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My '14 Mustang Glass Roof GT has been a rock star at the track meeting and exceeding my expectations. 11.50's @ 119 in the 1/4 and on the verge of needing a rollbar to meet NHRA rules. It's been my daily driver since buying it new 37 months ago. I can't see myself daily driving a car with a...

My daily driver is a '14 GT Automatic, but it's also my weekend warrior for drag racing. I've been drag racing for 32 years, and learned that putting together the right combination of parts is much more effective than simply throwing away money on every bolt on available. My goal with this car...

Just installed a set of '10 GT500 forged 19x9.5" wheels on my '14 GT. I bought them earlier this year, but they were used with some chips in the finish (got a screamin' deal on them, though). Just had them refinished in a lighter silver and clearcoated. I found a set of pony center caps (instead...

Looking for advice. My '11 GT came from the factory with 3.73 gears, but I had 4.56's installed last week to get my launches sorted out. With the 3.73's and drag radials (26" tall earlier this year, and 28" tall later), the car would bog on launch unless I launched off idle. Felt like it was...

My '11 5.0L currently has 3.73 gears & and an SCT tune. I'm running 28" tall drag radials that dead-hook, but I think the car needs more gear to launch harder. I trap in the 115-117 mph range depending on weather, and 4th gear redlines at about 122 mph, so I have a little cushion. If I add...

My '11 5.0L has a horrible problem at launch that I can't figure out, so I'm hoping that someone here can help make sense of it for me and point me in the right direction. I've owned many stick shift cars over the years and have been drag racing successfully for 30 years, yet I'm perplexed with...

I bought my '11 5.0L in Feb '11, but did not race at all last season after racing 29 years in a row in various other cars I've owned. The first day this season I could get away from work to race was last Friday, 4.27.12, at Bremerton Raceway (west of Tacoma, WA). 30% chance of rain, but I was...

Well, after 4.5 years it's time to trade in my '07 GT for a new car. I love the power with the Vortech, and I've got the car dialed in perfectly for the dragstrip running high 11's, but I need a change, so... Next week, I have a new 2011 Mustang GT arriving at our dealership from the factory...

After running one single pass in the 11's earlier this year (11.85 @ 113.5), I took a wrong turn in my setup and proceeded to run low to mid 12's all season. Finally dialed in some issues and found my groove last Saturday at Pacific Raceways (FKA Seattle Int'l Raceway). It was a busy day at the...

After searching, reading, and searching some more, I'm still left looking for info that I hope someone can help me with. I have a Vortech V2 blower. With stock spark plugs I had plenty of spark blowout. Colder/copper FRPP 3V0 spark plugs helped immensely, but I initially ran them gapped as...

I've been drag racing way too long to make mistakes, but I guess we're all human. Thank goodness for test n tune nights to make those mistakes when it doesn't matter! Went to Bremerton Raceway last night for test n tune. Last time I was there a couple months ago I ran a best of 11.85 @ 113.5...

After running a Vortech V2 supercharger for the past two years, I realized from searching & reading these forums that I should have reduced the spark plug gap. I run FRPP 3V0 copper plugs (1 heat range colder than stock). My tune is for 14 degrees of timing at WOT (non-cooled blower won't...

Went out to Pacific Raceways a couple weeks ago for opening day of test n tune in the 1/4 mile. This track used to be known as Seattle Int'l Raceway and it has great track prep. Plus, it's just 150 feet above sea level. Only got three runs as we kept getting rain delays, so I'm surprised...

It was our local track's opening day yesterday (Pacific Raceways near Seattle, WA), so I bolted on the drag radials, pulled non-essentials out of my '07 GT (spare, jack, rear seat, etc.) and braved a bit of light rain with hopes of a personal best run. Took my handheld tuner so I could play...

This seems like a very tech-savvy crowd here, so thought I would share the progression of my 07 GT automatic coupe after various mods, and how those mods helped at the drag strip.... I never ran my car at the track bone stock, but most 05-09 GT automatic coupes tend to average 13.9's @ 99 mph...