took my SWB drag racing today.........

[haycait911]

they run 1/8 mile drags near here and I've always wondered how the car would do. took the plunge. I've NEVER drag raced ( formally) before today. my reaction times were on the long side, to say the least. $10 entrance fee and $20 to run your car, as many times as you want. you could easily do a dozen runs during the day. I only did three. once I felt I had a decent time didn't see much point in beating on my car any more. vid 1 - very nervous first race. vid 2 - good run vid 3 - little slower than number 2, they has sprayed the track and it was a little slick, I was getting some wheelspin. interesting to see how much the front end unloads under accelerastion. best time was 8.8 sec at 81 mph. 60 ft was 2 sec flat. I was easily the fastest car in the street class, but didn't have time to hang around to do the run-offs for my t-shirt. fwiw there were some very grumpy american iron drivers there. I figure I could get down to 8.5 with a little less respect for my CV's but I got what I wanted, an idea of what the junker can do.

YouTube - 001.AVI

YouTube - 003.AVI

YouTube - 007.AVI

( no launch on number 3, my cameraman-daughter was asleep at the wheel )

[James Brown]

Yeah, that's dangerous territory for one of them por-shas.

[wildcat077]

Pretty cool !

I always wondered how our cars would do in a drag race , although i probably wouldn't
attempt it myself for fear of ripping out the axles or something like that ... lol

Cheers !
Phil

[porsche930dude]

well thats cool to hear the porsche was at the top of the class. those test and tune days are cool that you can run as much as you want. I usto do that back in the day its hard on any car going over and over. something different to do once in a blue moon

[Tsunamiboy]

That is entertaining! Good for you for stepping up to the challenge I think we all wonder how our cars would do up against a lot of different cars. I'm happy just relying on the "My Porsche is cooler then your Honda" factor

[bell]

i miss going to the drag strip in my turbo omni tearing the crap out of camaros and mustangs

[oregonmon]

So was that the 66? It looked pretty quick, nice job.

[haycait911]

registered in '67. it was a ridiculous amount of fun. with the 915 my weak link is the original SWB cv joints, so I figured even a catastrophic failure wouldn't be too bad. now I just need to get a bunch of the local PCA guys out and really see what's what.