I finally got tired of being slow at the drag strip.  For this season, my goal is get significantly faster. 

 

I started by ordering a new set of wheels to take the place of the heavy 18" Cobra R wheels.  On the rear, I'm running 275/50/15 Mickey Thompson ET Street Drag Radials on 15x8" Weld Prostar wheels.  On the front, I'll be running 15x3.5" skinny Prostars (pictures coming tonight!) with some skinny Kuhmo tires all mounted on 1" bolt-in spacers from American Muscle. When I'm not at the track, I'll be running the stock 17" Bullitt wheels on the front, since I don't feel comfortable riding around all the time on a spaced-out skinny wheel.  

 

Unfortunately, even with the big spacer, I had to lose the 13" Wilwood 6-piston brake kit, because the calipers were just too big to fit behind the 15" front Prostars.  So, I replaced them with a new 13" Bullitt brake kit with slotted and drilled rotors.  I'm having the Wilwood calipers powdercoated zinc yellow, and I'm going to put the whole Wilwood brake kit on my fiancee's stock 03 GT in a couple of weeks.  

 

Also, in order to meet NHRA/IHRA safety rules, I added a new master battery cutoff switch from Hella. 

 

For any of you that watch PINKS ALL OUT on Speedvision, keep an eye out for my car, as I'll be racing at a live taping they are holding this Saturday at Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina.  I'm not sure when it's going to air, but I'll post up when I find out.