just curious, those of you who claimed to have run 13.7-13.8 stock, is that with the 04 model or 00-03? or does it matter? Thanks in advance

 

ya im kind of curious about that too.....those seem to be some really good times.....

 

pre 04, was it really necessary for a new thread about this?

 

they are all pre 04's.... but the conditions and everything must go right to run those numbers...

 

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Not that true.

Unless the track is cold and you can't get traction. Other than that, it can happen repeatedly if you hit that number on purpose and it wasn't just a fluke.

 

Best my boy hit with our 04 and his 04 was 13.9...that was on a muggy fall evening, so i imagine conditions could have been better and a faster time COULD have been run.

 

thanks

 

if you look in magazines for new car prices n such, they have the 04 05's running 14.2 in the quarter

 

yeah I know, Ive never seen a magazine run anything better than a 14.2 on any year, I dont know if maybe the cars arent broken in all the way or sh*tty drivers or what

 

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its because they don't launch our cars hard. they do a 3-4k rev drop

 

yeah to get those numbers you will risk breaking your differential cause you have to drop that bitch at like 6k+. At 3-4k they are just relying on torque and the S is no torque monster, would be nice tho

 

Its more than just dropping the clutch at over 6k. Launching at 3 or 4 will cause you to bog at the strip. I'm sure every magazine tried the 6k launch. Theres more skill to it than that.

You risk more damage to your diff when you launch low and bog. The only thing saving the diff when you laucnch high is the wheels breaking loose.

 

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You risk more damage to your diff when you launch low and bog. The only thing saving the diff when you laucnch high is the wheels breaking loose.</TD></TR></TABLE>

high rev launch and no wheel spin = bye bye dif

 

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How come mine isn't broken yet?

7k launch with zero wheel spin= still no broken diff.

 

Your weak clutch has been saving you.

 

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it won't be lasting long

 

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40k + miles on my rear with zero problems.

Just because people on the internet say the rear end sucks in this car, doesn't mean its true. I know a guy who launched on drag radials on a supercharged S, his axle broke before his diff did.

 

laulnching at 3 to 4 rpm will make the car bog..... i first time i ran it i reved it up to 4 and it bogged like a ****.. i still ran a 14.7 but still it sucked..... you gotta rev it up to 6k to get a good time....

 

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40k + miles on my rear with zero problems.

Just because people on the internet say the rear end sucks in this car, doesn't mean its true. I know a guy who launched on drag radials on a supercharged S, his axle broke before his diff did. </TD></TR></TABLE>

dragging and good times are based mainly on driver. if the driver knows what he is doing, his diff should not break. obviously supercharged and axles breaking go together regardless of driver

 

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I'm just pointing out that his axle blew up before his diff did. Since everyone always blames everything on the diff, like it is this piece of crap. The only people I've heard of breaking their diffs, hardly ran good times anyway. So, like you said, if the driver knows what they are doing, their diff shouldn't break.

 

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I'm just pointing out that his axle blew up before his diff did. Since everyone always blames everything on the diff, like it is this piece of crap. The only people I've heard of breaking their diffs, hardly ran good times anyway. So, like you said, if the driver knows what they are doing, their diff shouldn't break.
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totally agree with ya

 

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I'm just pointing out that his axle blew up before his diff did. Since everyone always blames everything on the diff, like it is this piece of crap. The only people I've heard of breaking their diffs, hardly ran good times anyway. So, like you said, if the driver knows what they are doing, their diff shouldn't break.
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well one person comes to mind... boosteds2k... he's on his first and only diff.. completely stock.. and he's dragging his car all the time and he's pushing well over 450rwhp..... so that right there show's how strong the diff can be...

 

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I was actually going to ask if he was on the stock diff.

Yup, he definitely proves that the diff isn't that weak.

 

The diff. is just one of the weakest points of the car. Its not glass, but it has been known to go first. Now if you compare it to the number of S owners to the ones that actually needed a new diff, its just a very small percentage. So you can say the majority of diffs have no problems.

 

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i think the problem is just people overreacting over there http://www.s2ki.com about the diff....