Supra USA drag ET record!

[FYRARMS]

Paul Efantis from Maryland, USA just ran a nasty time qualifying in TX:

2950#, stock IRS rear, TH350 trans, no nitrous...

60' 1.418

330' 3.68

1/8 5.53

MPH 133.50

1000 7.12

1/4 8.467 @ 167.28 MPH

This was on BF Goodrich DRAG RADIALS!

Paul also can be seen street-driving the car in his home town. :uh-huh:

[whatsisname]

Awesome numbers, especially on that rubber! Got any footage of the run?

[nissaner]

:burnout: awesome.... no nitrous suprises me....

[Guest nismo_trip]

Americans love the nos..

[FYRARMS]

Damned right, we love the juice. Why not go faster if possible?

No footage yet. I will post it as I get it.

[400HP]

Do you have a link or detrails of the car?

[Xeron]

a TH350 in a supra *giggles*

[ice180]

do a search on the net andy u slack bum under the guys name penty of goss car looks fat running a T51R I think and lots of NOS!!! 2 speed Auto as well...

[FYRARMS]

No vids yet. Car runs a 100mm Turbonetics unit, 272 cams, TH350 trans with transbrake, VP C16 fuel, and a factory IRS rearend.

Here's a pic:

[FYRARMS]

Another pic. Again, the car ran NO nitrous on the pass, and it was on drag radials.

[ice180]

looks awesome can't wait to see the vids. Friend is currently rebuilding his with big single turbo previously had twin TD06's should be a weapon... Starting to get a bit cheaper here.

[FYRARMS]

Originally posted by Xeron

a TH350 in a supra *giggles*

TH400 going in mine...

[FYRARMS]

Originally posted by ice180

looks awesome can't wait to see the vids.  Friend is currently rebuilding his with big single turbo previously had twin TD06's should be a weapon...  Starting to get a bit cheaper here.

Cool! Need more fast MKIV Supras from down there! :uh-huh:

[hippy]

2 speed auto?? can someone explain to me how that works?? seems most drag racers are slack like me and have an auto

[FYRARMS]

Originally posted by hippy

2 speed auto?? can someone explain to me how that works??  seems most drag racers are slack like me and have an auto  

GM Powerglide. Been in most 1960's US cars and light trucks. Lots of drag racers use them in highly modified form. Usually found in rail dragsters...

[Xeron]

Dragsters use autos cause

A, autos change gears a hell of alot faster

B, autos are alot more constant, and constancy is the key to bracket racing

C, autos put less strain on the drive train, unlike a manual the power is built up through the drive train when they car is stalled up, no sudden surge of power from a clutch drop.

and yes, 2 speed autos are popular in drag racing. The glide is a very very strong gearbox in a built up form. Also pretty cheap.

[ice180]

much cheaper than combo of twin or triple plate clutches and custom gearboxes yes.... and then if you break one it gets expensive.

how hard is it to fit the Gm auto into the Supra?

[aybee]

Originally posted by ice180

looks awesome can't wait to see the vids.  Friend is currently rebuilding his with big single turbo previously had twin TD06's should be a weapon...  Starting to get a bit cheaper here.

are you talking about Nigel's Supra?

if so i asked him the other day what turbo he was going for and he said that he was probably gonna stick with the twins

[ice180]

yeah i was aybee thought he had bought bens big single turbo from the racepace gtr.. maybe deal fell through he already ahd the manifold. I reckon stick with the twins.

[hippy]

why 2 speed?? i thought the whole point of having gears was that u can use less power and get to the same speed ... now if u had more gears then shouldn't u be able to get to top speed even faster??