[Lowell W]

Looking at these replies, it's obvious that the street tires are a huge obstacle to dragstrip performance; it appears that one of these cars with 450 +/- HP should easily run in the 11's, maybe 10's with appropriate tires and good technique. It's certainly tempting to spend a few hundred bucks for a set of drag radials, add a line-lock and a shift light and see how low I can get. My guess is that that should be worth a second or so. On the other hand, what I DON'T want to do is start down the path to turning this car into a dragster. When I get my car into the 11's, I'll be happy. Hal, I like your idea of coming out easy, then getting on it, although I still should be able to start in 2nd and save the 1-2 shift time. I was able to run the auto-X at Spring Fling in 2nd and felt the car had plenty of torque to take off without hesitating. So maybe come out easy in 2nd, then nail it is the key to the 11's. Too late now to find out, though; we have snow on the ground here in northern IL.