My 1/4 mile times

[AlcyoneDaze]

Im considering making a drag run at Island Dragway in Mansfield before they close up for the season. My car is running fine, transmission shifts strong, so I don't see any reason not to go out and make a couple runs to get a baseline on the car before I start modifying her.
Essentially i can expect to run between 16-17 seconds in a stock SVX with the auto trans?

[NikFu S.]

Originally Posted by AlcyoneDaze

Essentially i can expect to run between 16-17 seconds in a stock SVX with the auto trans?

The SVX is a 15.4-15.6 second car. If you are running slower than that there is something wrong or you're engine is just tired/beat. I ran 15.67 without AWD. I think if I had traction I would have got right on the 15.5s.

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by AlcyoneDaze

Im considering making a drag run at Island Dragway in Mansfield before they close up for the season. My car is running fine, transmission shifts strong, so I don't see any reason not to go out and make a couple runs to get a baseline on the car before I start modifying her.
Essentially i can expect to run between 16-17 seconds in a stock SVX with the auto trans?

The very best of good sense. Those without a confirmed absolute base line can only wander in the dark.

You could also consider a timed run, here to there keeping a record of the markers used, up a known slight incline on a known piece of little used and safe road, as a truly reliable basic standard.

[JaySVX]

When my SVX was bone stock i ran in the 16's the two times i took it down the track. Now that I have a 5MT i fully expect to drop 1/2 second off my previous times. Shifting won't be a problem with a sawed off short shifter, about 2" throw from first to second. I can't wait to take it to the strip again, but I think i'm going to wait to get the stage 2 installed, and perhaps exhaust.

NikFu - The SVX was 15.4-15.6 second ¼mile off the factory line. 100+k miles later, you can't possibly expect it to hold the same times, without modification and very good maintenance.

Ricochet - 17 seems awfully high for what you have done to your car. I'd defidently pull the codes for that CEL sooner rather than later, too.

[benebob]

Originally Posted by JaySVX

NikFu - The SVX was 15.4-15.6 second ¼mile off the factory line. 100+k miles later, you can't possibly expect it to hold the same times, without modification and very good maintenance.

Actually at about 100k or so is the sweet spot for most engines. Its where it'll produce the best times as it is fully broken in.

I really don't see ours having much change when the 5 speed starts working with all the gears and a clutch that holds it. Launches are very tough to do when you don't have the weight to help keep your tires planted.

[LetItSnow]

Originally Posted by TomsSVX

...or not even bother drag racing unless you are there for fun.

I wasn't there for cash, trophies, or fame, that's for sure! I was only looking for a measure of what it'd do when driven to an old car/rare car/my only car level of drivetrain abuse. Considering the stats on the machine otherwise, I was pleased.

Ah, here's the rest:

60 ft: 2.3068
ET@594ft: 9.4548
1/8 ET: 10.0918
1/8 MPH: 70.64
1/4 ET: 15.7400
1/4 MPH: 86.52

If it's anything like my last car (2000 Legacy GT wagon), it'll probably be the only time I run it down the quarter mile. (Incidentally, the Legacy, weighing in at around 3400 lbs and being tugged by a massive stock 165hp, scored a blistering 17.2 second quarter at Maple Grove!)

[NikFu S.]

Originally Posted by JaySVX

NikFu - The SVX was 15.4-15.6 second ¼mile off the factory line. 100+k miles later, you can't possibly expect it to hold the same times, without modification and very good maintenance.

I think if the car is babied it will run fast at any mileage. I maintain to this day my SVX was faster when I bought it, before the mods and the beating I gave it. I think if I took it to the track the day I got it, it would have ran low 15s.

[TomsSVX]

Originally Posted by LetItSnow

I wasn't there for cash, trophies, or fame, that's for sure! I was only looking for a measure of what it'd do when driven to an old car/rare car/my only car level of drivetrain abuse. Considering the stats on the machine otherwise, I was pleased.

Ah, here's the rest:

60 ft: 2.3068
ET@594ft: 9.4548
1/8 ET: 10.0918
1/8 MPH: 70.64
1/4 ET: 15.7400
1/4 MPH: 86.52

If it's anything like my last car (2000 Legacy GT wagon), it'll probably be the only time I run it down the quarter mile. (Incidentally, the Legacy, weighing in at around 3400 lbs and being tugged by a massive stock 165hp, scored a blistering 17.2 second quarter at Maple Grove!)

I understand you were just out for fun which is perfectly ok in my book... Hell I used to drag race my old 88 c1500

BUT your 60' times should be closer to 2.0 or better

Tom

[NikFu S.]

I agree. Just FYI, my 60' was 2.46 on my 15.67 run, again, to note 2 years after breaking the car and it was running poorly.

[Landshark]

hey, you guys might even be able to take a minivan at the drag strip.




maybe.

[benebob]

Originally Posted by Landshark

hey, you guys might even be able to take a breeder buggie at the drag strip.




maybe.

Fixed your post!

[SVXRide]

Originally Posted by benebob

Remeber Bill 5 speeds tend to be slower in the 1/4 then an auto.

Ben,
I thought YT's 5spd had one of the faster 1/4 mile times?
-Bill

[TomsSVX]

14.53 is slow nowadays

Tom

[SVXRide]

Originally Posted by TomsSVX

14.53 is slow nowadays

Tom

so true...so true
-Bill

[benebob]

Originally Posted by SVXRide

Ben,
I thought YT's 5spd had one of the faster 1/4 mile times?
-Bill

Look at the results for 90s subies in car and driver or motortrend. The autos were faster to 60 and about even at the 1/4 with PROFESSIONAL drivers behind the wheel. Heck the real Legacy turbo auto was nearly a second faster to 60 than the 5 speed.