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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:06 PM
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After getting the drag radials, I was hoping for a sub 2.0 60' time, and sub 13.0 ET..

Ended up with a 13.061 ET, and a 2.010 60'!!! Soooooo close!!!
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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:27 PM
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Shave that 60' time down a tenth and you'll easily grab 12s. With drag radials you should pull some decent 60' times. Good luck.
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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:40 PM
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Gotta figure out how first!! lol.. I was heating them up great.. getting to the line.. power breaking to 1200 (thats what the TC can take..) then dropping it.. tires were biting like mad.. no spin.. yet I could still only pull a 2.01...
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Old May 8, 2003 | 08:08 PM
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That's weird... is the track prepped at all? I was pulling 1.85x 60' times all day last weekend, on street tires. I would count to 6 while I was in the burn out box.

My best ET was 13.108 and I have a rev limiter problem. Once that is worked out, I think I'll see 12's on a stock LT1 motor, which is my current goal.
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Old May 8, 2003 | 08:15 PM
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Mark, what was your MPH??????????

Something doesn't sound right.
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Old May 8, 2003 | 09:08 PM
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MPH was 103-105 all night.. I am normally at 106-108...

Then again, it was muggy as can be.. the 13.061@105.4 happened after it had cooled to 74deg/74% humidity.. Everyone was complaining about bad times/Trap speeds..

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Old May 8, 2003 | 10:00 PM
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MPH was 103-105 all night.. I am normally at 106-108...

Then again, it was muggy as can be.. the 13.061@105.4 happened after it had cooled to 74deg/74% humidity.. Everyone was complaining about bad times/Trap speeds..

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Even 108 is low with your mods :confused:
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Old May 8, 2003 | 10:11 PM
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Even 108 is low with your mods :confused:
Heh.. Thats why all the Camaro guys at the track I talked to have started calling my car "The Corked Beast".. Notice, I have great heads/cam.. but stock exhaust... And 1200 TC, and 3.07 gears.. basically its cripped to death right now. I am getting LT headers, high flow bullet cats, and a custom exhaust done later this summer.. should open her up a bit.. Then next summer it is time for the gears (in a DANA 44) and converter..

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Old May 9, 2003 | 09:42 AM
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Default Re: Sooooooo close!!! (MarkLT1)

After getting the drag radials, I was hoping for a sub 2.0 60' time, and sub 13.0 ET..Ended up with a 13.061 ET, and a 2.010 60'!!! Soooooo close!!! ...Mark LT1
I think you need to think about replacing that 3.07 rear!! :yesnod: It's not helping you at all...Just my .02:D
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Old May 9, 2003 | 10:16 AM
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Mark you can get a better 60 foot but not much better though. The convert at 1200 and 3.07 rear will hold you back some.

Play with different pressures and have someone make sure you do a nice burnout.

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REDGAR- yup.. I definately gotta get new gears/TC.. only problem is, I want to wait till I can afford/find a DANA 44 setup, so I dont smoke my diff... Exhaust is coming this summer (which should open things up quite a bit) and the gears will be next summer.
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