1985 Corvette Performance Specs
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From: Phila., PA burbs
I think weather conditions and altitude play a huge part in the variation of times here. As mentioned earlier in the thread it appears that the west coast may mot see a whole lot of great racing weather. Here on the east coast, while we see pretty warm weather in the summer, we get some great air in the spring and fall, not to mention Etown Raceway is at almost sea-level if I recall correctly. These are the times of year when people notch their best runs. When my L98 was bone stock down to the Gatorbacks and paper filter it ran 13.95 at 99 mph and yes it was on one of those extroadinary mine shaft air days. The car would run 14.3 or so in the heat of the summer. So if you're at higher elevations or don't see the mine shaft air that we sometimes see here I don't doubt that your L98s never see better than high 14s or so.
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From: WATERFORD CT
I thought the 85s had a much higher stall converter than later years.If true that could be worth a few tenths at least.Now I might be really going out on a limb here but I remember reading something somewhere over the years that some 85s accidently left the factory with higher compression than what they were supposed to be.And I would think that Car and driver or who ever would surely end up with one of these cars.Accidently of course.
Last edited by montie98; May 20, 2005 at 11:11 PM. Reason: Did not finish
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Originally Posted by montie98
I thought the 85s had a much higher stall converter than later years.If true that could be worth a few tenths at least.Now I might be really going out on a limb here but I remember reading something somewhere over the years that some 85s accidently left the factory with higher compression than what they were supposed to be.And I would think that Car and driver or who ever would surely end up with one of these cars.Accidently of course.
yeah, i thought the 85's had a 2000 stall, could be wrong.
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From: Boston, Dallas, Detroit, SoCal, back to Boston MA
We ran @ LACR this weekend, during a heat wave in the desert.
I ran a 14.0 @ 100mph
This translates, according to http://www.lacr.net/week.html, to 13.58 @ 103mph
Not bad seeing I've never had so much as the valve covers off, it's got 120k on the odo, and I just pulled it out of 7month storage.
My best R/T was a .006
My R/T got me a by-run in the 1st round, so I have a nice little trophy sitting on my desk now
I ran a 14.0 @ 100mph
This translates, according to http://www.lacr.net/week.html, to 13.58 @ 103mph
Not bad seeing I've never had so much as the valve covers off, it's got 120k on the odo, and I just pulled it out of 7month storage.
My best R/T was a .006
My R/T got me a by-run in the 1st round, so I have a nice little trophy sitting on my desk now
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From: Nacogdoches Tx
Here's my relatively bone stock 85's times with 136K on the clock.
60' 2.008 2.0780 2.0733 2.0882 2.1627 2.0713 2.1407
1.8 9.495 9.5213 9.4968 9.5659 9.5903 9.4749 9.5641
MPH 78.140 73.5500 73.9400 71.0900 73.6700 71.3600 72.7600
1/4 14.949 14.9542 14.9595 15.0590 15.0363 14.8939 14.9723
MPH 91.180 92.5000 92.0100 89.7300 92.1900 90.8200 92.5500
Location TX Motorplex Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley
Plugs & Wires are Fresh. Timing is at 6 degrees, 180 stat, gutted cat, LT1 mufflers, 2 cutouts after cat (last 2 runs with them capped).
60' 2.008 2.0780 2.0733 2.0882 2.1627 2.0713 2.1407
1.8 9.495 9.5213 9.4968 9.5659 9.5903 9.4749 9.5641
MPH 78.140 73.5500 73.9400 71.0900 73.6700 71.3600 72.7600
1/4 14.949 14.9542 14.9595 15.0590 15.0363 14.8939 14.9723
MPH 91.180 92.5000 92.0100 89.7300 92.1900 90.8200 92.5500
Location TX Motorplex Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley
Plugs & Wires are Fresh. Timing is at 6 degrees, 180 stat, gutted cat, LT1 mufflers, 2 cutouts after cat (last 2 runs with them capped).
