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i have been thinking about putting a pair of electric exhaust cut outs under my 97, i know a few have them, i know driller does for sure, where do i find a quality set? and do they make a huge difference on the track, remember i do have kooks headers so im sure they make more difference on an exhaust that actually breathes unlike stock i wouldnt waste my time putting them on stock exhaust. my second question is, who runs spray on their mark? the previous owner had a 175 shot on my car already, i was thinking of putting a 100 shot back in it just for track runs, i wouldnt use it often because i dont want to kill the car! i am getting the itch to go to the track soon but i know if i dont get some drag radials i will boil the tires at the track that are on the car now. i also have the cobra rotors front and rear, dlf might have to answer this can i still fit a 16 inch rim in the rear? i know i cant in the front but will the rear clear? i also think this years tax check i will invest in a new convertor too i would like to be able to launch the car harder without boiling off the tires.
 
For the cutouts, look for the QTP brand and get their programmable controller. They are not cheap, but I learned the hard way.
 
I wouldnt worry about a 100 shot it should work fine. I like my dry set up. Works every time with the tps programming. I went with a basic low buck converter and it is worth about 4 tenths at the track. These two mods imo are well worth the time and money. Best bang for the buck. I ran regular z rated street tires with good results for the first year after that the tires got hard and spun more than I would like. The tires still had tread but didn't hook good any more. I went with dr that work great at the track and on the street. The only issue I'm seeing with them is the dry rot. I bought them less than a year ago and now see small cracks at the base of the tread and side wall. With the dr you don't need to do much at all of a burn out. If you only go to the track a few times a year they may crack up before you wear them out. That's why I run them on the street now. Plus I like to spray on the street.
 
Jamie, not sure if you remember what size Mike S has on his car but it wasn't as wide as you're talking about and he had to have all kinds of adjustments done to fit his new rims on his car. It's been a while since I seen the pics and details but try to find his thread. It was right when he finally got around to installing them. They were rubbing. I can't remember if it was here or .org where he posted all the pics.
 
I think you need to run your car at the track first and then combat traction issues before you go adding NAWZ!! or a converter.

That being said, screw the giggle juice and get the damn Eaton on there!
 
A 16" x 9" rim with the correct offset (+36mm) will not fit with the relocated calipers, it'll hit the parking brake cable for sure, my 17 inch rims barely clear. Narrower rims may work, but I haven't tried them.

The picture is a 17" x 9" M179 Cobra "R" wheel with a 36mm offset and a 275/40-17 MT DR on my SC. Exactly the same on my LSC.

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LaserSVT said:
I think you need to run your car at the track first and then combat traction issues before you go adding NAWZ!! or a converter.

That being said, screw the giggle juice and get the damn Eaton on there!
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The juice is a great thing you don't use it on the launch. Pulled many 1.9 short 12.6-12.9 @ 110 all with a 245 street tire. Its hard to argue with those results.$$
 
htrdlincoln98 said:
The juice is a great thing you don't use it on the launch. Pulled many 1.9 short 12.6-12.9 @ 110 all with a 245 street tire. Its hard to argue with those results.$$
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Thats great and I know about the greatness of giggle juice but JAMIE needs to learn the car first. He says all the time how bad his traction is and how the car always lights the tires up almost uncontrollably. Somethings up, maybe its just tire choice, but he needs to fix that first. I have way more power and way more torque but don't have traction issues at all..... well not terribly bad ones anyway.
Plus hes never raced the car so really he should learn how to get it to hook and go play with it a lot before he tries to do stuff that will only enhance his traction and lack of skills (joking) problems. :)
 
Only one way to see what kind of traction issues there will be at the strip.
Gotta take it to the strip and see what it`ll do.
 
I have cleared stock 95 mustang steel wheels which are 15in and 95 mustang waffle ponys which are 16in with a cobra rear disk setup. On the 15s the sections where the 2 piece wheel was welded together will scrape the caliper at the top edge. I rounded the top of the caliper maybe 1/8 of an inch and it cleared fine. The 16in wheels cleared with no issues or modifications required. I have always used 26 inch M/T ET Streets with no tubes in them and never had too many issues hooking it up.

-Alan
 
Have to agree with Laser here.
Get your 60 ft time on track.
Get base numbers to start with then add mods.

I don't see anything wrong with the giggle juice if its done right.
If you are close to a track and want to run often ditch the juice.
If you want to run just once and a while....juice is tough to beat.

I don't know if the cutouts are worth it.... bang for the buck.
 
ford nut said:
I don't know if the cutouts are worth it.... bang for the buck.
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There are pluses and minuses with the cutouts in my opinion. I've tested mine enough to know they are worth some HP at the track. But it is less than a tenth in ET.

Worth is truly a relative value. ;)
 
well i am gonna try to get to the track in the next few weeks, i was so tempted to take it to sunshine tonight a few of my buddies went down but like i said sunshine is an 1/8 mile i want to learn the car on a full 1/4 mile the only good thing about sunshine is its very close to my house. this is my thought why i have horrible traction on the street bill, in florida, where i live, the roads are super heavy travelled everyday by millions of cars, our traffic lights on main drags are 5 minutes or longer, we have no inspections at all, there are lots of cars on the road that shouldnt be, lots of fluids leak on our roads, this makes it super slick everywhere, when it rains, you can skid on our roads like black ice in the winter. i think my car should hook decent at the track, specially with the 265-40 michelin pilots sport ps 2's i mean you can stick your finger nail into my rear tires they are so soft. on a back road in the rain i can hammer on my car and those tires grip like glue on a wet road, they just dont grip on the main roads with all the crap leaked everywhere. i will run the car before i do anything else to it for sure, because maybe i dont need to do anything who knows, i feel i do need a convertor though, i want the car to take off violently when i am in the mood to do so!
 
You should start on a 1/8th track. Need to learn how to launch the car not keep the pedal to the floor after traction is no longer an issue.
 
BAD97LSC said:
bill how mad are you gonna be when i run a faster time than you lol. never say never !
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The way your car is setup right now? :p

Not going to happen, 14.2's @ 96, if you're lucky and everything goes just right.
 
BAD97LSC said:
in florida, where i live, the roads are super heavy travelled everyday by millions of cars, our traffic lights on main drags are 5 minutes or longer, we have no inspections at all, there are lots of cars on the road that shouldnt be, lots of fluids leak on our roads, this makes it super slick everywhere, when it rains, you can skid on our roads like black ice in the winter.
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That's the truth right there! My mustang would not hook up on the streets either even if it was dry!
 
DLF said:
The way your car is setup right now? :p

Not going to happen, 14.2's @ 96, if you're lucky and everything goes just right.
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well looks i have to make a date with the track then and see. if all the money that was put into my car only produces 14.2's i think i'll be parting it out!
 
Money doesn't always translate into speed... hence the amount of ET driller got from his cut outs.... But it does all add up and you are well on your way to having a real fast mark.
 
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