Going for nines tomorrow
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St. Jude Donor '09
I lowered the tires so low Friday to try to get a solid contact patch that I'm afraid it allows them to cup in the middle....resulting in a smaller patch anyway
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St. Jude Donor '09
My prediction: pass seat out with stock drivers seat.....9.71
I'm not even sure if I want to take it out to run for this week or not. There will be a lot of peeps running tht will be at the LSX/NMCA and it will look more impressive with the full interior
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St. Jude Donor '08
My seat weighs 54 lbs..I think yours is a lot lighter...take it out and see. I don't think the seat will make much difference for you so leave it in.
I think traction will give you the 9.6x with seat in.
I think traction will give you the 9.6x with seat in.
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I can assure you it won't be 0 DA. But it might be 900 or so if I'm lucky. I just bolted the new wheels with my 315s on them.. I'm much happier with the contact patch. I will live with the 17 pounds.
My prediction: pass seat out with stock drivers seat.....9.71
I'm not even sure if I want to take it out to run for this week or not. There will be a lot of peeps running tht will be at the LSX/NMCA and it will look more impressive with the full interior
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My prediction: pass seat out with stock drivers seat.....9.71
I'm not even sure if I want to take it out to run for this week or not. There will be a lot of peeps running tht will be at the LSX/NMCA and it will look more impressive with the full interior
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[/IMG]Seriously though I agree with Joe the passenger seat won't make that much of a difference, though I'd pull it just to help offset some of the weight added from wheels...any plans for a kirkey?
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A buddy of mine recently put a Kirkey seat in his C5.
It looks fantastic and actually looks like it belongs there. The fit and seat angle are perfect.
I will be putting a pair of these in my car shortly.
He used this seat: KIR-41700
And this seat cover: KIR-41711
It looks fantastic and actually looks like it belongs there. The fit and seat angle are perfect.
I will be putting a pair of these in my car shortly.
He used this seat: KIR-41700
And this seat cover: KIR-41711
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I can assure you it won't be 0 DA. But it might be 900 or so if I'm lucky. I just bolted the new wheels with my 315s on them.. I'm much happier with the contact patch. I will live with the 17 pounds.
My prediction: pass seat out with stock drivers seat.....9.71
I'm not even sure if I want to take it out to run for this week or not. There will be a lot of peeps running tht will be at the LSX/NMCA and it will look more impressive with the full interior
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My prediction: pass seat out with stock drivers seat.....9.71
I'm not even sure if I want to take it out to run for this week or not. There will be a lot of peeps running tht will be at the LSX/NMCA and it will look more impressive with the full interior
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[/IMG]1. Get rid of the chicklets
2. Remove those silly doorhandles.
3. Don't ever use center caps on drag wheels.
I have documentation that those items dropped .0001 from my ET and actually increased my to and from the track MPG by .000067.
YMMV
I'm staying tuned to hear MIR results and everything up until then too.
Kick butt Norm.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Going out tomorrow night again. The only change to the car is I put the 11" wide wheels on at a cost of 17 pounds extra rotating weight. The DA should be 1000 -1500 then so I should see some much better air than it has seen yet. For my closest CF friends what will it run????? Only better air and a lil more tuning......
BTW the tires look much better on these wheels
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BTW the tires look much better on these wheels
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St. Jude Donor '08
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St. Jude Donor '09
Man, I wish you were right but that's a solid .2 off what I just ran last week and all I did for performance was add 17 pounds...lol I hope you are right.. I will say though that If it hooks when I leave at 3800 that I do believe we will see a 1.28-1.29-60'
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Edit:9.69 because I was off on the DA difference, Godspeed!
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