1995 5-speed

The graph below shows the results of Tom's 24 full runs, plotted as 1/4 mile ET vs. 1/4 mile trap speed. He had a best of 14.9@94.7mph, with 17 of the runs at 15.3 or quicker. 

NE Dragway, 5-speed

Vito's Sable SHO

15.21 @ 94 mph

N₂O SHO

14.8

1st Generation SHO

Modifications: Dual 2.25" exhaust, catless, Pro-M 77mm MAF, Custom programming, underdrive pulleys, retuned intake, lightened to 3090 lbs. with driver. 

13.33 @ 111 mph

1993 Automatic

Car: 1993 Automatic 

Modifications: Poor man's ram air, 73mm MAF, SuperChips, Dynomax cat-back exhaust 

Location: Moroso, FL 

Weather: 72 degrees 
 

Reaction time	60 ft. time	330 ft. time	1/8 mile	1000 ft. time	1/4 mile
0.735	2.459	6.782	10.281 @ 70.62	13.278	15.811 @ 88.98
1.122	2.310	6.612	10.114 @ 70.53	13.114	15.652
0.598	2.388	6.649	10.100 @ 71.39	13.061	15.573 @ 89.24

 

1992 5-speed

Modifications: No performance modifications 

Date and location: May 1, 1996, Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, CO 

Elevation: 5,280 ft. above sea level 
 

Time	Temp	Humidity	1/4 mile
5:37pm	60	40%	16.901 @ 83.97
5:48pm	60	41%	17.078 @ 84.38
6:03pm	60	41%	17.440 @ 84.32
6:44pm	58	46%	17.047 @ 84.27
7:05pm	57	46%	17.000 @ 84.30

 

Ted Breaux's Car

Stopwatch timings: 0-60 in 5.96 seconds, 0-100 in 13.66 seconds

Hans Kaspersetz

15.001 sec. at 95 mph.

Frank Hynson

With the exception of replacement fluids and a great custom stereo, everything on my '94 5-speed SHO is bone stock. On the way home, I passed the 49k mark on the odometer. It wears Dunlop SP4000s with pretty good tread left after 13k miles of use. The tank carried about 11 gallons of 93 octane "no-name" fuel. 
 

	Run #1	Run #2	Run #3
Reaction time	1.1150 :-(	0.7154	0.7776
60 ft.	2.6774	2.5397	2.4167
1/8 mile	10.8038	10.1755	10.1032
1/4 mile ET	16.2802	15.6339	15.5390
1/4 mile speed	90.5616	90.8148	90.9850

 

Mike McElree

1. 17.141 @ 87.846mph, 4000prm launch, .198sec reaction 
2. 17.249 @ 87.657mph, 4000rpm launch, .132sec reaction 
3. 15.772 @ 88.828mph, 2000rpm launch!!!, .669sec reaction!!!!! 
4. 18.508 @ 86.082mph, 2000rpm launch, .324sec reaction (forgot where second gear was!!!) 

No modifications have been made to car as far as I know, since I've only owned the car for 5,000 miles. It redlines at 7800 rpm, so it seems to redline higher than car magazine tests (7200 rpm).

Brent Kanon

• Vortech Supercharger 14psi.
• C&L 73mm mass air.
• C&M Racing chip.
• Stock Y-pipe.
• Stock Exhaust.

• Temp 52º F
• Relative Humidity 72%
• Elev. 5280 +

Randy McCante

Randy McCante owns a red '97 SHO that I modified to go dragracing. Randy brought me his car and wanted a nitrous system installed so that he could go street racing back home in New Orleans. I did a bunch of things to the car including a 120hp dry manifold system and 
line locks. Randy took his car to the strip and ripped off some incredible times. 

                   RT             60ft              ET               MPH 

                  .568           2.07             13.67            102.8 
                  .602           2.09             13.69            102.1 
                  .603           2.11             13.71            101.8 
                  .606           2.10             13.76            101.6 

        The car works great. You switch the system on by flipping two switches. One for the nitrous and the tranny modification (I substitute a 10 ohm resister for the EPC circuit, this makes the tranny run at max line pressure), the other is for the computer chip. The chip has two programs, one for street and one for nitrous. On the street side, the engine management is set for max performance. With good timing and fuel maps for power and performance. The nitrous side takes a ton of timing out to keep the motor safe under fire. It also runs the motor rich and shortshifts the tranny a couple of hundred rpm. 
       The nitrous system is a NOS Dry manifold system pilled for 120hp. This much bottle requires a lot more fuel. For this, I installed a 190lph Motorsports pump in the tank. I also have the system tied into the line locks and a timer relay. After the switches are flipped, you purge the system and do your burnout. Then pull into the beams for the start, step hard on the brakes and push the button. This engages the line locks and stages the nitrous system. When the lights come down, you let off the button and the car takes off. Then about half a second later the nitrous comes in and the car makes a move that is impressive. The tranny shifts hard and positive like a performance car, not a sedan (too bad it can't do that on the street). 
      I've probably had the most experience in destroying motors on the bottle. I took that in mind when I did this car. I made sure to take enough timing out of the nitrous side of the chip, while giving the motor enough fuel. I also installed straight copper plugs (that was a bitch) because nitrous doesn't like platinum. 
       So far, Randy has run about 50lbs of nitrous thru the car and it has been flawless. It hasn't skipped a beat. I was able to drive the car while it was in my car and now have a new respect for the car. It handles like mine and is as fast as mine on the motor. We raced from Atlanta to Commerce (where the track is) and I've never had anyone eat my ass at 150mph before like Randy in his '97. That car is fast and I'll have one at some point. 

       Here's a list of mods: 

• Red '97 SHO w/3.4L V-8 
• Enki 16x8's with 225/50ZR16 BF Goodrich Comp TA's 
• Lowered suspension and FPS Grooved rotors
• Conical K&N Filtercharger bolted straight to the stock 80mm MAF
• Custom switchable SuperChips chip with two programs one for street and one for nitrous
• Borla cat-back with the post converter removed
• Motorsports 190lph in-tank pump
• 120hp NOS Dry Manifold system
• Remote bottle opener and a bottle heater 

1994 ATX

SUSPENSION: 

96 brake upgrade 
sub frame connectors 
aluminum/polyurethane bushings kit all around 
BFG 215/VR60 COMP TA'S all around 
Eibach springs 
95 Strut upgrade (HORRIBLE) 

PERFORMANCE 

weight reduction by stripping off any unnecessary parts to race 
tape headlight slits for max aerodynamics 
25 PSI/front 45 PSI/rear tires to race 
Home made RAM air, going into the can, going into a home made K&N conical setup going into a Cobra 70mm MAF, going into the stock intake... exiting into Y-pipe, Dynomax exhaust. 
Superchips Chip. 
Underdrive pulleys 
104 Octane Boost (TRACK ONLY)