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im gunnin for that record, 11.128 is my best so far...
does anyone know what settings he used?
11.03 @ 126.6 mph by Cars.com
This is on a great track (Byron Dragway) in Illinois.
Need to have a great track with great weather (below sea level DA) to get times like that.
I'm sure it can be done at a track like ATCO once temps cool off again, too hot now, at least in most of the country.
I did an 11.32 @ 126 but temps were 81 degrees and had a DA of 1670 feet, and I was starting in 2nd gear on the 8 speed auto. This was also my first time dragging the Hellcat at the dragstrip, and came on my 3rd and final run as the track closed after on older Mustang with Nos blew his engine and splattered oil all over the track.
I'm sure I can get into the 11.0's as well if I had a sea level DA and a few more passes under my belt. I went from a 11.5 very first time, to 11.4, to 11.32. I was in the staging lines next up going for an 11.2 in that warm weather, when the Mustang's engine blew.
But by the time weather cools off here enough to get below sea level DA's (probably October), I won't be completely stock anymore.
This is on a great track (Byron Dragway) in Illinois.
Need to have a great track with great weather (below sea level DA) to get times like that.
I'm sure it can be done at a track like ATCO once temps cool off again, too hot now, at least in most of the country.
I did an 11.32 @ 126 but temps were 81 degrees and had a DA of 1670 feet, and I was starting in 2nd gear on the 8 speed auto. This was also my first time dragging the Hellcat at the dragstrip, and came on my 3rd and final run as the track closed after on older Mustang with Nos blew his engine and splattered oil all over the track.
I'm sure I can get into the 11.0's as well if I had a sea level DA and a few more passes under my belt. I went from a 11.5 very first time, to 11.4, to 11.32. I was in the staging lines next up going for an 11.2 in that warm weather, when the Mustang's engine blew.
But by the time weather cools off here enough to get below sea level DA's (probably October), I won't be completely stock anymore.
Atco is a fantastic track. Track prep is fantastic. When I want to get a serious time, that's where I'll go. When I want to go somewhere closer to just romp on the car and race some people, I'll go to E-town.
And you're absolutely right about the heat and the DA. It makes such a huge difference, especially on supercharged cars, I could hardly believe it. I lost 7 mph between a 64 degree day and an 82 degree day with humidity.
Yup
I always laugh when I see people post "world's fastest" or "world's quickest" and then see they were running at ATCO or one of the other dozen or so tracks in the country known to get fast times.
It doesn't mean their car or their ability is any better than someone else who ran .2-.3 seconds and 2-3 mph slower at a different track, because more than likely that other track just doesn't have the below sea level DA's, fantastic prep, and speed lights that "may" be calibrated on the fast side.
A 11.2 at 128 at ATCO may be a slower running car than someone gets at another track who has a best of 11.4 @ 126
On my Vbox, and the tracks timing lights had my ET's and traps virtually the same, with best trap of 126.3 or something like that. 81 degrees and like 60% humidity.
A month earlier I wasn't able to go to the track but on the street did 11.6 @ 128.5 with 70 degree weather and a DA of 475 feet.
The 11.6 was clearly due to not being able to launch as hard on the street.
But I lost 2-2.5 mph when the DA went up 1,200 feet.
Point being, I think a stock Hellcat with A8 tranns, ANY stock Hellcat with the auto is capable of 11.1's @ 127+ at sea level DA on a well prepped track and capable of 11.0's @ 128 on a well prepped track with say -1000 feet DA's if the driver is capable of launching well and getting into the throttle just right to avoid too much wheel spin.
On the street low 11's 123-125mph with drag radials. Seen several people do this, very common.
Who knows, people lie about what they have and what they are doing. That's the sad part.
But Dodge and even these guys at Cars.com have gotten 11.0's
But it's safe to say anything from 11.0-11.3's are probably the best you can expect depending on your area's weather, your gas octane (91 or 93), how many miles you have on your car (a car with 1000 miles probably won't fully be broken in and do as well as a car with 5000 miles), etc.
I haven't seen a truly stock Hellcat trap 129+ on a track however. On the street on my VBox I've gotten 11.6's at 128.5 and even a 129 mph trap on a 11.7 ET. This is totally stock, down to the tires, at full 34 psi inflation, no pre burnout either, and a DA of 475 feet. I wanted to see what a TRUE street time would be, just warm tires, as delivered. I think I could of done 11.5's at 128 with a bit cooler weather and a sea level DA.
But the street is different. Their isn't any VHT or sticky stuff on the road, so there's less friction and that can allow for the car actually posting higher trap speeds, but lower ET's then, since you can't get the launch without all that sticky VHT stuff all over the launching area of a drag strip. Further, at the drag strip people often lower their rear tires pressure to 20-25 psi. Great for getting a better launch, bad for trap speeds.
Any post you read that shows a trap speed of like 130+ and they claim "stock" they are full of chit. No professional driver, skilled amateur driver, magazine tester, etc have been able to get even 129.5 mph trap speeds on a truly stock Hellcat at a drag strip (125-127 seems normal for a truly fully stock Hellcat at a drag strip). So some forum junkie who wants to inflate their ego by saying they have the "world's fastest" or "world's quickest" Hellcat times and posts trap speeds of 130+ mph and claims stock, on only 93 octane or less pump gas, disregard, they aren't telling the truth, IMHO.
I call ATCO the Glory Track. There's a few more like that around the country but seems all the street car records come from there. Makes you think someone needs to take a tape measure to that track sometimes.
I don't think Atco is a glory track or a cheap/cheating type of track. The track prep is always fantastic and the air is great in south Jersey most of the time. My best time in my car was at E-Town believe it or not. It was just more challenging to get that time because the track prep wasn't as good as Atco.
I don't think I'd go so far as to call it a cheating track either just yet its just that it seems the percentage of record setting runs happening at that track gets my attention. No doubt the super air there makes magical things happen.
Just told me I can't run at pacific raceways at NHRA event, ran an 11.16.
Impressive that it does well at the drag strip I wouldn't have expected anything less. Maybe Dodge can now start engineering a better suspension so it can dominate at a track as well.
Whats the fastest times for an M6? I have all seasons stock tires and i run 12.5 consistently at 120 mph
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