my festiva's first 1/4 mile run

[JG-103]

Hey all, I drive a stock 1991 1.3L carbed WA Ford Festiva and went down to the drags on wednesday and did five runs as followed:

elapsed time: 19.180
Terminal speed: 67.87 mph

http://tinyurl.com/zq9k6

for camera phone footage of the drag
(warning: you might want to turn down your volume first)
Funny as though!!!


elapsed time: 19.184
terminal speed: 68.91 mph

Next were Pro Tree runs (where all the oranges flash at once instead of the gap between each)

elapsed time: 19.234
Terminal speed: 68.91 mph

elapsed time: 19.247
Terminal speed: 67.97mph


and my best run:

elapsed time: 19.098
Terminal speed: 69.33mph

I didnt take out the back seats or anything and as i said, its a fully stock 1991 WA model Ford Festiva.

Are they good times?

[festivaWES]

almost into the 18's.....

I have the B6 swapped into my car with the original B3 ecu, and walked on a 87 supra n/t in third gear.....dragtimes.com listed one at 16.7 in the 1/4 mile.

Great times though i always wanted to know what a stocker ran.

[skeeters_keeper]

91 carbd :?:

i'm thinking FI, for one 91's only came w/ FI as far as i know and those times would never hapen with a carbd moddel


good times for a stocker tho!!

[mattswabb]

91 carbd :?:

i'm thinking FI, for one 91's only came w/ FI as far as i know and those times would never hapen with a carbd moddel


good times for a stocker tho!!

He's from down under.

[skeeters_keeper]

OIC, i looked to see if he was from over-seas but didn't say...

for a carbd car that still seems real good to me; i thought a stock FI ran 19-20, and the carbds usually run a bit less...

[JG-103]

Hey all, I am from Australia and my festy is definately carbed.

[Damkid]

with my festy i ran 18.7 secs at the track with the b3 fuel inj.

[JG-103]

Im getting a well needed wheel alignment tomorrow and two new tires for the back wheels because i was running on a 20psi back tire last wed because of a nail- which was also fairly bald. Hoping to do high 18's tomorrow night.

last wed, i was running 33psi in the front and back left, and 20psi on the back right.

Was reading through some of the posts and yous are running on 18-22psi
I take it thats optimum tire pressure????

[JG-103]

Tonight i did a 18.920, with a 3rd quickest reaction time of the night of 0.009 seconds which won me $50.

Elapsed Time: 18.920 sec
Terminal Speed: 69.71 mph or 112.18 kph
Reaction Time: 0.009 sec
60': 2.807 sec
330': 7.721 sec
660': 11.962 sec
660' speed: 57.30 mph or 92.22 kph
1000': 15.704 sec

Track conditions
Ambient temp: 58.8F or 14.9C
Absolute pressure: 1013.3hPa (station elevation 28.2m)
Corrected pressure: 1016.7hPa1013
Relative humidity: 57%
Dew point: 43.6F or 6.5C
Density altitude: 83.4ft or
Wind: W at 17 knots (track runs from north to east)
Track temp: 69.3F or 20.7C

Running on 30 psi tires
last week i ran on 20 psi and it was crap

[superduder]

gone

[TheresGabe]

Carbed?

I NEVER ran over 19.5 seconds in my completely stock '88 Festiva L's. I ran them MANY times, and had a best of 18.4 completely stock. No back seat out (actually if I'm not mistaken I had a huge box with 2 12" subs), stock tires, stock rims, stock everything. And I have a higher elevation track...

[JG-103]

I had half a tank of fuel, took out the spare tire, jack and custom parcel shelf with speakers and cleaned out the car completely.


Would take out the back seats if i knew how too.

Mines completely stock too, nothing done to it at all, not even a cold air intake.

Iv never done over 19.5 either, i generally get 19.050 - 19.200, but last night i was taken it just over the red line, where as normally i would take it to red line then shift.

Also worked out what revs to have it on to prevent wheel spin and get a good launch which is 1500 rpm (for me anyways)

I would post the time slips on here but i don't know how

[superduder]

gone

[88FestivaLX]

I need to get mone to the track....It should be interesting......although the last pass I made in my Mustang was a 12.5 I think the Festiva will still be fun, ha