Hello everyone ,
My Son and I went to the Track finally to lay down some Stock times. The only thing my R/T has is a Drop in K&N Air Filter.
I use to race years ago a 82 Firebird which ran it's best of 13.8 and my 87 Grand National which it's best was a 11.6
My 17 has a Tow Package, Sun Roof, Tech Package and a Black out package. Regular 3 rows bench 2nd row.
Pre for the Durango was a follows
1)I removed my personal stuff that had any weight to it like tool bags etc.
2)Put 91 Octane gas in just to make sure I was getting 89 as I had 1/8 tank and usually just use 89 but I put in another 1/8 in of 91 which gave me 1/4 tank about 6 or so gallons total.
3)Checked all tires and balanced them all at 36PSI.
Gave her a complete bath and wax, gotta be clean for race night.
Went to Atco Raceway park in New Jersey which it was super hot at 94 on our way down and 91 for our first run.
My first run was ok I ran a 14.8 @ 93.98 MPH. I took off at 1000 RPM's as I was busy watching my Son race for his first time in his Audi A4. We raced each other it was fun. He was a 15.6 @ 91.25 MPH. It's a Turbo 4 cylinder and it was really hot out. I told him not to get down about it as my GN ran like crap when it was this hot out.
Next Pass was better for both of us. The Durango Ran a 14.6 @ 94.97 MPH which I launched this time at 2000 RPM's.
Temp outside at this point dropped into the high 80's like 86 or 87 and from 94 it felt much better but still very humid.
I know I can pull a 14.4 or 14.5 @ 95-96MPH as I feel it had something left. My Son and I where basically heat stroked and are gonna make another few passes this fall in cooler weather. I'm gonna leave it setup the way it is and get at least 2 or 3 more factory stock factory street weight passes so I can measure my Mod's performance gains.
My truck was number 145 and my Son was 146.
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My Son and I went to the Track finally to lay down some Stock times. The only thing my R/T has is a Drop in K&N Air Filter.
I use to race years ago a 82 Firebird which ran it's best of 13.8 and my 87 Grand National which it's best was a 11.6
My 17 has a Tow Package, Sun Roof, Tech Package and a Black out package. Regular 3 rows bench 2nd row.
Pre for the Durango was a follows
1)I removed my personal stuff that had any weight to it like tool bags etc.
2)Put 91 Octane gas in just to make sure I was getting 89 as I had 1/8 tank and usually just use 89 but I put in another 1/8 in of 91 which gave me 1/4 tank about 6 or so gallons total.
3)Checked all tires and balanced them all at 36PSI.
Gave her a complete bath and wax, gotta be clean for race night.
Went to Atco Raceway park in New Jersey which it was super hot at 94 on our way down and 91 for our first run.
My first run was ok I ran a 14.8 @ 93.98 MPH. I took off at 1000 RPM's as I was busy watching my Son race for his first time in his Audi A4. We raced each other it was fun. He was a 15.6 @ 91.25 MPH. It's a Turbo 4 cylinder and it was really hot out. I told him not to get down about it as my GN ran like crap when it was this hot out.
Next Pass was better for both of us. The Durango Ran a 14.6 @ 94.97 MPH which I launched this time at 2000 RPM's.
Temp outside at this point dropped into the high 80's like 86 or 87 and from 94 it felt much better but still very humid.
I know I can pull a 14.4 or 14.5 @ 95-96MPH as I feel it had something left. My Son and I where basically heat stroked and are gonna make another few passes this fall in cooler weather. I'm gonna leave it setup the way it is and get at least 2 or 3 more factory stock factory street weight passes so I can measure my Mod's performance gains.
My truck was number 145 and my Son was 146.
