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First passes of the season

Subject: First passes of the season
by rklessdriver on 2011/3/17 2:45:19

Well nothing broke. The 4.11 gear makes the car much easier to launch without bogging but way harder to hook up.

First pass was horrid. I came up about 3800RPM. The car launched hard. So hard I thought I had it in the bag. I slipped the clutch to just off the launch pad, then came out on the clutch and matted the throttle... Car promptly light the tires up and turned sideways... I lifted a bit hooked it up and then I half ass missed 2nd gear (it ground really good). I knew the run was crap but I stuck it in second and rolled into the throttle for the rest of the lap. To my amazement.

RT - .256
60ft - 1.813
330 - 5.143
1/8 - 7.783
mph - 95.84

Second lap was OK. Since the car left so hard initially on the first pass I tried the same launch RPM 3800. For some reason the thing spun right away forcing me to peddel it all the way thru 1st gear. I managed to hit second with no problem and the car felt strong. 3rd gear came and the car really felt like it was hauling the mail. Going thru the traps it sounded like it was turning pretty good so I hit 4th for a short time afterwards just to see how it was going pull.

RT - .214
60ft - 1.934
330 - 5.101
1/8 - 7.607
mph - 98.23

Third lap was a granny pass since the track was not hooking and I didn't want to risk some freak thing happening and breaking it on the launch. I launched from idle (almost stalled it) all I wanted to do was string it out in 3rd gear thru the traps and see what it would MPH since the tach is so slow it's useless. Oh I was running some dude in a G Body that had a nice sounding cam.

RT - .056 (RED)
60ft - 2.122
330 - 5.354
1/8 - 7.923
mph - 98.23

The car ran good and the new front wheels/tires drove good. Just so everybody knows the particulars - Full tank of gas, 20psi in the rear tires, FX3 on full stiff, tried to keep the engine temp around 170-180F. There was like 80 street cars tonight and 10-12 bikes so things were crowded. Just for comparison there was a brand new SS camaro that went 9.07 in the 1/8th and several 98-2004 LS1 F bodies that were all 9.20-9.40 cars. A supercharged Cobra (terminator) on 315 MT drag radials went 8.40's... No one had any traction. By comparison I was flying but the times were'nt even close to my best from last year however the MPH is up a bit with the 4.11 gear.

A couple of big tire bracket cars were running 6.90's@98mph.... It pisses me off I got the HP to run the number but the car just won't hook up on these 17's. I got some big descisons to make this year about the rear wheels and tires.

All in all I had a great time and am happy nothing broke. Noland got to come and watch and he is hyped to see the local drag racing scene. Next week I told him I'll put my MT 315 radials on his 91 (6spd 383 LPE219/SR motor I posted the results of the dyno a few months ago) as he wants to run it.... So next week hopefully I'll have vids and times from it.

I'd like to thank you guys for the support. Andy if you have those back window stickers on the site let me know and I'll buy one to put on the car so everybody knows about the site. I get alot of attention at the track and questions from other Corvette owners. I try to point them here but you never know how many people forget what you tell them... maybe seeing the sticker will help them remember.
Will

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