whats the stock 1/4 mile time?

 

¼ Mile Times for 3rd Gens
I took my bone stock ‘94 touring model to the drags last night for the first time. I have Dunlop D40-M2 tires, stock size. It was 60 degrees out, and my best run was 13.49 @ 102.12mph. After it heated up and I was making pass after pass, it slowed to 13.80’s at 100-101mph. My best 60 ft. time was 1.842". I was shifting at 7200rpm. Can somebody tell me if these times are normal for our cars in totally stock form? I thought it would be a tad slower. Could it be because the engine is broken in quite well now(50,000 miles)? Now at least I have a good baseline to reference to after doing modifications. Any thoughts are welcome.
Congratulations!!!! Those are very good numbers for a stock car! The reason your car is running good numbers is that A) you are making good power for a 100% stock motor as your 102 MPH indicates and B) a 1.84 60 foot time is very, very good for street tires!!! Specially considering this is the first time you have taken the car out there! Now you need to start modifying!!!
As far as I know I have the best ET ever in a stock 3rd gen at 13.36 at 105 mph. The majority of people are running 13.7 to 14.2. Unless you’re an extremely good driver you’re not going to hit 12’s by simply adding tires. 13.49" et in bone stock ‘94 touring, and proud of it.
The biggest factor will be driver by a long shot. From what I have seen myself or Brooks, now that he has a lot of practice could probably beat cars with your level of mods in a stock car. It seems to make up to a half second or more in the times I see. If your asking what could an optimal driver with your car run, i.e.: what is your car actually capable of I would take an educated guess and say a mid to lower 12. Maybe 12.3 or so. If your going for your first drag race I think you’ll hit upper 12’s to lower 13’s. Either the room just got smaller or my head got bigger. Hmmmm.


from: http://www.robrobinette.com/notes.ht...r%203rd%20Gens

 

There is *absolutely, positively* no way in hell that a stock FD on street tires will ever run a 12. Ever. You can quote me on that.

Around 14 flat at 100 mph is what I've seen, with high 13s certainly capable, all dependent on how you get off the line. 60 foot times are crucial.

The FD Rx7 isn't a damn drag car anyway. After dragging my FD maybe 50 times (all at the same substandard track unfortunately) I had more fun in my one road course event (motorsports ranch w/the dfw rx7 club ) then all those drag events combined.