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Thread: Finally a 9 second 4 banger

  1. 06-01-2019, 12:49 AM #1
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    Finally a 9 second 4 banger

    Finally got my Capri in the 9’s tonight.

    video - https://youtu.be/TA8campdiiY

    im beyond thrilled, went 9.93 then backed it up with a 9.97
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    Congrats again!! Thats more than well deserved!!
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    Awesome!


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    That's awesome!
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    We all knew you’d get there - but congrats on one heck of an accomplishment.
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    Congrats and it's awesome because half a mod motor
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  7. 06-01-2019, 11:55 AM #7
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    Congratulations. Now what?
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  8. 06-01-2019, 01:22 PM #8
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    Thanks All!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ares View Post
    Congrats and it's awesome because half a mod motor
    i still sympathize with mod motor guys as small displacement, lol

    Quote Originally Posted by TooFast98Cobra View Post
    Congratulations. Now what?
    thats a big question, what do you do when you already exceeded what you thought you could do, then did what you didn’t think you could too?

    short term, slow it down to race 10.50 index stuff in the heat. Going to need a safety upgrade that I never really planned to do to this car.
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  9. 06-01-2019, 01:31 PM #9
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    It was great to be there for it - happy for you Bob !
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    Quote Originally Posted by roush08 View Post
    It was great to be there for it - happy for you Bob !
    thanks! Was a good time for sure
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    Good answer.
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    Just saw you went 9.87 on Facebook. Hauling ass Bob.
    How much power is this car making?


    Just a little 500 whp V6
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    Congrats on another new best. Im glad i was there for that one. Great job in the stick shift class too.
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    Went to King of Street event tonight, bumped into a new best and ended up runner up.

    its been a good weekend
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  16. 06-02-2019, 08:38 AM #16
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    Look at you strikin a pose.
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    Killer stuff right there.
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  18. 06-02-2019, 05:04 PM #18
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    Congrats Bob. You made it look easy.
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    From a 4-cylinder Mercury of all things! That’s incredible persistence and continuous improvements. Well done sir!
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    That hair reduction mod is working great to shave those couple extra tenths off!

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