F355 1/4 mile

So I drove my 99 F355 GTS up to Great Lakes Dragaway this afternoon to meet with a customer and do some tuning on his turbo car.

He ended up getting stuck in traffic so I thought I would run my car down the track just for the hell of it.

Spun the tires a good bit but pulled off-

2.205 60ft

13.21 1/4 mile ET

109.1 1/4 mile MPH

It was about 82 deg, 2500 density altitude.

I definitely think there's more in it if I kept making runs and working on the launch, or went back in better air but I doubt I'll ever run it again. Just did it to satisfy my curiosity and I'm pleased with the results
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James- That is quick and, corrected for sea level, matches almost perfectly the Ferrari claims of 13 secs for the 1/4 mile (more likely 400 meters or 437 yards vs 440 yards).

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

nice that was my home track. with a better launch 2.0,s id think 12.90's. what was your best MPH that will give me an idea of what time it will run with a better launch. i am now a 355 owner myself

mark

 

Pretty darn fast !

 

Nice!

 

Swift time.

 

2.2 short time isn't good----You can def. get that down into the 1.9 range by messing with launch rpm's....

 

Nice numbers.

Considering that Drag Times had a 2010 Camero SS put down
1/4 Mile ET: 13.620
1/4 Mile MPH: 107.410

So that is a VERY respectable run you made, and good enough to beat a SS.

Motor Trend was able to get a SS to click off a 12.9 @ 110. But you could have done the same thing by shaving off half a second on your 60ft time, and maybe even a hair quicker reaction time. None the less VERY respectable time from a lil' ol' 3.5 liter motor.

 

Nice run, I would be darn happy to hit those times. I haven't been up to GLD in about a decade, I imagine they re-paved it by now. What were the other times you ran?

 

Cool!!

I have often been asked what she will do down the 1/4, now I have some idea of real numbers.

Any pics of her at the track?

 

minus a few more tenths for an F1

Thanks for posting -

 

You're a bad bad boy.

 

Reaction time has nothing to do with E.T.
The timer doesn't start until your front wheels move out of the staging beam.
You can actually get a faster E.T. by shallow staging and allowing the front wheels to 'get a run' at the beam, but the shallower you stage the slower the R.T. is.....
I'm sure James knows all this, he's an old drag racer too.....

 

And there you have it.

Thanks for the whack across the knuckles with a ruler.

 

I didn't mean to sound like a pr!ck, Ernie!

I just worked for a guy that raced Pro Stock for so long and I couldn't get it through his head about how reaction times worked....he always thought when he had a faster RT that he should have had a better ET than the other guy and thought the NHRA was cheating him.
Boy, would I have liked to whack him across the head with that ruler!!!!

 

Thanks guys!

 

Only made one other run. First run was 13.6 at 109.07.

 

Jay, you've got a lane

 

Thanks but unfortunately with the same track and same driver (me) our stock 2010SS shop car was a few tenths quicker. Of course it took me about 10 runs to finally break it in the 12's so I could probably do the same with the F355.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkmTbkcQRrQ

 

Great times!! It gets scary dropping the clutch at higher rpms.

 

Did "Broadway Bob" take a ride on your car?
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That's awesome James!!!! There is still life left in these babies

 

Too bad there aren't some curves at the end of the track. You'd really wipe the SS in the ss's. Congrats!

 

No worries, I got what you were sayin.







ya big bully. LOL!!!!

I still think that time is way respectable, especially from an engine that only displaces 213+/- cubic inches. That lil feller was gettin after it.