G Tech/Track ET
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Heel & Toe
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From: Orovada NV
G Tech/Track ET
Thank all of you for your reply to my post!
The information was abundant and encouraging since I ran 14.03 ET at 108.4 Mph yesterday with a 175 pound passenger using the G Tech at an altitude of 4,300 feet with 3.08 gears(4 speed still in third gear). Now I can install the 3.90 gears and have a benchmark for the difference.
If I have done the math correctly, this run with the 3.08 will equate to approximately 12.845 at sea level without the passenger. Dream on! Back to reality, all I really want to do is is be in the mid 12s at Firebird Raceway, Boise
at 2,800 feet. We will see.
Traction is not a problem with the 3.08 but I expect it will be with the 3.90 so will run again and post the results before ordering slicks. I perfer the BFG DOT radial since my other tires are radials, but will bite the bullet and buy wheels and tubes if there is a significant advantage in ET. Suggestions please.
I only ran the G Tech once last year in my 98 Z28 ragtop at Top Gun Raceway, Fallon, NV (4,000 feet). The trap ET was 14.4 compared to 13.6 G Tech. I installed it at the last minute just before staging so am not sure it was level, hawever I talked to another driver there and he said that his was off about a second also.
O well, I will find out. I plan to be most active this year on the strip and will post comparisons for those intersted.
:smash: :)
The information was abundant and encouraging since I ran 14.03 ET at 108.4 Mph yesterday with a 175 pound passenger using the G Tech at an altitude of 4,300 feet with 3.08 gears(4 speed still in third gear). Now I can install the 3.90 gears and have a benchmark for the difference.
If I have done the math correctly, this run with the 3.08 will equate to approximately 12.845 at sea level without the passenger. Dream on! Back to reality, all I really want to do is is be in the mid 12s at Firebird Raceway, Boise
at 2,800 feet. We will see.
Traction is not a problem with the 3.08 but I expect it will be with the 3.90 so will run again and post the results before ordering slicks. I perfer the BFG DOT radial since my other tires are radials, but will bite the bullet and buy wheels and tubes if there is a significant advantage in ET. Suggestions please.
I only ran the G Tech once last year in my 98 Z28 ragtop at Top Gun Raceway, Fallon, NV (4,000 feet). The trap ET was 14.4 compared to 13.6 G Tech. I installed it at the last minute just before staging so am not sure it was level, hawever I talked to another driver there and he said that his was off about a second also.
O well, I will find out. I plan to be most active this year on the strip and will post comparisons for those intersted.
:smash: :)
