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1320 First track outing

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I took my 2021 Challenger 1320 to the track for the first time yesterday. I had so much fun running the car. Dodge really knocked it out of the park with this package.

I drove about an hour and a half to Beechbend. I averaged 24.5 mpg on the way to the track! 😂 Which was actually a problem because I wanted to have way less fuel in my car when I was doing the runs. It was full!
I changed over to my drag wheels and tires at the track. They are weld Ventura 18x6 in the front and 17x10 in the back. The only modification I had to make was to change the rear swaybar links to a shorter link. Tires are Mickey ThompsonET street 28x6x18 front and 305/45R17 rear.

Very first pass was a 12.15 at 114.5 mph against an WB hellcat challenger- Awesome! Look at my 60ft vs his! He was on stock tires. o_O
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Next pass I decided to try out the transbrake. I’ve practiced a lot at home, but once that starting line excitement hits all that went out the window. I now see why no one uses it. Way too complicated! I do want to practice more and try to figure it out. Car basically stumbles off the line and you have to nearly stop then start again.

Circled right around and straight back into the lanes and made another pass immediately. Ran the best of the day 11.88 at 114mph.
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I tried the transbrake one more time and fumbled again. After that I made 4 more passes each in the 11.9s.

Changed out my wheels and drove the car home. Picked up the family And headed to dinner.

I think the car has some 11.5s in it with more seat time. There was a 20 mph headwind and the DA was 1433. I also had the full interior down to the floor mats. The car weighed 4375 with me in it (I’m 235).


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Car looks great! Wheels and tires set it off nicely. Thanks for posting!
 


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Congrats! You picked up a lot of time from the 1st to 2nd time slip. I'm wondering if it spun on the first pass some or you didn't hit it to the floor? In good DA the 1320 will be mid 11's
 


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I've seen a couple 1320s run in the mid 11s. Nice hot rod!
 


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I will never understand why anyone would take a Hellcat to the track on stock tires:rolleyes:
 


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I will never understand why anyone would take a Hellcat to the track on stock tires:rolleyes:
I tried it the 1st time I went. It ran a 13.3 sideways and spinning the whole half mile.
 


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I tried it the 1st time I went. It ran a 13.3 sideways and spinning the whole half mile.
Hope it was a longest burnout contest:cool:
 


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Hope it was a longest burnout contest:cool:
2nd pass it poured rain at the finish line at 109?? Good thing I had stock tires on it. I couldn't find the wiper switch.
 


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I will never understand why anyone would take a Hellcat to the track on stock tires:rolleyes:
My thoughts too. I wouldn’t even take my 392 with stock tires and they were drag radials.
 


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Congrats! You picked up a lot of time from the 1st to 2nd time slip. I'm wondering if it spun on the first pass some or you didn't hit it to the floor? In good DA the 1320 will be mid 11's
All of the above is possible. I don’t think I got a good enough burnout for the brand new tires. I left off idle as well.
 


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My thoughts too. I wouldn’t even take my 392 with stock tires and they were drag radials.
My Daytona had DRs 1st outing. I have been around drag racing to long not to go prepared. I watched a guy make 20 passes in a Hellcat trying to get a 10 on stock tires. I said even if you did it (he went 11.1 best) only person that would have cared is you. DRs you would have done it 1st pass
 


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All of the above is possible. I don’t think I got a good enough burnout for the brand new tires. I left off idle as well.
You have to try different launches and see what works best for your car. I have heard some say their best time was leaving as high as possible. I have found for me leaving just above idle works fine. I think you want to make sure the driveline is at least loaded so it isn't shocked
 


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I understand not wanting to buy DR’s but wanting to try the car out. I never bought tires because I knew I would only try them once or twice and didn’t want to spend the money on wheels and tires. I also never ran the car at the track with the crap Pirelli’s because I knew it would be a waste of time and would make the Hellcat look bad.
 


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Sounds like a really, really good 1st outing! Congratulations.
 


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I really need to get my SS out to the track this summer!
 


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I really need to get my SS out to the track this summer!
Do not go without drag radials and a diff brace.
 


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Do not go without drag radials and a diff brace.
I need to get a brace.
I'm guessing I need better tires than the stock Nitto 315/40-18 DRs:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: I've heard they suck bull balls at the track:cry:
 


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I need to get a brace.
I'm guessing I need better tires than the stock Nitto 315/40-18 DRs:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: I've heard they suck bull balls at the track:cry:


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