Light weight battery ordered

[12secondv6]

http://www.gotbatteries.com/ProductP...FamilyID=SL167

http://www.gotbatteries.com/Productp...ctNum=30Z101B1

This battery weighs 12.0 pounds.
My current Optima Red Top weighs in at just over 40 pounds

So, 28 pounds off the nose [img]smile.gif[/img]

This would take my N/A curb weight into the 2800's.... 2888 is predicted :D

N/A race weight would be expected around under 3100 pounds :D 3073 expected.

Nitrous adds 24 pounds per bottle

Speculation on racew weight w/ nitrous is around 3121 pounds [img]smile.gif[/img]

Updates shortly

[Magnus]

fyi you can't run lightweight battery in trunk.

Also, and no offense.. but if you stopped spending $$ on weight reduction and other misc things and finally bought yourself some actual TIRES THAT HOOK you'd run considerably faster.

Are you racing for ET or MPH. Come on dude, hook it and run new #'s already.

[12secondv6]

Nah, battery will be under the hood.

I'm very confident that I have the right suspension set up FINALLY.

Also the weight relocation should help.

I'll be running this saturday and should have new updates

[Magnus]

dude, you're not fast enough to need to tweak your suspension.

Suspension is not your problem.

Its tire. If you can't dead hook the tire to cause the weight to transfer all the suspension in the world isn't going to give you a sticker, wider and taller tire.

FYI, I cut many 1.4's on stock V6 suspesnsion all around. Just had BMR rear LCA's.

[12secondv6]

Well, we all know how pig headed I am [img]smile.gif[/img]

Remember how long it took for me to FINALLY switch to a 3 inch exhaust?!?!?!?!?

Trust me, I am paying attention to you.

I know you are cutting mid 1.4's which is crazy.

I'm not buying tires close to the end of the season. I will run out what I have now and then progress next year.

What tire/ size would you suggest?

[Magnus]

what tire do you run now?

fyi, it is SO easy for me to remove engine/trans/pcm now.

I could very easily just pick up a junkyard V6 setup and spray it into the 10's. If you do not start making me proud I am going to get pissed and just do it myself. ;)

[Nachius]

Originally posted by Magnus:
what tire do you run now?

fyi, it is SO easy for me to remove engine/trans/pcm now.

I could very easily just pick up a junkyard V6 setup and spray it into the 10's. If you do not start making me proud I am going to get pissed and just do it myself. ;)

<taunting voice>You won't do it<taunting voice>

Just so anyone in this thread can get some ideas James what is your exact suspension setup? You change it enough I can't keep up!

[njspder]

Originally posted by 12secondv6:
Speculation on racew weight w/ nitrous is around 3121 pounds

hehe, and you call that tank of yours light?

i still say you put soem gear in that thing. it will help you heat real tires and give the car a huge gain down track.
i will be at slp day if you want any help tuning the suspension. [img]smile.gif[/img]

later
tim

[BLLDOGG]

tub that biatch [img]graemlins/rock.gif[/img]

[12secondv6]

Well, here is a list of my tire/ suspension set up

Nitrous tires
Mickey thompson et streets 26 X 10.5 X 16 on camaro salad shooter 16 X 8's

N/A tires
BF Goodrich drag radials 255 50 16 on camaro salad shooter 16 X 8's

Front tires run N/A and nitroused
BF goodrich radial 165 80 15's on weld draglite 15 X 3.5's

Front suspension
No STB
No front sway bar
stock v6 springs
HAL 12 way adjust shocks
pa racing mild steel light weight drag k member
pa racing mild steel light weight lower a arms
stock upper a arms
manual steering rack

Rear suspension
stock v6 springs
HAL 12 way adjust shocks
hotchkis boxed trailing arms
hotchkis pan hard rod
upper stamped steel pan hard rod thing removed
rk sport tubular sub frame connectors
rear sway bar from V8
D/S loop

I wonder if I forget anything????

Obviously.. you would have to factor in a lot of weight reduction/ weight relocation too.

No A/C
No P/S
No bumper supports front n rear
Bottles relocated into trunk area
Light weight small battery under hood
Sparco Evo seat, no others
The list is endless......

[Magnus]

28x9x15 ET DRAG on a 15x8 is what I run. If you run that you would be able to spray out of the hole, hook it, and run records.

[Nachius]

I know you have a torque arm.
There are drag swaybars out there although I don't think that's the issue.

Like mag said cutting 1.5s spinning on ET Streets is actaully pretty good, with a full out drag tire you're gonna be setting records and hooking hard.

[1DangerousV6]

NICE [img]smile.gif[/img] ..i just replaced the battery in my car..i was lugging it into the shop to get the core and was like damnit...you could get .05 just by losing this damn thing alone...if somehow your car could run without it lol...good find [img]smile.gif[/img]

[12secondv6]

Ohhhh yeah, ran tech adjust torque arm
poly torque arm mount
poly trany mount [img]smile.gif[/img]

[jc Kyle]

thx for the info on batteries!?!..why couldn't you run that to the trunk?