Track conditions were beee-a-yoootiful Mid 60's with no wind & low humidity, nice & sunny to keep the track warm.

For those who dont know I have a bone stock 6 speed, when I say bone stock I mean still has the stock air filter. Back last year with like 3,500 miles on the car with stock tires I ran a couple 14.5's @ 96.5mph. The only change I did today was a set of 02 CL-S 17" wheels and 225/45/17 BFG G-Force drag radials.

1st pass : 22psi fronts, 45psi rears. I just wanted to get a run in to get the tires clean(the pits are gravel ). Pulled a 14.400 @ 98.45mph, with a worse 60' than my previous best 14.5.

2nd pass was the best of the day, and I have no idea how. I thought the launch sucked cuz I got a decent amount of wheelhop, but no spin. Still got about 2 hops on the 1-2shift but again, no wheelsspin. Here's the slip:

RT........... .603
60'.......... 2.287
1/8 ET..... 9.377
1/8 MPH... 80.55
1/4 ET...... 14.293
1/4 MPH.... 98.78

So, I gained 2mph & lost 2.5 tenths from some more break-in miles, cooler temps, and a SLIGHTLY better 60'.

I was hoping for a little better 60's, but I think I need some suspension work for that. I think that the ET was also helped by not having major wheelspin on the 1-2 shift.

I'll probably try again once more this year when its yet a little cooler and see if I can get my 60' in the low 2.2's. If I can do that it should run 14.1.

Also the rest of the runs were all between 14.295-14.316, so its not like I ran a string of 14.5's and the 14.2 was a fluke. MPH average from all the runs (5 total) was 98.466 and average ET was 14.303.

 

Nice times for a bone stock CL-S 6, I don't think anyone has run better stock.

 

Wow.. Great times..!

Time to update your signature...

 

Supposedly some guy drove his wife's to a 14.2 bone stock, and Allmotor ran like a 14.2 stock also. I'm just happy with the mph, cuz with some better driving/launching I hould be able to cut off a tenth or two.

 

Good times. What RPM did you launch at?

 

Didnt really watch the tach, concentrating more on the lights. Probably around 2k rpm or so and try to slip the clutch enough as to not shock the tires while still being an aggressive launch.

 

That's very impressive. Congrats on an excellent time!

 

great times joe, the 6 speed must be a beast stock

with some headers you'll def be in the 13's

 

Factory freak??

Awesome times, man. I'm jealous. I have mods and I'm running 14.5. 5AT

 

Wow 14.2 bone stock? Now that’s impressive.

Awesome work.

 

nice werk.

 

80.55 is good for an 8.9 1/8th and on your way to a 13. xx 1/4

 

very good job

 

Ain't nothing wrong with stock (that's how I roll)... Great time !!

I've got to get out to the track one of these days.

 

damn nice runs

 

very nice times. im jealous.....someone wanna trade me their 03 cl for my 01? pleasssssseeeeee

 

with a name like GreenMonster I would hope so.

 

i'm jealous! good job on the time.

 

I know and I was cautiously dreaming about somewhere close to that, but I dont know why I only gained 18.3mph in the 2nd 1/8th mile. Isnt the rule of thumb 20mph?

 

I'd almost like to re-dyno it because it put down the normal 220whp (or so). This isnt the 1st time I've been accused of having a factory freak. My mustang is probably 3 tenths faster than average for its mods done. Maybe I'm just a decent driver.

 

^^

i just think its ur skills joe, cause we all know its hard to launch/shift a 6 speed at the track

 

Well it aint hard to shift, the launching is the tricky part. Looking at the slips in more detail compared to my older times I definitely want to try again. I really want to get a low 2.2 60' and aim for something in the 14.1's. The 1/8 & 1/4 MPH is freakin awesome, so I know if I can get a little better launch it will help tremendously.

BTW I think the shorter tires helped also because it felt like the gears revved quicker and I was shifting into 4th sooner, which may be helping my mph also.

 

Very nice! I was anxious to see your results......well done my man! What was your best 60'?

-Jon

 

Nice times. But to be fair it's not a stock CLS 6. You have 225-45-17 tires which are smaller then stock size diameter. So you really changed your gearing by doing that.

 

Having an 825 revolutions per mile tire (245X45X17) mounted instead of the 819-revolutions per mile tire (stock) amounts to a gear change 0.7326% higher.

Mathematically, if the impact of having the smaller tire size for the 1/4 mile run were linear and all other things being equal (which it probably isn't), there is the implication that having the stock 819-revolutions-per-mile tire mounted (instead of the 825-revolutions-per-mile tire) would add another .10471 seconds to the ET--changing the ET to 14.39771 seconds.

 

that ET seems to make a little more sense. 14.39.

 

Ummmm, i never said bone stock tires. I plan on doing some measurements of actual tire heights installed to see the difference. I'm sure it made a difference, but who can say how much? So should I claim 14.39 so that its closer to stock tire size? How lame is that?

 

saying that is just like saying running light weight wheels shouldnt be counted when ya run, i also run a 225/45/17 and i cant even tell a differnce in the gearing, shit in the winter i was on 215/45/17 and still didnt notice

 

In my post above, I qualified my comments with the observation that the amount of ET increase were based on a conclusion linearly extrapolated from wheel revelolutions per mile. Yet, given other dynamics in the tires besides revolutions per mile (weight, balance, construction, material, etc.) we would be hard pressed to declare a "computed" ET as "THE ET." There are too many variables.

In the end, you are left with no recourse except to report the time you actually got without being able to account for every last qualifier.

The only reason I did my computation was my curiosity as to just how much a very small difference in gearing might impact a quater-mile run. I originally thought that such a small change in gearing couldn't amount to much--but it turns out that it can have a significant impact (if one can indeed feel a .10471 second difference in their pants).

I think it would be very appropriate to declare the car bone stock with the exception of 235X45X17 "racing" tires. No one would argue with that and it would still be very, very impressive.

By the way, I think jtkz13's driving ability is outstanding. I would be ecstatic with an ET anywhere near his.

 

well u get and extra 6 revs per mile, thats only 1.5 revs in the 1/4.... i cant imagine helping out by a full tenth

u can go the other way and say with a 235/45 he woulda nailed a 2.1 60' instead of a 2.2.......

 

One revolution of a tire that revolves 825 times in a mile covers 6.4 feet in one revolution (6.4 * 825 = 5280). A revolution and a half = 9.6 feet. It sounds reasonable to me that a car that is ahead by 9.6 feet might be a tenth of a second faster.

 

You could also aruge that if it was a 225/50/17 the extra sidewall would give me a better 60' and thus a better ET. Thats all just guesswork tho. I got the slip and thats all that matters. And why cant I claim bone stock with drag radials, its right there in my sig. I literally have zero mods, save for some door sill plates & a XM reciever.

 

dont forget that air freshener

 

nice times sometimes i wish my TL-S was manual

 

Great times on your stock CL. With headers and Ice box(or better yet SC) it would be a beast!!
Congratulations.

 

I may get a CAI in the future, but definitely not headers or SC. Its just my semi-fast daily driver that I want to be reliable & efficient. It being fast is just a bonus. I think that the power level is more than adequate, I'm going to work on suspension & looks more than powertrain. I just wanted to see what it would run if I didnt have to worry about wheelspin.

 

^^^ Very good report.

 

are the BFG drag radials tires?

 

Yes they are. Go to tirerack for more info, or bfgoodrichtires.com. I got some pics in the sanctioned racing forum.

 

Headers are certainly reliable and efficient .. and make the ride twice as fun. you wouldn't regret them as long as you did them .. just go Comptech