What do you think my 1/4 mile time will be?

[97camRS]

Im planning on going to Gainesville the next time they open, I have a completely stock, 97 automatic V6 camaro with 57,000 miles. What do you think my 1/4 times should be around? I'm hoping for nothing higher than 16.5! Im an inexperienced driver as far as the track goes, i'll probably have my cousin drive my car who has plenty of experience at the track. Lets hear whatcha think guys?

[Supersix]

if you have 3.08 gears which is kind of likely, mid to high 16's. Do everything you can think of that will help your car run faster
ex. take air out of rear tire(s), keep engine cooler(open hood), take out spare tire and jack etc etc...

[97camRS]

yes, forgot to mention, no Y87 package here!!! :(

ps: wouldn't that be funny if I was a complete moron and you told me to let the air out of my rear tires, and I drove down the track with no air in my tires, "Hey, I know what i'm doing, this guy told me to let the air out of my tires, just ask 'em!"

[ February 13, 2002: Message edited by: 97camRS ]</p>

[TheBeast]

high 15s in good conditions. try to make a run with the engine temp cool (160-180).....without a fan switch you will just need to blast the warm air while you are waiting in line. If you make a run at 200-210 you will be ashamed to look at the timeslip!!! ;)

[mike malloy]

hey i'm going to gainsville this weekend for test and tune. we should meet up. i have a 97 camaro rs too.(with the y87) i have bout 9,000 in mods. i want to see how my car does again your stock camaro..

[97camRS]

What day are you going to Gainesville? I know a few guys going Saturday, but I have a football game at 9am Saturday morning in Jacksonville. Maybe I should just go to the track anyways!

[97camRS]

Are they having test and tune this weekend? I went to their site and it didn't say so. It said Feb. 2, but that's the only date for February I saw????

$9,000 in mods? what exactly do you have done?

[ February 14, 2002: Message edited by: 97camRS ]</p>

[mike malloy]

i'm preety sure they are having test and tune this weekend. i think it might be friday night. i'm going to give them a call..

as for mods:, slp cai, elebrock 3inch exhaust,transgo stage 3, corvette servo, b&m tranny cooler, 1pc driveshaft,nitrous express kit with the genx3 package,bmr sub frame connectors, lower control arms, prothane bushings through the whole car, casper tps-tec,slp fan switch, strut tower brace, nitto 555's, cowl induction hood, high flow cat,accel coilpacks, accel 9000's wires, ngk tr6's, redline water wetter, redline oil, ohh and i have one more thing that i'm not disclosing. wait till april 20th.... wow now that i think of it, i have alot of stuff in this car. you think after all these mods and shipping charges and install fees it comes to around 9000-10,000 dollars. man i need to find a new hobby

[97camRS]

I emailed them and the gates open at 4 pm for a combo race. Next Test and Tune isn't till March 27th, I guess I'm gonna have to go to Jax's crappy 1/8 mile track!!!!

[mike malloy]

hey where is the 1/8 mile track. i'm here in valdosta ga, you want to meet up somewhere. i really want to race my car this weekend

[97camRS]

The 1/8th mile is at Jax Raceways, It's on the Northside of Jacksonville, Pecan Park Rd. to be exact, I guess you could use mapquest to figure the best way to get there, I'm not too sure? They are having midnight drags this Saturday, pay like $15 to get in, race from 10pm to like 2am I think, bunch of Ricers out there though! They do Test and Tune on Tuesdays, go here for their schedule! If you wanna meet up there we could do that, or if you wanna wait till the 27th of March we can meet up at Gainesville, or we could even meet up somewhere around here and cruise to Gainesville together.Jax Raceways Page

[mike malloy]

is this test and tune, or bracket racing. i really want to go..

[97camRS]

This Sat. is midnight drags, I guess you could consider it Test and Tune. I don't think there is a difference in midnight drags on Sat. and Test and Tune on Tuesdays that they have except the times. Sat. night pay like $15 and race all night long,(I think it's like 10pm to 2am or something) If you don't mind driving back to GA at like 3 in the morning it wouldn't be that bad, you'd probably get a lot of runs in. But the track sucks A$$!!!!

[mike malloy]

well do you want to go.

[97camRS]

If you want to go, and can make it down here, call my cell phone (904) 607-5036, my name's Jerald, just ask for me or leave a message, I can get a few friends to go up there and we can meet you up there.