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Old Aug 31, 2002 | 10:09 PM
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Since I have zero time for anything anymore I sent my brother in my car to the track today. Well, he pulled a 12.64 but a 116.587 MPH :eek: :eek: :eek: in 95F. So my mods gave me !5.2 MPH (in 102F track temps) He had horrible 60's and kept bouncing off of the rev limiter(the videos illustrate this perfectly, lol) He got rubber in all 4 gears on one vid.

I know my car has 11's in it. He didn't get a chance to spray it, either . There was a Viper RT/10 that was running 12.8x @ 112 MPH so I was happy.
Cool weather is gonna grant me LOW LOW 12s and high 11's if I'm driving and hook it up.
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Old Aug 31, 2002 | 10:25 PM
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:cheers: , I bet you can't wait to run it yourself
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Old Aug 31, 2002 | 10:27 PM
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Forget your brother...send ME! :jester
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Old Aug 31, 2002 | 10:33 PM
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Cool weather is gonna grant me LOW LOW 12s and high 11's if I'm driving and hook it up.
I think you can be deeper into the 11s than you seem to expect, assuming enough tire + good traction.
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Old Aug 31, 2002 | 10:40 PM
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So where are the vids? :)
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Old Aug 31, 2002 | 11:01 PM
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Congrats Levi! ...now bring on that video :jester
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Old Aug 31, 2002 | 11:02 PM
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I know my car has 11's in it.
I know HOW YOU FEEL..I can't wait for the fall weather :yesnod:
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Old Aug 31, 2002 | 11:33 PM
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I'd bring on the vids but they're on a camcorder and I don't have a video capture card :( :( :(
Here was the stats on the best MPH run (and E.T. run for the night at that):
Reaction: .755
60': 2.102
1/8 8.286
1/8 MPH 87.654 (Man my brother can't drive :mad )
1/4: 12.642 (he still can't drive :mad)
1/4 MPH: 116.587 (at least he wound out 3rd and 4th gear :D)

Heck, I know my car has 11's, MikieC just posted on here an 11 second run running a 113 MPH trap (btw, congrats on that run). I think it has 117-118 MPH in it N/A w/cooler weather and myself driving it. Granted my brother can drive his '00 WS6 like there's no tomorrow (he cuts 1.7 60' times in his) but he just isn't used to my car.

I'm still thrilled at the MPH. He ran a 116 flat on another run so he backed up the time. He ran 112, 114, 116 and 116.587 so at least he was getting better ;)
BTW, he sprayed it on the way home, TNT 75 shot and in third in busted sideways all over the highway and the good ole RAM held up great! (As I knew it would :D :D :D)

I've got one vid if someone wants to post it (I don't have enough webspace) w/my little digital camera. He got rubber in all three gears on this one but you can't hear the third one due to that car doing a burnout :mad
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Old Aug 31, 2002 | 11:44 PM
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Heck, I know my car has 11's, MikieC just posted on here an 11 second run running a 113 MPH trap (btw, congrats on that run).
Keep in mind that those 11 second A4 cars are benefiting from the converter's torque multiplication. ;)
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Old Sep 1, 2002 | 12:18 AM
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I'd bring on the vids but they're on a camcorder and I don't have a video capture card :( :( :(
Here was the stats on the best MPH run (and E.T. run for the night at that):
Reaction: .755
60': 2.102
1/8 8.286
1/8 MPH 87.654 (Man my brother can't drive :mad )
1/4: 12.642 (he still can't drive :mad)
1/4 MPH: 116.587 (at least he wound out 3rd and 4th gear :D)

Heck, I know my car has 11's, MikieC just posted on here an 11 second run running a 113 MPH trap (btw, congrats on that run). I think it has 117-118 MPH in it N/A w/cooler weather and myself driving it. Granted my brother can drive his '00 WS6 like there's no tomorrow (he cuts 1.7 60' times in his) but he just isn't used to my car.

I'm still thrilled at the MPH. He ran a 116 flat on another run so he backed up the time. He ran 112, 114, 116 and 116.587 so at least he was getting better ;)
BTW, he sprayed it on the way home, TNT 75 shot and in third in busted sideways all over the highway and the good ole RAM held up great! (As I knew it would :D :D :D)

I've got one vid if someone wants to post it (I don't have enough webspace) w/my little digital camera. He got rubber in all three gears on this one but you can't hear the third one due to that car doing a burnout :mad
Dude...a .755 reaction time? :eek: Tell your brother to drink some Mountain Dew or Surge before the race... :p:

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Old Sep 1, 2002 | 03:39 AM
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Default Re: New Best MPH !!! (C5Noir)

Good mph all things considered. I ran the time in my sig a couple weeks ago. I had slightly better weather, but it sounds like we both had the same problem (traction).

I'm looking for 11.9-12.0 before the track closes for the year, I'm not sure if I'll make it.

Eric
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Old Sep 1, 2002 | 04:07 AM
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:cool: :cheers:
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Old Sep 1, 2002 | 11:42 AM
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117.9 :eek: MAN that is a hella lot of power for cammed C5's. The tuners are doing their homework, eh? :D
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Old Sep 2, 2002 | 06:15 PM
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:cheers:
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Old Sep 2, 2002 | 07:16 PM
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:cool: :cool: :cheers:

(Your brother just needs a little coaching and practice)
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