Recent content by Five Oh Brian

Sorry for the delay. Crazy life since buying the GT500. I don't really want to thrash the GT500, but I've found some drag tests for 2011-12 GT500's to get a rough idea. Bone stock with drag radials seems to put them in the mid-11's at about 123 mph, so it should be similar to my '14 GT to the...

I am hopeful that whoever bought my '14 GT will continue to mod it. Perhaps I can find him/her, and encourage membership here to document further improvements.

Some random pics I took in black and white, and color....

Had to sell my '16 Challenger Scat Pack, as well, to make room for the GT500. Here's a pic I took of both just before I sold the Dodge....

Pic taken when I traded my Ruby Red '14 GT for my Sterling Gray '11 GT500...

Sorry for the delay. I've posted a few below.

I've been away for a long time. First post here in nearly a year. I traded the '14 GT for a low mileage, mint condition '11 GT500 a couple weeks ago. My '14 GT was just resold a couple days ago in Tacoma, WA. Most of the mods went with the car (converter, gears, tuner, etc.). Hopefully, the...

My quickest passes (mid 11.40's to low 11.50's) have been with 20 minutes of weight reduction before going to the track. I remove the front passenger, rear seat, spare tire/jack, trunk liner, and strut tower brace. I run with 1/3 tank of gas. That 20 minute ritual drops about 200 lbs. When...

Skaarlaj explained it pretty well. The magic of a big stall converter is the "flash" in rpm's that you get as that is what maximizes the launch. A big STR (stall torque ratio) helps multiply torque on launch, as well (you don't get that with a manual trans!). My converter's STR is close to 2:1...

Thank you. I can usually post .0XX RT's, with the occasional .1XX to keep me humble. I leave on the 3rd amber light (if I'm holding 1500 rpm's against the brakes) and just before the 3rd amber light if I'm launching off idle. After 35 years of drag racing, I've only cut a perfect .000 light...

Thank you. I haven't touched the suspension on my '14 yet.

Thanks. We technically have two more race days this month, but the weather will likely be rainy and my drag radials are shot (I was cooking them hard to fight for traction due to the poor track prep Friday), so my season is done and I'm so pleased to go out on that high note with this car. I...

Yesterday was my last race day of the season and I was bound & determined to run in the 11.40's - under the threshold for a rollbar. Previous best run was an 11.51 and 11.52. Only change since those passes was a change to Royal Purple engine oil. DA was around 300' above sea level. Race...

Thanks, Terry! That's my soon-to-be son-in-law's 2008 Bullitt behind me in the staging lanes in the pic above. He has read plenty about your car and he is itchin' to supercharge his Bullitt. He's marrying my oldest daughter next year and has a wedding to get through before he can have a...

Well, I can't conclusively say that the OEM Coyote coils are any better than the aftermarket coils - either in terms of power or reliability. Time will tell in my car. With my 3V, I had 2 aftermarket coils fail in the first year. I've had the aftermarket coils in my Coyote for 1.5 years with...