2.2 60 ft.?

11-24-2001, 02:26 AM

I'm looking into buying an S-10 for sale with a 350 (for a winter beater of course

) and it has seen quite a bit of time at the strip. From the timeslips the guy has, it had a best of 14.68ET with a 60' of 2.2 sec. Does that indicate a major traction problem or is it just me? It has a 3:73 gear and spool in the back with just cheap street tires. Thanks - Brian

11-24-2001, 08:11 AM

2.2s suck! Tires will be the first purchase. Slap a set of Drag Radials on it and those will drop into the 1.9s easy.

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Rod K.

'93 Lightning #1529 NLOC #675
13.27 @ 101.55 Au Natural
We dont need no stinkin power adder!! or do I?
'98 SVT Contour E1 #5782
'00 Suzuki Bandit S1200 10s??

11-24-2001, 11:24 AM

in theory anyway.... LAst weekend at Norwalk I ran a 2.25 60' on my nitto street tires (not drag radils) and only a 2.21 on my ET street. Maybe my ET street are dried up?

Anyway, the first thing you should consider is replacing that spool if you want to survuve the winter. the Et is so-so, but what was the MPH?

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Chuck P
1993#3951 (24k miles, mod'ed and lots of custom parts)
NLOC#138
NLOC Michigan area Regional Representative
MiLOC#10

00 Focus ZX3
99 GT conv
91 GT (race/show car- in hibernation)

11-24-2001, 07:14 PM

I was thinking the same thing on the spool. I had a brain fart and didn't pay attention to the mph. - Brian

11-26-2001, 01:26 AM

Sounds to me like you should pass on it and get a Ranger with a 351. Mid 14's are terrible for a small truck/big motor. It should easily run low-mid 13's with the 3.73's and a basically stock motor. Put a set of slicks on it and if it won't cut 60' times under 2, preferrably 1.80-1.90 and run 13.70 or faster, I'd pass on the pig.

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Randy Morrison, SGA Racing. 1987 Ford Ranger-351w. Best ET 11.000 @ 124mph. 2001 NMRA Truck/Lightning World Champion. 2000 FFW TopTruck World Champion. Sponsored by Level 10 Performance Transmissions in Hamburg, NJ. Visit them @ www.levelten.com

11-24-2001, 02:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
gasguzzler Guest Posts: n/a View this user's gallery iTrader: / %	2.2 60 ft.? I'm looking into buying an S-10 for sale with a 350 (for a winter beater of course ) and it has seen quite a bit of time at the strip. From the timeslips the guy has, it had a best of 14.68ET with a 60' of 2.2 sec. Does that indicate a major traction problem or is it just me? It has a 3:73 gear and spool in the back with just cheap street tires. Thanks - Brian

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11-24-2001, 08:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
HotRod Guest Posts: n/a View this user's gallery iTrader: / %	2.2s suck! Tires will be the first purchase. Slap a set of Drag Radials on it and those will drop into the 1.9s easy. ------------------ Rod K. '93 Lightning #1529 NLOC #675 13.27 @ 101.55 Au Natural We dont need no stinkin power adder!! or do I? '98 SVT Contour E1 #5782 '00 Suzuki Bandit S1200 10s??

11-24-2001, 11:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
lightngsvt Guest Posts: n/a View this user's gallery iTrader: / %	in theory anyway.... LAst weekend at Norwalk I ran a 2.25 60' on my nitto street tires (not drag radils) and only a 2.21 on my ET street. Maybe my ET street are dried up? Anyway, the first thing you should consider is replacing that spool if you want to survuve the winter. the Et is so-so, but what was the MPH? ------------------ Chuck P 1993#3951 (24k miles, mod'ed and lots of custom parts) NLOC#138 NLOC Michigan area Regional Representative MiLOC#10 00 Focus ZX3 99 GT conv 91 GT (race/show car- in hibernation)

11-24-2001, 07:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
gasguzzler Guest Posts: n/a View this user's gallery iTrader: / %	I was thinking the same thing on the spool. I had a brain fart and didn't pay attention to the mph. - Brian

11-26-2001, 01:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
hotrodford_87 Guest Posts: n/a View this user's gallery iTrader: / %	Sounds to me like you should pass on it and get a Ranger with a 351. Mid 14's are terrible for a small truck/big motor. It should easily run low-mid 13's with the 3.73's and a basically stock motor. Put a set of slicks on it and if it won't cut 60' times under 2, preferrably 1.80-1.90 and run 13.70 or faster, I'd pass on the pig. ------------------ Randy Morrison, SGA Racing. 1987 Ford Ranger-351w. Best ET 11.000 @ 124mph. 2001 NMRA Truck/Lightning World Champion. 2000 FFW TopTruck World Champion. Sponsored by Level 10 Performance Transmissions in Hamburg, NJ. Visit them @ www.levelten.com