[DeTomaso] mickey thompson tires

[Will Kooiman]

My Viper did 10.20's in the 1,000ft with a live rear.

My brother's 2003 Mustang Cobra does 9.80's with a live rear.

I had a higher trap speed, but he had M/T ET street slicks.  He dumped his
clutch with no tire spinning.  I had to pop the clutch with my foot off
the gas, and then once the tires spun 2 feet, I floored it with a very
slight bog.  If I left harder, the wheels would hop - hard.

My brother had hopping problems until he switched to solid bushings.

I was sweating the whole time about breaking a u-joint.

10.20's in 1,000ft is low 12's in the 1/4.  9.80's is high 11's.

I agree about a 9" and a top loader.  I beat the crap out of my 68 Mustang
in high school.  I stripped all of the spider gears from an 8".  Both the
9" replacement and the top loader took everything I gave it.  The Chevys
weren't so lucky.





On 11/29/12 1:27 PM, "JDeRyke at aol.com" <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

>In a message dated 11/28/12 5:38:18 PM, justingreisberg at hotmail.com
>writes:
>
>> I am afraid to really do a burnout with the pantera ZF gearbox.  has
>> anyone been brave enough??
>> 
>POCA used to sponsor many drag races in the earlier years and quite a few
>owners tried it at the Phoenix Fun Rally this year. No ZF breakages;
>what's 
>more in danger is your u-joints in the halfshafts. And don't expect the
>same 
>results as in your Mustang; IRS does not react the same as a live axle to
>clutch dumps. Panteras and Corvettes have too much lost motion in the
>rear 
>suspension linkages to turn 'good' times. But you're unlikely to break
>the ZF 
>unless you try shifting too fast- that tears up synchros. FWIW- J Deryke
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