hello!
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Heel & Toe
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From: Phoenix AZ
hello!
hi my name is brock and my father and i own a 77 vette. ill post pics later. but we swaped in a zz430 and i was wondering it has good acceleration but the tires wont break loose at 20mph on hard acceleration. could something be wrong with the tranny rearend or something...btw the engine only has 30miles on it. if it affects anything
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From: San Diego - Deep Within The State of CONFUSION!
Originally Posted by 7plagues
hi my name is brock and my father and i own a 77 vette. ill post pics later. but we swaped in a zz430 and i was wondering it has good acceleration but the tires wont break loose at 20mph on hard acceleration. could something be wrong with the tranny rearend or something...btw the engine only has 30miles on it. if it affects anything
- An engine not yet 'dialed in' for tune
- An engine not broken in yet
- An expectation of performance of a much lighter car
I think you need to dial in the motor, put some miles on it, and compare the performance to a car that weighs 3750 pounds!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Manalapan FL
Originally Posted by 7plagues
...but the car doesnt weight 3700+ lbs when the entire body is fiberglass. 
+ 20 gal. of gas = 155 lbs.
+ 2 passengers = 350 lbs. (unless you have a fat girlfriend...adjust accordingly).
Grand total = 4155 lbs.
D. Ocean
Miami, FLA
Last edited by 74FLCONV; Mar 22, 2005 at 09:10 PM.
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