : 10.249
MPH: 68.96
1000: 13.307
1/4: 15.942
MPH: 85.17

And my 2nd run...

R/T: .323
60' : 2.336
330: 6.674
1/8 : 10.268
MPH: 68.64
1000: 13.342
1/4: 15.969
MPH: 85.25


Like I said, nothing too impressive, but these are basically baseline runs. The mods on the car now are ECUtune 1v5, fender mounted intake, smallcar shiftkit, and NGK Iridium plugs (if you count that as a mod.) These runs were also done with the Rota Slipstreams and 245/40zr17 Cooper 2xs tires. This car is VERY consistant though, so it will be easy to tell if improvements actually "improved" anything. And so far, I'd say yes they have. Also of note last time I removed the spare tire and some other junk from the trunk but this time decided to keep everything in there to get a better idea of what it would actually do on the street.

So, I'm happy. I dropped 2 tenths with more weight, had a good time, and didn't break anything.

Next mod I'm doing is 4.11 gears. I think that should wake the car up quite a bit. I'm HOPING for maybe a 15.3 with the 4.11's Maybe I'm being too optomistic, but we'll just have to find out.

Anyway, as I mentioned I'm not trying to break any land speed records. This is just a nice hobby for me, and I thought I'd share with you all how I did.