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rklessdriver | First passes of the season | ||
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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 |
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Posted on: 2011/3/17 2:45
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TommyT-Bone | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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Nice report.
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Posted on: 2011/3/17 2:51
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Matatk | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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Will - glad you didn't break anything! With your motor any rear end parts are suspect
To be honest with you, I have no idea what 1/8 mile times mean....I had to use one of those conversion charts. It looks like your lower time is from a 11.7-11.9 quarter. Impressive! Matthew |
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flyboy | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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Wow, any other front end mods besides the skinny tires?
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Posted on: 2011/3/17 3:05
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rklessdriver | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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None. All stock suspension. Ft Sway bar is still hooked up as well. Next trip to the track I'm thinking of removing it. From last season all I changed was a 4.11 rear gear (had a 3.91)and the front Centerline 17X4" wheels with 26X6X17 M&H front runners (had 17X9.5" A mold wheels and 275/40R17 Summi HRTZ's). Will |
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Posted on: 2011/3/17 3:20
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larrywalk | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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Good post and nice mph on the passes.
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Posted on: 2011/3/17 23:56
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biggrizzly | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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Good Job Will, I think I'll be a little gun shy to run mine again... for a while. BTW I missed the thread on Noland's Dyno results. I'd be interested in seeing that since our engines are very similar. You got link?
Never mind, I found it and it's not Noland's engine I'm thinking about. It was someone else. I found the thread you went through the engine specs and dyno results. I thought Noland's was an LT1 but I was mistaken. Don |
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pr0zac | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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ok.. well now i got a time/mph to try and beat.. wicked jealous by the way..
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Ultraman | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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Hi Larry, welcome to Guru. I missed your first post awhile back. We like C2's and a lot of us wished we still had one. Hope you chime in more often.
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rklessdriver | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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I know how you feel. Every pass last night I was wondering when something in the rear was going to grenade.... No your right and wrong at the same time. Short verison - Noland is a baller... LOL. He currently has 3 C4 Corvettes. I've spec'd/built the engines in 2 of them.... His Green 96 is an LT4 6spd. That's the car we detailed the LT4 383 build 2yrs ago over on CF. Pretty strong car with 421RWHP on a Dyno Jet dyno after everything was sorted. He bought a 96 Grand Sport Vert 3 months ago and we are installing the LT4 383 I built out of the green car into it in a few months. The Green 96 is going to get stripped and parted out afterwards. He blew the head gaskets on his 91 going to Carlisle last year so we took a bunch of used/abused parts he had laying around and built the tried and true 383 LPE219/SR combo for his his 91 earlier this year. Single cat exhaust is really hurting it's dyno numbers from what everybody else says. 340ish RWHP on a Land and Sea Dyno. It feels strong seat of the pants wise. He is taking it to the track next week so we'll see how strong it really is. I know its confusing to follow along when there are 4 different cars to talk about. Everybody needs cliff notes to follow along... Will |
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rklessdriver | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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Thanks. Pretty happy with the MPH but disapointed in the dismal 60fts which = dismal ET's. Track is Old Dominion Dragway in Manassas, VA. Will |
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Posted on: 2011/3/18 2:45
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rklessdriver | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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Thanks man. I'm sure traction is going to be your nemisis also. Will |
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pr0zac | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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well you normally pick up 25 mph from the 1/8 to 1/4 so you should be trapping 123mph which is moving. i know i will be spinning. i don't have drag radials. i am excited to see what i can get out of it regardless. i am going to have to touch up the tune a little bit too. the track i am going to sucks but there shouldn't be anyone there so i can get some data and play with the car a bit. its going to be all about the mph i guess.
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Posted on: 2011/3/18 13:20
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jonszr1 | Re: First passes of the season | ||
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you will find that the front sway bar is worth a tenth.it was for my 60ft times . also i find that if i put it on the middle settings the car bites better . i also only put in 1/2 tank of fuel . i tried the full tank deal and went slower . jmho. also the new nitto nto5r drag radials are way better than my old mickey ts . but i think that going to a 275x40 17 with a manual car might work better because of the bigger side wall.
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Posted on: 2011/3/18 23:16
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