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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 06:31 PM
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1999 A4 3.15
Just put away for winter and already thinking about driving it again.
It has the wobbly balancer so that will be fixed up for sure.

Just got it so no track time yet, especially after I read up and noticed about the balancer.
These things are supposed to go around 13.0 to 13.2 @ 108 mph ish right?
If I threw a set of drag radials, 3.73 gears and a 3600 stall in it, how fast could a basically stock LS1 go? Mid to low 12s?
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A cam, even a milder one, would make a big difference with those gears. 12’s for sure.
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Originally Posted by black_89_vette
1999 A4 3.15
Just put away for winter and already thinking about driving it again.
It has the wobbly balancer so that will be fixed up for sure.

Just got it so no track time yet, especially after I read up and noticed about the balancer.
These things are supposed to go around 13.0 to 13.2 @ 108 mph ish right?
If I threw a set of drag radials, 3.73 gears and a 3600 stall in it, how fast could a basically stock LS1 go? Mid to low 12s?
Will depend on track and weather but I had a 98 Z28 with those exact mods along w cai, cat back and ran 12.5s
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