Looking for 14s...

[HAZ-Matt]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by nino:
i dont want to knock you down, i say good luck! just dont be dissapointed if you dont get 14s modded as you are.<hr></blockquote>

This is the way I see it. Used to be I thought it was easy for mildly modded V6's to go high 14's. Hell there were those stories about people doing it stock. But then I actually took my car to the track. I have very high 14's now, but it's not like you can just expect to put mods X and Y and get a certain time. A lot of it is shear experience. A lot of it is the track. Some of it is luck, and some of it is the car.

[shortdog273]

HAZ-MATT, you nailed it right on the head. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

[99Camaro99]

all I need is .2sec off my ET. I'm at a 15.213 best. If I can nail that 60' to a 2.0 instead of 2.1, eat a few less burritos, and hope the cat is worth .1 I'll be smooth sailing

[nino]

dude. .2 is a lifetime at the track. some pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars for .2. i am not saying it is impossible, but if you had your car tweeked already for 15.2, then it only becomes a lot harder to tweek it more without adding more mods.

[99Camaro99]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by nino:
dude. .2 is a lifetime at the track. some pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars for .2. i am not saying it is impossible, but if you had your car tweeked already for 15.2, then it only becomes a lot harder to tweek it more without adding more mods.<hr></blockquote>

agreed! :D I'm just trying to be a bit "hopeful." Heck when I installed my FTRA I thought I was really flying and I went from 15.3 to 15.6...needed a damn tuneup (e.g. burnt wires/bad plugs)...it was hard enough getting my damn car back to 15.2.

Knowing my luck I'll still be running 15.2, if not worse. :( I'm honestly looking for a low 15.1...maybe 15.0. However 14s are NOT out of the question...remember the intake/exhaust 14s groupies! [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

[ April 16, 2003: Message edited by: 99Camaro99 ]</p>

[shortdog273]

Traction is the biggest factor.

[Dominic]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by shortdog273:
Traction is the biggest factor.<hr></blockquote>

I agree!

[Arctc Wolf]

As you get faster, those 1/10's are harder to get. sure, a stock car could drop 2-3 1/10's w/ a hpp3, but that's cuz it's already running high 15's. u can see 2 1/10's w/ a whisper lid or a FTRA on a stock car also, but u won't see that gain on an already modded car, u'll see less. basically what I'm saying is, u can just add all the 1/10's together and assume ur gonna drop a half second up to a whole second w/ 5 or 6 bolt-on mods. not on our cars. The biggest gains you will see will be from mods that improve our launch. This means suspension, chassis, gears, torque converters or clutches, and tires. dropping 1/10 on your 60ft will get u possibly 2/10's off ur 1/4 time.

[Seppo Kaitainen]

I wish I could have cut a 2.11 60' on street tires. w/o seeing a full time slip I can't offer too much advice.

But given that you are in florida you definitely need a fan switch and a 160 tstat.

Then I would look at when & how your car shifts. If your car shifts at 5600 then your losing out some there.

[99Camaro99]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Seppo Kaitainen:
I wish I could have cut a 2.11 60' on street tires. w/o seeing a full time slip I can't offer too much advice.

But given that you are in florida you definitely need a fan switch and a 160 tstat.

Then I would look at when & how your car shifts. If your car shifts at 5600 then your losing out some there.<hr></blockquote>

most I can remember...
60' 2.12x
330' 6.2
1/8th 9.6 @ 71.54
1000' 12.6
1/4 15.213@88.03MPH

The car shifts at 5,600rpms

I can't get traction tho off the line...if I did I'd be looking at great 60'.

Edit: I leave in less than an hour so anyone reading...wish me luck! :D

[ April 18, 2003: Message edited by: 99Camaro99 ]</p>

[MustangEater8251]

Sweet someone else with cooper cobras!

do not run them low, in the rear, i run 45ish in the fornt and 35ish in the rear, sometiems 32 in the rear depending on track prep.

jsut get a nice launch and you shoudl be fine.

[nino]

[img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] good luck [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

[Arctc Wolf]

I upped my rev limiter to 6000 and I shift around 5800 now, it feels a stronger thru the gears when racing now, not a lot, but noticable.

[3pointFour]

Someone didn't break into the 14's, or the low 15's [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[nino]

dude that sucks, but it happens to the best of us. at least you didnt run a 16.5 @ 78 mph in front of thousands of people.