First off, I'd like to say hello. I have been fallowing this forum for a couple weeks now while I tried to decide if I wanted another Mustang or Scat Pack. Well about two weeks ago I went to my local dealer and test drove a Green one they had. I instantly made up my mind. Last Saturday I picked up my Torred A8 car. I put some M/T drag radials on it and took it to my local track (Milan Dragway) today for opening day. With just over 300 miles on the car I was able to get a 11.98 pass and several 12.0's out of it. I can't wait until it gets broke in.
Very impressive ET. I'm also from southern Michigan and race at Milan dragway. I test drove a M6 scat pack yesterday and ordered an 8 speed auto. Never been in a 8 speed auto though. Take a brotha for a ride so I know what to expect since I'm local hahahah
Awesome runs. I'm ordering the DRs now. I know my car has some 11s in her I've been 12.60s on the 245s Gyears with horrible 2.0 60fts. Nice can't wait to see what she runs when broken in
Sorry for the delay getting back to you guys, I was out of the country on vacation with no internet access. I'm very happy with what the car has run so far. I do feel it has a little more in it once it breaks in a little. It only had 500 miles on it when I ran the 11.89. I have taken it to the track a couple times since than but haven't got a better et yet. I have been trying different thing to see if the car liked it.
I just recently did the muffler delete and Hellcat air box so I'm hoping to get to the track this Wednesday and see if those helped any. I have had a few people ask for pictures with the drag radials on the stock wheels so here are a couple.
Congratulations on ordering your Scat Pack. The A8 is a pretty impressive trans. I really like the muffler delete, just a little bit loader than stock. I did leave the resonators in the rear.
So I guess me and Woz are the only M6's to run at the strip... Woz has a SP and I have a SRT.
I recently ran with 17" M/T Streets (275)... My best 60' was 1.786.
15' SRT M6 (Hellcat Airbos with DRs) was in between 12.2 - 12.4 with exception of the times I completely messed up.
I think its a fact (coming from a M6 owner) that the A8 is faster than the M6 from anywhere between 2/10ths of a second to half a second.
Can we agree on that?
Everything was in track mode for those runs with traction control completely off.
My A8 ran runs of 12.17/ 12.18 /12.19 /12.23 @ 113 w/600-800 miles on car. Ran on MT 305 x 35r x 20 DRs. Had 4 slower runs with slowest of 12.40 first time out. Your M6 was pretty close to those times. With more runs/practice you will be near 12.0.
I dunno man. I cut some pretty darn good 60' times.. The only thing I could possible change is my shift points.. and maybe a good DA. Other than that, I think I hit the M6 max potential basically stock with DRs.
I was able to go 12.66 on the factory Tires with no track prep. with a 1.9 60FT My DRs should be here anyday I went with a 275 tire vs the 305. So I'm looking forward to really being able to Launch this Beeoch
Great job! Congratulations. How's your 60ft coming along? Is that your best 60? DA? Do you think there's more in it with your current setup? :thumbsup:
wow your car is moving....i wonder what mine is gonna do......these cars do feel different...i drove 3....all felt different.....you have a good one....what is your 0-60 time.....i think your doin low 3's ???
I know what you mean about them feeling different. The first one I drove seemed to run just a little bit better than mine. Not sure what my 0 - 60 times usually are, but I did find one slip in the track app. Not sure when I did this.
I LOVE reading all these details about how you guys are achieving great times at the strip- Thanks for sharing, This is a great community! About the only flaw on these cars is they can't easily be setup with wider rims/tires. The Mustang guys have us on that- I run 315 Toyos on my SVT Cobra and they hook great even with a ton of hp pushing them. --This thread has me wanting to try the M/Ts, but the last guy I talked to that owned them only got 4-5K mi out of them... Considering the expense- that's not good for a DD like mine.
I got 10K on some M/Ts on the Vette... and that includes racing ,but not doing stupid long burnouts ...... Not needed, Just clean them off and line it up
Well since I got jealous of this thread I decided to to my pearl white cloth scat to rt 66 tonight and I do have a good running scat....I ran 12.21 on all season with walking it and I mean walking it....and full traction control activated...
Another run
60'. 1.963. Walked it too much
330 5.26
1/8 7.9
Mph 91.05
1000 10.29
1/4 12.27
113.92
Ok guys I had such a blast.....I beat up on all the cars tonight...I mean all....smoked a 2015 3.73 gear 5.0 manual by 30 cars.....killed modded gto and ls1 modded camaro and ls3 camaro...only car that beat me was a amg roots pushin 17 lbs but he smoked his motor when we raced...smoke everywhere...I felt so bad for him cause he was a real mopar guy....I really pissed a lot of people off tonight cause they could not believe my car was bone stock with all season 245.....even a srt 2015 could not get better than 12.6 12.7 dead hooking with his 275 summer tires.....his mph was 111 only and he had full traction control on as well....a yellow jacket with edelbrock blower did best dead hooking 11.80-12.00.....our 1/8 mile nearly the same......all I know is my car will do 11.7 on a slick which is insane!!!!!!!
A Bit optimistic I think.....How do you figure that? I agree you were running in close to zero DA (look it up, I'm guessing on the time you actually ran) and your car was running good. But that 1.84 60 foot was about .18 from you best expected 60 foot on slicks. Maybe .200 if you have full on tubeless drag slicks on lightweight wheels. Yes you would pick up a few more hundredths during the rest of the run due to not spinning on shifts. But, I really doubt you will pick up over 1/2 second.
With Drag Radials (not slicks) my best 1/8 mile incrementals are :
1.675 60 foot
7.621 1/8th ET
91.47 MPH
1036 DA
I still get jealous when I see you guys posting these great times ran at near Zero or Negative DA. Maybe one Day I will move out there......
What does walking it mean?? What rpm are you guys launching at? Im gonna take mine probably next week to try it out, any advice is welcomed, stock car, w/stock tires
Walking means 1/8 throttle till gets moving then gradually go into full......so I launched at no rpm and no flashing converter...i did many attempts...with every variable and this way is the only way it gonna hook...I did not bother dropping tire pressure and keeping all at 37 psi..If that last run had the 60ft of my prior one posted it would of did 12.00....maybe 11......these cars are the 1/8 mile kings...mopar or no car baby!!!!
I've definitely noticed there are days with mine, even if "the air is good" from day to day pretty much, it runs different. Every time I drive it, it runs good. Some days...Damn...it's running great! I guess it could be a little bit of this and that factor going on. I'd say I'm used to driving it now, in the different modes too, and I accidentally swung the rear out making a turn in an intersection the other day. I thought I Was easing into it....from a stop sign turning left.
As expected, the A8 with 485 horsepower is going to be quicker than the A5 with 470 horsepower. Great times with both the DR (11.87) and the AS (12.21) tires!