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Old May 14, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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Let me preface by saying sorry for the ignorant question. What is the proper/perfect way of running the 1/4 mile in a stock c5 Z06? What I mean by that is: 1. What rpm to launch? 2. What RPM to shift at?

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Check out this website...everything you need to know and then some...

http://www.rangeracceleration.com/index.html
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Come out to Moroso Saturday for the Horsepower Sales Corvette Challenge and you can get all the pointers you can handle and get to practice those newly learned techniques!!
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To expand on Novacain's post, here's a good read out of Corvette Fever Magazine. Read all three parts and you'll get the jist of it.

Part I
http://www.corvettefever.com/techart...z06/index.html

Part II
http://www.corvettefever.com/techart...pt2/index.html

Part III
http://www.corvettefever.com/techart...ion/index.html

Hope this helps!
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Great info. Thanks everyone for their help!
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