I'm trying to figure out if my buddy was on the bottle or not at the track a few weekends back. He ran a 13.97 @ 97 and I ran a 14.5 @ 96. Granted he was on radials and I was on terrible street tires. As you can probably already tell I'm very new to drag racing so keep the insults at a minimum please. Thanks

 

did you spin alot? looks to me like he just hooked way better. what are the details on both cars?

 

Better traction will result in a lower mph to an extent, but not much at that level

 

Looks ok to me. I went 14.0 @ 97 on slicks in my prelude with stock internals

 

Your mph are practically the same, so assuming the cars weight is about the same, that tells me they make approx the same power. He just out drove you.

(Or sandbagged at the last second, lol)

 

MPH is an indicator of HP . . . it tells you what ET is possible within reason.

Your worse ET is due to a slower 60ft.

 

A quick rundown on each of your setups will definitely help.

 

MPH is what the car can do, ET is what the driver can do.

 

at like 2560 lbs my ek did a 13.1 @ 99 mph back in the day on drag radials. then 12.8 at 102 on slicks. bone stock k20a.

i wouldnt say hes on the bottle id say his short track was way better than yours.

 

he made 190 whp all motor, 230 on the bottle.
I made 180 whp. he has a gsr tranny, i have an ls. He had a 2.1 60' i had a 2.2

 

Seems like his tranny and driving made the difference, not spray.