So what do you do when you want to start wringing out a freshly built car before spending a lot of money for a track day (and potentially wasting time/money dealing with teething pains)? You go drag racing, of course

! I found a small drag strip about an hour north of Austin (Little River Dragway). Test and tune night last night -- I was able to get 6 or 7 runs in before it started getting crowded (and my kids started complaining) so we headed home.
- Car made for turns, not drag racing? Check!
- Never took it above 70MPH or had it at WOT (except on dyno)? Check!
- 9-year-old hard-as-a-rock street tires. Check! (no sense melting new tires since this was just for fun/testing)
- 20+ years since the last time I drag raced? Check!
I took it very easy on the first few runs, letting off well before 1/4 mile to ease in to it. I was originally going to shift at 6K (peak power is 7800) but this thing revs so fast I gave up and just wound it out almost every shift. I did notice after a few runs it started not wanting to go in to 2nd so I definitely need to bleed the clutch again. fortunately no other issues other than crappy traction even after 2nd gear burnouts. I'm so happy with how well this thing handles with no traction -- no wandering or loss of control, it just goes straight with the rear tires spinning. I thought it was going to scare the crap out of me, but after the first few runs, it was just a blast -- the only fear was at the end remembering what manual brakes feel like at speed

. I definitely need to get the rear inner fenders in -- spent all morning cleaning gravel and rubber bits out of the engine compartment.
And Randy V, I remembered your above advice each time I got in the car

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I never once had a good launch thanks to my poor launching skills and crappy tires, but it was still a lot of fun.
My best time was 11.2204 @ 134.45 MPH with a 1.8882 60-foot time. I had one other run at 11.5712 @ 135.5 MPH.
Captured some videos which I'll edit together and post in the next day or two.