which wheel lays it down
Burning Brakes
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From: Houston Texas
St. Jude Donor '08
Procharger and headers in a '99 FRC means, approx 425 - 440rwhp so you should be able to get down close to 11.0 with a perfect launch WITH GOOD TIRES.
Burning Brakes
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From: Nouvelle Ecosse
Wouldn't a surgeon with $$$ just buy a set of racing slicks and wheels.....not try to run the 1 slick that they found at the landfill.....or tire shop's recycling bin?
Burning Brakes
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From: TX
St. Jude Donor '11
I ordered two M/T drag radials and rims 17" from jegs but one tire is on backorder, I've been planning a race all summer ...next sunday- so no joke i'm putting it on the passenger side- if it breaks it breaks.
Melting Slicks
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From: Sleepy Hollow- NJ
I missed the surgeon part. That's F'n scary! I bet your just some jack a$$ kid with nothing better to do than ask stupid questions with a disrespectable comment like "Corvette Geeks".
First things first "Trench-coat Mafia", you would never pass tech at any track in the US in a Corvette with 1 slick on it.
Second, who in the heII even asks questions like that? Common sense tells anyone...ANYONE, that 1 slick on the back of a limited slip posi car is only going to cause one side to bite and twist the car in either direction, causing a dangerous situation for your dumb a$$ self....but more importantly the driver in the lane next to you.
Third, if your running FI and you are in the high 11's at 118 MPH, never mind the slicks, you need to learn how to drive your car first.
Do us all a favor....go buy a Rustang and troll one of their sites.
First things first "Trench-coat Mafia", you would never pass tech at any track in the US in a Corvette with 1 slick on it.
Second, who in the heII even asks questions like that? Common sense tells anyone...ANYONE, that 1 slick on the back of a limited slip posi car is only going to cause one side to bite and twist the car in either direction, causing a dangerous situation for your dumb a$$ self....but more importantly the driver in the lane next to you.
Third, if your running FI and you are in the high 11's at 118 MPH, never mind the slicks, you need to learn how to drive your car first.
Do us all a favor....go buy a Rustang and troll one of their sites.
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Heel & Toe
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From: dayton oh
WOW what a bunch of angry alarmists!.... Hey its a 10 year old corvette not a top fuel dragster! take it easy...
and remember I just asked a simple question about posi traction - give me a break
I drive a c-5 not a bmw
and remember I just asked a simple question about posi traction - give me a break
I drive a c-5 not a bmw
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Drifting
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From: Dayton Ohio
You may be thinking of "changing the rearend anyway", but that usually means gears...not the entire housing. Also, remember that the transmission is coupled to it, and it's not uncommon for one failure to trash both components. 
Tech Contributor
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From: Dyer, IN
In all fairness, I have been guilty of running a single slick before as well...
Safety Car
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A surgeon, huh? Well, I've got this bottle of anaesthetic that's only got enough for half an operation. Should I use it up front, to stop the screaming and squirming during the initial incisions, or in the back half, so he's still when all the delicate work gets done? I really don't want to wait for that backordered gas to come in, cause I have to get to the track. I've got this great idea for my Corvette!!
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Melting Slicks
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A surgeon, huh? Well, I've got this bottle of anaesthetic that's only got enough for half an operation. Should I use it up front, to stop the screaming and squirming during the initial incisions, or in the back half, so he's still when all the delicate work gets done? I really don't want to wait for that backordered gas to come in, cause I have to get to the track. I've got this great idea for my Corvette!!
Melting Slicks
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From: S.W. Ohio
I am in Dayton, so let me know when you go to the track. I have a digital video camera and will record the run for all interested. Myself I am not biting on this hoax, hey there went Big-Foot...
Maybe I will have my FRC buttoned up and I will make a few passes also, just not next to your set-up.
Maybe I will have my FRC buttoned up and I will make a few passes also, just not next to your set-up.
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Hi Guys -
If he ran a 11.1 @ 117, he had to be hooking off the line pretty well IMO.
I run around 12.0 @ 117mph.
Just an observation.
Eddie, if this is a true question, typically it is the drivers side output shaft that breaks first, but that may be due to a weakness on that side rather than more power being routed through one side or the other consistently.
As for the mis-matched tire scenario - as someone else said, it is moot point. It would have to be a really backwater track to allow a car pass inspection like that.
In short:
best regards -
mqqn
If he ran a 11.1 @ 117, he had to be hooking off the line pretty well IMO.
I run around 12.0 @ 117mph.
Just an observation.
Eddie, if this is a true question, typically it is the drivers side output shaft that breaks first, but that may be due to a weakness on that side rather than more power being routed through one side or the other consistently.
As for the mis-matched tire scenario - as someone else said, it is moot point. It would have to be a really backwater track to allow a car pass inspection like that.
In short:
best regards -
mqqn